EXCELERATE ENERGY, INC., 10-K filed on 2/27/2025
Annual Report
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Document and Entity Information - USD ($)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Feb. 20, 2025
Jun. 30, 2024
Document Information [Line Items]      
Document Type 10-K    
Document Annual Report true    
Document Transition Report false    
Document Period End Date Dec. 31, 2024    
Securities Act File Number 001-41352    
Entity Registrant Name Excelerate Energy, Inc.    
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code DE    
Entity Tax Identification Number 87-2878691    
Entity Address, Address Line One 2445 Technology Forest Blvd    
Entity Address, Address Line Two Level 6    
Entity Address, City or Town The Woodlands    
Entity Address, State or Province TX    
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 77381    
City Area Code 832    
Local Phone Number 813-7100    
Title of 12(b) Security Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share    
Trading Symbol EE    
Security Exchange Name NYSE    
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes    
Entity Interactive Data Current Yes    
Entity Filer Category Accelerated Filer    
Entity Small Business false    
Entity Emerging Growth Company false    
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag true    
Document Financial Statement Error Correction [Flag] false    
Entity Shell Company false    
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer No    
Entity Voluntary Filers No    
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31    
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2024    
Document Fiscal Period Focus FY    
Entity Central Index Key 0001888447    
Amendment Flag false    
Auditor Name PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP    
Auditor Firm ID 238    
Auditor Location Houston, Texas.    
Documents Incorporated By Reference

The information required by Part III of this Report, to the extent not set forth herein, is incorporated herein by reference from the registrant’s definitive proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2025, which definitive proxy statement shall be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which this Report relates.

   
Auditor Opinion [Text Block]

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Excelerate Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the related consolidated statements of income, of comprehensive income, of changes in equity and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the "consolidated financial statements"). We also have audited the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO.

Basis for Opinions

The Company's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express opinions on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Revenue Recognition

As described in Notes 2 and 15 to the consolidated financial statements, revenues relate to revenue from leases (time charter contracts resulting in operating or sales-type leases) and revenue from contracts with customers (time charter, regasification, and other services) (collectively “FSRU and terminal services”) and gas sales. The time charter contracts contain a lease component for the use of the vessel and/or terminal and may contain non-lease components relating to the operation of the assets (i.e., time charter, regasification and other services). For time charter contracts classified as operating leases, revenues from the lease component of the contracts are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the charter. The lease component of time charter contracts that are accounted for as sales-type leases is recognized over the lease term using the effective interest rate method. Additionally, as part of its operations, the Company sells natural gas and liquified natural gas (LNG), generally through its use of its floating storage and regasification unit fleet and terminals. Gas sales revenues are recognized at the point in time each unit of natural gas or LNG cargo is transferred to the control of the customer. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recognized total revenue of $851 million, comprised of revenue from leases of $548 million, from time charter, regasification and other services of $64 million, and from gas sales of $239 million.

The principal consideration for our determination that performing procedures relating to revenue recognition is a critical audit matter is a high degree of auditor effort in performing procedures related to the Company’s revenue recognition.

Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to the revenue recognition process. These procedures also included, among others (i) testing management’s assessment of contract classification for FSRU and terminal services and gas sales revenues; (ii) testing the completeness, accuracy, and occurrence of revenues by (a) obtaining and inspecting source documents, such as contracts, invoices and subsequent cash receipts for a sample of FSRU and terminal services non-lease transactions, (b) obtaining and inspecting the underlying contract terms to recalculate FSRU and terminal services operating lease revenues, (c) obtaining and inspecting the underlying contract terms and payments for a sample of FSRU and terminal services sales-type lease revenues, and (d) obtaining and inspecting supporting contracts, invoices, and volume reports for a sample of gas sales revenue; and (iii) confirming a sample of outstanding FSRU and terminal services and gas sales customer invoice balances as of December 31, 2024 and, for confirmations not returned, obtaining and inspecting source documents, such as invoices and remittance advices, and subsequent cash receipts.

