Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

(13) Related Party Transactions

The Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer serves as an independent director of the board of Linn Energy, LLC (Linn), an independent oil and gas development company.  The Company recorded revenues from Linn of $5.4 million, $7.2 million and $19.7 million during 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The Company had trade receivables from Linn of $0.5 million and $2.0 million at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. 

During 2014, the Company purchased services, products and equipment, as well as leased certain facilities, from companies affiliated with a former officer, who retired during the first quarter of 2015, of one of its subsidiaries.  During 2014 these transactions totaled$221.1 million, of which, $92.1 million was purchased from ORTEQ Energy Services, a heavy equipment construction company which also manufactures pressure pumping equipment, $0.7 million was purchased from Ortowski Construction, primarily related to the manufacture of pressure pumping units, $21.6 million was paid to Resource Transport, LLC, related to the transportation of sand used in pressure pumping activities, $79.3 million was purchased from Texas Specialty Sands, LLC primarily for the purchase of sand used for pressure pumping activities, $25.5 million was purchased from ProFuel, LLC, primarily related to the purchase of diesel used to operate equipment and trucks and $1.9 million was related to facilities leased from Timber Creek Real Estate Partners.