# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001539838
**File Stem:** 0001539838-25-000138
**Filing Date:** 2025-9
**Character Count:** 32336
**Document Hash:** e48330dda6b7dc65823da9c6c3b6cb7f
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001539838-25-000138.hdr.sgml**: 20250924

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001539838-25-000138

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: SD

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250924

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250924

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Diamondback Energy, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001539838
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SD
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-35700
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251338177

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 500 WEST TEXAS AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** MIDLAND
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 79701
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 432-221-7400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 500 WEST TEXAS AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** MIDLAND
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 79701

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM SD** 

**SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT**

**DIAMONDBACK ENERGY, INC.** 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **DE** | **001-35700** | **45-4502447** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
| **500 West Texas Ave.** | | |
| **Suite 100** | | |
| **Midland, TX** | | **79701** |
| (Address of principal <br>executive offices) | | (Zip code) |

---

**Matt Zmigrosky**

**Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Secretary**

**(432) 221-7400** 

(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report)

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this Form is being submitted, and provide the period to which the information in this Form applies:

☐ Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2024.

☒ Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13q-1) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

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**Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure** 

Not applicable.

**Section 2 - Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure** 

**Item 2.01 Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report**

The payment disclosure required by Item 2.01 of Form SD is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form SD. In accordance with the instructions to the preparation of Form SD, Diamondback is relying on an accommodation under which a resource extraction issuer is permitted to exclude payment information related to acquired entities until the fiscal year immediately following the effective date of the acquisition.

**Section 3 - Exhibits**

**Item 3.01 Exhibits**

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| **Exhibit Number** | **Description** |
| 99.1 | <u>[Resource Extraction Payment Report as required by Item 2.01 of this Form.](fang-20241231.htm)</u> |
| 2.01 INS | XBRL Instance Document. |
| 2.01 SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. |

---

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**SIGNATURE**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | | DIAMONDBACK ENERGY, INC. | DIAMONDBACK ENERGY, INC. |
| Date: | September 24, 2025 |  |  |
|  |  | By: | /s/ Teresa L. Dick |
|  |  | Name: | Teresa L. Dick |
|  |  | Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Assistant Secretary |

---

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## Exhibit 2.01

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1 - Resource Extraction Payment Report**

This exhibit to Form SD reports payments made by Diamondback Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, "Diamondback") to the United States federal government (the "U.S. Federal Government") for the purpose of the commercial development of oil and natural gas during the year ended December 31, 2024. During 2024, no payments were made to any foreign governments.

**Fiscal year in which reported payments were made:** 2024

**Business segment of Diamondback that made the payments:** exploration and production

**Resources that were the subject of commercial development:** crude oil and natural gas

**Method of extraction used in project:** well

**Country:** United States

**Payments:** On a gross cash basis, according to the year during which the payments were made (rather than on an accrual basis). The payments reported herein may include certain payments to the U.S. Federal Government made during fiscal year 2024 for purposes other than to further the commercial development of crude oil and natural gas.

**Payment amounts:** in thousands of U.S. Dollars

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| | | | | | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Project** | **National & Major Subnational Jurisdiction (ISO 3166 Code)** | **Currency Used to Make Payments** | **Payee** | **Royalties** | **Taxes** | | **Total** |
| Onshore U.S. - North Dakota | US-ND | USD | U.S. Federal Government—Office of Natural Resources Revenue | $4424 | $— |  | $4424 |
| Payments by Diamondback (Consolidated Entity) Not Attributable to a Specific Project or Projects | US | USD | U.S. Federal Government—Department of Treasury |  | 575500 | <sup>(1)</sup> | 575500 |
| **Total** |  |  |  | $**4424** | $**575500** |  | $**579924** |

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<sup>(1)</sup> Represents U.S. federal income tax payments, including $53.5 million in U.S. federal income tax paid by Viper Energy, Inc., a mineral and royalty interest-owning subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc. consolidated on its balance sheet.

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