   
Common Class A [Member]      
Document Information [Line Items]      
Entity Public Float     $ 461,945,935
Excelerate Energy, Inc [Member] | Common Class A [Member]      
Document Information [Line Items]      
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   23,869,545  
Excelerate Energy, Inc [Member] | Common Class B [Member]      
Document Information [Line Items]      
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   82,021,389  
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Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Current assets    
Cash and cash equivalents $ 537,522 $ 555,853
Current portion of restricted cash 2,612 2,655
Accounts receivable, net 119,960 97,285
Current portion of net investments in sales-type leases 43,471 16,463
Other current assets 50,714 27,356
Total current assets 754,279 699,612
Restricted cash 14,361 13,950
Property and equipment, net 1,622,896 1,649,779
Net investments in sales-type leases 376,814 383,547
Investment in equity method investee 19,295 21,269
Deferred tax assets, net 27,559 42,948
Other assets 68,011 49,274
Total assets 2,883,215 2,860,379
Current liabilities    
Accounts payable 7,135 13,761
Accrued liabilities and other liabilities 71,573 89,796
Current portion of deferred revenue 58,185 27,169
Current portion of long-term debt 46,793 42,614
Current portion long-term debt - related party 8,943 8,336
Current portion of finance lease liabilities 23,475 22,080
Total current liabilities 216,104 203,756
Long-term debt, net 286,760 333,367
Long-term debt,net - related party 161,952 171,693
Finance lease liabilities 167,908 189,807
TRA liability 58,736 67,061
Asset retirement obligations 43,690 41,834
Long-term deferred revenue 27,722 29,098
Other long-term liabilities 31,842 14,409
Total liabilities 994,714 1,051,025
Commitments and contingencies (Note 21)
Additional paid-in capital 467,429 465,551
Retained earnings 72,322 39,754
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 502 505
Treasury stock (2,564,058 shares as of December 31, 2024 and 20,624 shares as of December 31, 2023) (52,375) (472)
Non-controlling interest 1,400,515 1,303,908
Total equity 1,888,501 1,809,354
Total liabilities and equity 2,883,215 2,860,379
Common Class A [Member]    
Current liabilities    
Common stock Value 26 26
Common Class B [Member]    
Current liabilities    
Common stock Value $ 82 $ 82
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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - $ / shares
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Treasury stock, shares 2,564,058 20,624
Common Class A [Member]    
Common stock, par value $ 0.001 $ 0.001
Common stock, authorized 300,000,000 300,000,000
Common stock, issued 26,432,131 26,284,027
Common Class B [Member]    
Common stock, par value $ 0.001 $ 0.001
Common stock, authorized 150,000,000 150,000,000
Common stock, issued 82,021,389 82,021,389
Common stock, outstanding 82,021,389 82,021,389
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Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Revenues      
Total revenues $ 851,437 $ 1,158,963 $ 2,472,973
Operating expenses      
Cost of revenue and vessel operating expenses (exclusive of items below) 215,610 228,165 209,195
Direct cost of gas sales 227,745 518,394 1,906,781
Depreciation and amortization 98,939 114,323 97,313
Selling, general and administrative expenses 94,148 87,476 66,099
Restructuring, transition and transaction expenses 0 0 6,900
Total operating expenses 636,442 948,358 2,286,288
Operating Income 214,995 210,605 186,685
Other income (expense)      
Interest expense (47,365) (52,468) (33,927)
Interest expense - related party (13,657) (14,527) (25,612)
Earnings from equity method investment 2,247 883 2,698
Early extinguishment of lease liability on vessel acquisition 0 0 (21,834)
Other income, net 22,913 15,598 312
Total 179,133 160,091 108,322
Provision for income taxes (26,099) (33,247) (28,326)
Net income 153,034 126,844 79,996
Less net income attributable to non-controlling interest 120,156 96,432 55,119
Less pre-IPO net income attributable to EELP     11,897
Net income attributable to shareholders $ 32,878 $ 30,412 $ 13,323
Net income per common share - basic $ 1.29 $ 1.16 $ 0.51
Net income per common share - diluted $ 1.27 $ 1.11 $ 0.51
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic 25,400,181 26,256,104 26,254,167
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted 25,844,735 108,299,587 26,262,107
ENE Onshore      
Other income (expense)      
Less net income attributable to non-controlling interest $ 0 $ 0 $ (1,396)
EELP      
Other income (expense)      
Less pre-IPO net income attributable to EELP 0 0 12,950
FSRU and terminal services      
