UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
Specialized Disclosure Report
Berry Corporation (bry)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-38606 | 81-5410470 | ||||||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||||
16000 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 500
Dallas, Texas 75248
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(661) 616-3900
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information is in the 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, 2023. | ||||
| ☒ | Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13q-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2023. | ||||
| SECTION 2 - | RESOURCE EXTRACTION ISSUER DISCLOSURE | ||||
| Item 2.01 | Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report | ||||
Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers
The specified payment disclosure required by this Form SD is included in Exhibit 99.1 to this Form SD.
| SECTION 3 - | EXHIBITS | ||||
| Item 3.01 | Exhibits | ||||
The following exhibit is filed as part of this report.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 99.1 | ||||||||
| 2.01 | Interactive Data File (Form SD for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed in XBRL). | |||||||
SIGNATURES
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| Berry Corporation (bry) | |||||||||||
| Dated: September 25, 2024 | By: | /s/ Michael S. Helm | |||||||||
| Michael S. Helm | |||||||||||
| Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer | |||||||||||
Exhibit 99.1
Resource Extraction Payment Report
Berry Corporation (bry) (the “Company”) is reporting payments made by the Company, its subsidiaries and entities under the Company’s control to the United States Federal Government related to the commercial development of oil, natural gas or minerals during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. No such payments were made to any foreign government during the period covered by this report.
| (in USD and in thousands) | For the Year Ended December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | State | Project | Method of extraction used in project | Government Entity | Business segment of the resource extraction issuer that made the payments | Taxes | Royalties | Fees | Totals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | N/A | (1) | N/A | US Treasury | E&P | $ | 650 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 650 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | California | Oil | Well | Office of Natural Resources Revenue | E&P | — | 19,027 | 97 | 19,124 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | Utah | Oil and natural gas | Well | Office of Natural Resources Revenue | E&P | — | 3,674 | 19 | 3,693 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 650 | $ | 22,701 | $ | 116 | $ | 23,467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) The U.S. federal government levies income taxes at the Berry Corporation (bry) level rather than on a per project basis. Income tax payment information in the table above is presented at the Berry Corporation (bry) level.