Revenues      
Total revenues 612,164 506,810 445,157
Gas Sales      
Revenues      
Total revenues $ 239,273 $ 652,153 $ 2,027,816
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Net income $ 153,034 $ 126,844 $ 79,996
Other comprehensive income (loss)      
Cumulative translation adjustment (119) (121) 0
Change in unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges 1,104 (491) 5,453
Share of other comprehensive income (loss) of equity method investee (936) 589 4,997
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest (52) 13 (757)
Pre-IPO other comprehensive income attributable to EELP 0 0 (5,458)
Comprehensive income 153,031 126,834 84,231
Less comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interest 120,156 96,432 55,119
Less pre-IPO net income attributable to EELP     11,897
Comprehensive income attributable to shareholders 32,875 30,402 17,558
ENE Onshore [Member]      
Other comprehensive income (loss)      
Less comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interest 0 0 (1,396)
EELP [Member]      
Other comprehensive income (loss)      
Less pre-IPO net income attributable to EELP $ 0 $ 0 $ 12,950
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Total
Common Class B [Member]
Common Stock [Member]
Common Class A [Member]
Common Stock [Member]
Common Class B [Member]
Equity Interest [Member]
Retained Earnings [Member]
Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
Related Party Note Receivable [Member]
Accumulated other comprehensive loss [Member]
Treasury Stock, Common [Member]
Treasury Stock, Common [Member]
Common Class A [Member]
Non-Controlling Interest [Member]
Non-Controlling Interest Onshore [Member]
Begining Balance at Dec. 31, 2021 $ 1,003,926       $ 1,135,769     $ (6,759) $ (9,178)     $ 14,376 $ (130,282)
Net income 79,996                        
Net income (loss) prior to IPO 11,897       12,950             (816) (237)
Related party note receivable 6,759             $ 6,759          
Pre-IPO capital contribution 1,574           $ 1,574            
Effect Of The Reorganization Transactions, shares       82,021,389                  
Effect Of The Reorganization Transactions       $ 82 $ (1,148,719)       2,820     1,145,817  
Issuance of common stock - IPO 408,290   $ 18       408,272            
Issuance of common stock - IPO, shares     18,400,000                    
Vessel acquisition, shares     7,854,167                    
Vessel acquisition 188,500   $ 8       188,492            
Tax receivable agreement (14,938)           (14,938)            
Other comprehensive income 10,450               6,873     3,577  
Long-term incentive compensation 956           232         724  
Dividends paid (1,314)         $ (1,314)              
EELP distributions to Class B interests (4,101)                     (4,101)  
Minority Owner Contribution - Albania Power Project 3,832                     3,832  
Effect of ENE Onshore Merger 12,767           (118,911)           131,678
Net income (loss) subsequent to IPO 68,099         13,323           55,935 $ (1,159)
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2022 $ 1,696,697   $ 26 $ 82   12,009 464,721   515     1,219,344  
Ending Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2022 108,275,556 82,021,389 26,254,167 82,021,389             0    
Net income $ 126,844         30,412           96,432  
Other comprehensive income (23)               (10)     (13)  
Long-term incentive compensation 3,639           882         2,757  
Dividends paid (2,667)         (2,667)              
EELP distributions to Class B interests (8,203) $ 6,000                   (8,203)  
Minority Owner Contribution - Albania Power Project 1,566                     1,566  
Distributions (7,975)                     (7,975)  
Long-term incentive compensation units vested, value (524)           (52)     $ (472)      
Long-term incentive compensation units vested, shares     29,860             20,624      
Net income (loss) subsequent to IPO 126,844                        
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2023 $ 1,809,354   $ 26 $ 82   39,754 465,551   505 $ (472)   1,303,908  
Ending Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2023 108,284,792 82,021,389 26,284,027 82,021,389           20,624 20,624    
Net income $ 153,034         32,878           120,156  
Other comprehensive income 49               (3)     52  
Long-term incentive compensation 7,228           1,629         5,599  
Dividends paid (3,522)         (3,522)              
EELP distributions to Class B interests (11,073) $ 9,700                   (11,073)  
Minority Owner Contribution - Albania Power Project 1,257                     1,257  
Distributions (11,464)                     (11,464)  
Long-term incentive compensation units vested, value (1,353)           1,916     $ (1,404)   (1,865)  
Long-term incentive compensation units vested, shares     138,825,000             69,647      
Options exercised, value $ 223           164         59  
Options exercised, shares 9,279 0 9,279               0    
Repurchase of Class A Common Stock, value $ (45,702)           8,312     $ (50,499)   (3,515)  
Repurchase of Class A Common Stock, shares                   2,473,787      
Adjustment to deferred tax asset (9,530)           (9,530)            
Impact due to change in ownership percentage             (613)         (2,599)  
Net income (loss) subsequent to IPO 153,034                        
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2024 $ 1,888,501   $ 26 $ 82   $ 72,322 $ 467,429   $ 502 $ (52,375)   $ 1,400,515  
Ending Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2024 105,889,462 82,021,389 26,432,131 82,021,389           2,564,058 2,564,058    
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity (Parenthetical) - $ / shares
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Class A Common Stock [Member]    
Common stock, dividends, per share, cash paid $ 0.135 $ 0.1
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Cash flows from operating activities      
Net income $ 153,034 $ 126,844 $ 79,996
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities      
Depreciation and amortization 98,939 114,323 97,313
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets 2,005 14,663 31,699
ARO accretion expense 1,856 1,774 1,494
Amortization of debt issuance costs 3,392 6,377 2,664
Deferred income taxes 3,818 (3,321) 2,255
Share of net earnings in equity method investee (2,247) (883) (2,698)
Distributions from equity method investee 1,800 4,725 4,950
Long-term incentive compensation expense 7,228 3,639 956
(Gain)/loss on non-cash items (44) 1,001 (2,224)
Early extinguishment of lease liability on vessel acquisition 0 0 21,834
Non-cash restructuring expense 0 0 1,574
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:      
Accounts receivable (21,146) (20,993) 197,903
Other current assets and other assets (49,256) 156,470 (95,494)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (25,285) (61,585) (254,884)
Current portion of deferred revenue 31,016 (117,638) 135,154
Net investments in sales-type leases 25,715 12,898 12,225
Tax receivable agreement liability (3,433) (5,890) 0
Other long-term liabilities 17,045 (519) (9,627)
Net cash provided by operating activities 244,437 231,885 225,090
Cash flows from investing activities      
Purchases of property and equipment (113,257) (312,735) (119,267)
Sales of property and equipment 0 4,101 0
Net cash used in investing activities (113,257) (308,634) (119,267)
Cash flows from financing activities      
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net 0 0 412,148
Repurchase of Class A Common Stock (50,000) 0 0
Cash received for stock options exercised 223 0 0
Proceeds from Term Loan Facility 0 250,000 0
Repayments of long term debt (44,568) (86,566) (20,311)
Proceeds from long-term debt - related party 0 0 654,000
Repayments of long-term debt - related party (9,134) (8,404) (653,409)
Proceeds from revolving credit facility 0 0 140,000
Repayments of revolving credit facility 0 0 (140,000)
Payment of debt issuance costs 0 (7,660) (5,951)
Collections of related party note receivables 0 0 6,600
Settlement of finance lease liability - related party 0 0 (25,000)
Principal payments under finance lease liabilities (20,504) (20,619) (20,499)
Principal payments under finance lease liabilities - related party 0 0 (2,912)
Taxes withheld for long-term incentive compensation (400) (52) 0
Dividends paid (3,361) (2,626) (1,313)
Distributions (22,537) (16,178) (4,101)
Minority owner contribution - Albania Power Project 1,257 3,462 1,932
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (149,024) 111,357 341,184
Effect of exchange rate on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (119) (121) 0
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (17,963) 34,487 447,007
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash      
Beginning of period 572,458 537,971 90,964
End of period $ 554,495 $ 572,458 $ 537,971
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Insider Trading Arrangements
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Trading Arrangements, by Individual  
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Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, and Governance
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, and Governance [Line Items]  
Cybersecurity Risk Management Processes for Assessing, Identifying, and Managing Threats [Text Block]

Item 1C. Cybersecurity.

We maintain a cyber risk management program which includes processes for identifying, assessing, and managing risks for all of our information technology (“IT”) systems, services and applications, including cybersecurity threats. Our program aligns with industry standards, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework and the IMO guidelines.

These processes include analyzing potential risks from the use of IT components and our use of third-party service providers, engaging third-party service providers to identify potential cybersecurity threats, conducting penetration tests to detect vulnerabilities, conducting employee trainings, monitoring network activities, ensuring patches are applied timely, analyzing and reacting to threat intelligence, and layering controls to prevent unauthorized access to IT assets. To date, risks from cybersecurity threats, including as a result of any previous cybersecurity incidents, have not materially affected us, including our business strategy, results of operations or financial condition.

Our IT risk management processes are integrated into our Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program, which is designed to identify and evaluate potentially material risks, the potential impact of these risks on the enterprise, as well as steps to control and mitigate those risks. Our ERM program is overseen by our Enterprise Risk Committee (“ERC”). Our ERC is comprised of various members of senior management, including our Chief Information Officer (“CIO”) and internal audit and compliance department leaders. The ERC is responsible for the governance of enterprise risks assessments, identification and management of internal risks, and development of related mitigation strategies. See “Risk Factors – Information system failures, cyber incidents or breaches in security could adversely affect us” for further information on how cybersecurity threats could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

If a cybersecurity incident were to occur, we would utilize our incident response plan. This plan governs our process of assessing the incident and our internal and external communications strategy. Our response would be led by our CIO, in coordination with other senior leaders. Depending on the nature and severity of an incident, we may escalate notification to our board of directors.

The cyber risk management program is overseen by our CIO who has over 20 years of experience in leading all aspects of IT. This is done in coordination with our Vice President, IT Audit and Security, who has over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity and other IT security roles, including the management of cybersecurity and compliance teams.

The Audit Committee of our board of directors (“Audit Committee”) is responsible for the oversight of risks from cybersecurity threats and the process by which the board is informed about such risks. Our CIO reports to the Audit Committee on a periodic basis on data protection and cybersecurity matters. In addition, the Audit Committee receives regular updates on exposures, threats and mitigation plans directly from our IT department.

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Cybersecurity Risk Management Processes Integrated [Text Block] Our IT risk management processes are integrated into our Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program, which is designed to identify and evaluate potentially material risks, the potential impact of these risks on the enterprise, as well as steps to control and mitigate those risks.
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Cybersecurity Risk Board of Directors Oversight [Text Block] Our ERC is comprised of various members of senior management, including our Chief Information Officer (“CIO”) and internal audit and compliance department leaders. The ERC is responsible for the governance of enterprise risks assessments, identification and management of internal risks, and development of related mitigation strategies. See “Risk Factors – Information system failures, cyber incidents or breaches in security could adversely affect us” for further information on how cybersecurity threats could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

If a cybersecurity incident were to occur, we would utilize our incident response plan. This plan governs our process of assessing the incident and our internal and external communications strategy. Our response would be led by our CIO, in coordination with other senior leaders. Depending on the nature and severity of an incident, we may escalate notification to our board of directors.

The cyber risk management program is overseen by our CIO who has over 20 years of experience in leading all aspects of IT. This is done in coordination with our Vice President, IT Audit and Security, who has over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity and other IT security roles, including the management of cybersecurity and compliance teams.

The Audit Committee of our board of directors (“Audit Committee”) is responsible for the oversight of risks from cybersecurity threats and the process by which the board is informed about such risks. Our CIO reports to the Audit Committee on a periodic basis on data protection and cybersecurity matters. In addition, the Audit Committee receives regular updates on exposures, threats and mitigation plans directly from our IT department.

Cybersecurity Risk Board Committee or Subcommittee Responsible for Oversight [Text Block] The Audit Committee of our board of directors (“Audit Committee”) is responsible for the oversight of risks from cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Risk Process for Informing Board Committee or Subcommittee Responsible for Oversight [Text Block] is comprised of various members of senior management, including our Chief Information Officer (“CIO”) and internal audit and compliance department leaders. The ERC is responsible for the governance of enterprise risks assessments, identification and management of internal risks, and development of related mitigation strategies. See “Risk Factors – Information system failures, cyber incidents or breaches in security could adversely affect us” for further information on how cybersecurity threats could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Cybersecurity Risk Role of Management [Text Block] Our response would be led by our CIO, in coordination with other senior leaders. Depending on the nature and severity of an incident, we may escalate notification to our board of directors.

The cyber risk management program is overseen by our CIO who has over 20 years of experience in leading all aspects of IT. This is done in coordination with our Vice President, IT Audit and Security, who has over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity and other IT security roles, including the management of cybersecurity and compliance teams.

The Audit Committee of our board of directors (“Audit Committee”) is responsible for the oversight of risks from cybersecurity threats and the process by which the board is informed about such risks. Our CIO reports to the Audit Committee on a periodic basis on data protection and cybersecurity matters. In addition, the Audit Committee receives regular updates on exposures, threats and mitigation plans directly from our IT department.

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Cybersecurity Risk Management Positions or Committees Responsible [Text Block] This plan governs our process of assessing the incident and our internal and external communications strategy.
Cybersecurity Risk Management Expertise of Management Responsible [Text Block] The cyber risk management program is overseen by our CIO who has over 20 years of experience in leading all aspects of IT. This is done in coordination with our Vice President, IT Audit and Security, who has over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity and other IT security roles, including the management of cybersecurity and compliance teams
Cybersecurity Risk Process for Informing Management or Committees Responsible [Text Block]

The cyber risk management program is overseen by our CIO who has over 20 years of experience in leading all aspects of IT. This is done in coordination with our Vice President, IT Audit and Security, who has over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity and other IT security roles, including the management of cybersecurity and compliance teams.

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General Business Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
General business information General business information

Excelerate Energy, Inc. (“Excelerate” and together with its subsidiaries, “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”) offers liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) solutions, providing integrated services along the LNG value chain. We offer a full range of regasification services, from floating storage and regasification units (“FSRUs”) to infrastructure development, to LNG and natural gas supply. Excelerate was incorporated on September 10, 2021 as a Delaware corporation and formed as a holding company to own, as its sole material asset, a controlling equity interest in Excelerate Energy Limited Partnership (“EELP”), a Delaware limited partnership formed in December 2003 by George B. Kaiser (together with his affiliates other than the Company, “Kaiser”). On April 18, 2022, Excelerate closed its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 18,400,000 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), at an offering price of $24.00 per share, pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-262065), and its prospectus (the “Prospectus”), dated April 12, 2022 and filed on April 14, 2022 with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The IPO generated gross proceeds of $441.6 million before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $25.4 million and IPO-related expenses of $7.6 million.

The proceeds of the IPO were used in part (a) to purchase an approximately 24.2% ownership interest in EELP at a per-interest price equal to the IPO price of $24.00 per share, and (b) to fund a $50.0 million cash payment as part of EELP’s purchase of all of the issued and outstanding membership interests in Excelsior, LLC and FSRU Vessel (Excellence), LLC (f/k/a Excellence, LLC), (collectively, the “Foundation Vessels”) ((a) and (b) collectively with the IPO, the “IPO Transaction”). See further discussion of the Foundation Vessels in Note 8 – Property and equipment, net. Following the IPO, Kaiser owned directly or indirectly the remaining approximately 75.8% of the ownership interests in EELP. As of December 31, 2024, Kaiser owned directly or indirectly approximately 77.5% of the ownership interests in EELP. The remaining 22.5% of the ownership interests were held by the Company as of December 31, 2024. The IPO Transaction, whereby Excelerate began to consolidate EELP in its consolidated financial statements, was accounted for as a reorganization of entities under common control. As a result, the consolidated financial statements of Excelerate recognized the assets and liabilities received from EELP in the reorganization at their historical carrying amounts and retroactively reflected them in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of the earliest period presented.

In October 2022, Excelerate Energy Holdings, LLC (“EE Holdings”), the indirect sole member of Excelerate New England Onshore, LLC (“ENE Onshore”), and EELP, the sole member of Excelerate New England Lateral, LLC (“ENE Lateral”), entered into a merger agreement, pursuant to which ENE Onshore was merged with and into ENE Lateral (the “ENE Onshore Merger”). ENE Lateral was the surviving entity and ENE Onshore ceased to exist as a separate entity. EE Holdings retained responsibility for all liabilities and obligations of ENE Onshore arising prior to the ENE Onshore Merger. Prior to the ENE Onshore Merger, Excelerate consolidated ENE Onshore as a variable interest entity (“VIE”) as Excelerate was determined to be the primary beneficiary of ENE Onshore. As a result of the ENE Onshore Merger, Excelerate no longer has a non-controlling interest related to ENE Onshore. See Note 18 – Related party transactions for more details on this merger.

Basis of Presentation

These consolidated financial statements and related notes include the assets, liabilities and results of operations of Excelerate and its consolidated subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). All transactions among Excelerate and its consolidated subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation. In management’s opinion, all adjustments necessary for a fair statement are reflected. Certain amounts in prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
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Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates include useful lives of property and equipment, asset retirement obligations, and the allocation of the transaction price to performance obligations and lease components. Management evaluates its estimates and related assumptions regularly. Changes in facts and circumstances or additional information may result in revised estimates, and actual results may differ from these estimates.

During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company performed a review of the estimated useful lives of our FSRU vessels. As a relatively new asset class, being first built in 2005, we initially estimated a useful life of 30 years with no salvage value. As the vessels approach almost 20 years of life, there has been improved visibility into the expected term of FSRU productive capabilities, demand, and salvage potential. As a result, the Company changed the useful lives of our FSRU vessel assets to 40 years and added an estimated salvage value. This change in accounting estimate resulted in a decrease in depreciation expense of $6.0 million, an increase in net

income of $5.7 million, and an increase to both basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.04 for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022.

Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, entities controlled by the Company through its direct or indirect ownership of a majority interest and any other entities in which the Company has a controlling financial interest. The Company eliminates all significant intercompany accounts and transactions in consolidation. The Company consolidates VIEs where the Company holds direct or implicit variable interests and is the primary beneficiary. The primary beneficiary of a VIE is the party that has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The primary beneficiary determination is both qualitative and quantitative and requires the Company to make judgments and assumptions about the entity’s total equity investment at risk, its forecasted financial performance, and the volatility inherent in those forecasted results. Events are considered for all existing entities to determine if they may result in an entity becoming a VIE or the Company becoming the primary beneficiary of an existing VIE. The ownership interest of other investors in consolidated subsidiaries and VIEs is recorded as non-controlling interests.

The Company had determined that ENE Onshore was a VIE based on the results of the analysis described above. As of December 31, 2020, one of our wholly owned subsidiaries, ENE Lateral, was the provider of a promissory note to ENE Onshore in the amount of $102.0 million and used capacity rights in a pipeline secured by ENE Onshore from a third party. As the Company and its related parties had the power to direct the activities related to the capacity rights and the obligation to absorb losses which could be significant to ENE Onshore, the Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary. As such, we consolidated the assets and liabilities of ENE Onshore and showed its net loss as non-controlling interest – ENE Onshore on our consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2021 and through October 2022. In September 2021, the promissory note from ENE Onshore was repaid, and an agreement was entered into that significantly limited the ability of ENE Lateral to receive benefits from the use of the pipeline capacity. However, ENE Lateral still controlled the capacity rights, and therefore, ENE Lateral continued to be the primary beneficiary as of December 31, 2021. In October 2022, ENE Onshore was merged with and into ENE Lateral. For more details, see Note 1 – General business information.

Investments in equity method investee

All investments in which the Company owns 20% to 50%, exercises significant influence over operating and financial policies, and does not consolidate are accounted for using the equity method. Under the equity method of accounting, investments are stated at initial cost and are adjusted for subsequent additional investments and the Company’s proportionate share of earnings or losses and distributions. The Company evaluates its equity method investments for impairment when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying values of such investments may have experienced an other-than-temporary decline in value below their carrying values. If an equity method investment experiences an other-than-temporary decline in value and if the estimated fair value is less than the carrying value, the carrying value is written down to its estimated fair value and the resulting impairment is recorded in the Company's consolidated statements of income.

In June 2018, the Company acquired a 45% interest in Nakilat Excelerate LLC, its equity method investment (the “Nakilat JV”), which is recorded using the equity method. For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, the Company’s share of net earnings in the Nakilat JV were $2.2 million, $0.9 million and $2.7 million, respectively.

Equity interests

Prior to the IPO, equity interests represented the contributions from and distributions to the general and limited partners of the Company and certain entities under common control of Kaiser contributed to EELP as part of an anticipated reorganization in connection with the IPO, which was comprised of Excelerate New England GP, LLC, Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, LP. and ENE Lateral (together, the “Northeast Companies”), the accumulated earnings of EELP and the Northeast Companies, and share-based compensation of EELP.

Non-controlling interest

Non-controlling interest is primarily comprised of Kaiser’s 77.5% ownership interest in EELP. In addition, it is also comprised of third-party equity interests in two of the Company’s other consolidated subsidiaries: 1) a 20% interest in Excelerate Energy Bangladesh LLC and 2) a 10% interest in Excelerate Albania Holding sphk. Net income attributable to non-controlling interests represents the Company’s net income (loss) that is not allocable to Excelerate shareholders.

Prior to the ENE Onshore Merger, we also separately presented a non-controlling interest related to ENE Onshore, which was consolidated as a VIE.

Foreign currency transactions and translation

The consolidated financial statements are presented in United States (“U.S.”) dollars, which is the Company’s reporting currency and the functional currency for all but one of the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries. The Company has one subsidiary that uses the euro as its functional currency.

For all international entities, foreign currency transactions are translated into U.S. dollars, using exchange rates at the dates of the transactions or using the average exchange rate prevailing during the period. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at year-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognized in the consolidated statements of income in other income, net. Foreign exchange gains/(losses) amounted to $(3.5) million, $(4.1) million and $(7.2) million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Fair value measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). The fair value measurement is based on the presumption that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability takes place in either the principal market for the asset or liability, or, in the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market for the asset or liability. The Company utilized market data or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation techniques. The Company uses estimates that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data is available to measure fair value, maximizing the use of relevant observable inputs and minimizing the use of unobservable inputs. The Company categorizes its fair value estimates for all assets and liabilities for which fair value is measured or disclosed in the consolidated financial statements using a fair value hierarchy based on the transparency of inputs used to measure fair value.

The fair value hierarchy has three levels based on the reliability of the inputs used to determine fair value as follows:

Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2: Inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets and inputs, that are observable either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the contract; and

Level 3: Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

Categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, demand deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less. Cash not available for general use by the Company due to loan restrictions are classified as restricted cash.

Restricted cash is cash restricted due to terms in certain debt agreements and is to be used to service the debt and for certain designated uses including payment of working capital, operations, and maintenance related expenses. Distributions of maintenance related expenses are subject to “waterfall” provisions that allocate cash flows from revenues to specific priorities of use in a defined order before equity distributions can be made in compliance with other debt service requirements. To the extent that restrictions on cash extend beyond one year, the Company has classified those balances as non-current in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Derivative financial instruments

Derivative instruments are initially recorded at fair value as either assets or liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets and are subsequently remeasured to fair value, regardless of the purpose or intent for holding the derivative. To be considered a derivative an agreement would need to have a notional and an underlying, require little or no initial net investment and could be net settled. The method of recognizing the changes in fair value is dependent on whether the contract is designated as a hedging instrument and qualifies for hedge accounting. The changes in the fair values of derivative instruments that are not designated or that do not qualify for hedge accounting are recognized in other income, net, in the consolidated statements of income.

The Company uses interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to adverse fluctuations in interest rates by converting a portion of our debt from a floating rate to a fixed rate. The maximum length of time over which the Company is hedging the exposure to the variability in future cash flows is based on the duration of the loans. The interest rate swaps have been designated as cash flow hedges. The Company has formally documented the hedge relationships, including identification of the hedging instruments and the hedged items, as well as the risk management objectives and strategies for undertaking the hedge transactions. Effectiveness is evaluated using

regression analysis at inception and over the course of the hedge as required, unless the hedge is designated utilizing the shortcut method. The interest rate swaps are recorded in the consolidated balance sheets on a gross basis at fair value.

For such designated cash flow hedges, the gain or loss resulting from fair value adjustments on cash flow hedges are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income. In the periods when the hedged items affect earnings, the associated fair value changes on the hedging derivatives are transferred from total equity to interest expense, net in the consolidated statements of income. The Company performs periodic assessments of the effectiveness of the derivative contracts designated as hedges, including the possibility of counterparty default. Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as hedges are recognized in other comprehensive income.

Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable is presented net of the allowance for doubtful accounts on the consolidated balance sheets. The allowance for doubtful accounts is management’s best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in existing accounts receivable based on age of accounts past due, historical write-off experience and customer economic data. The Company has a limited number of customers and continuously reviews amounts owed to us. Account balances are charged off against the allowance when management believes that the receivable will not be recovered.

The allowance for doubtful accounts was $0.2 million and $0.2 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Inventories

LNG and natural gas inventories are recorded at the lower of cost or net realizable value, which is the known or estimated selling price less cost to sell. Cost for inventories is calculated using the first-in-first-out (FIFO) method and is comprised of the purchase price and other directly related costs. At each reporting date, inventories are assessed for impairment. If inventory is impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell, and an impairment loss is recognized in the consolidated statements of income. No impairment was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2024. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded a lower of cost or net realizable value write-down of $1.0 million and $4.4 million, respectively, which is included in direct cost of gas sales on our consolidated statements of income.

Capitalization of costs incurred during drydocking

We are required to drydock our vessels periodically for maintenance and in accordance with applicable international regulations. Costs incurred related to routine repairs and maintenance performed during drydocking are expensed. Costs incurred during drydocking out of convenience to appreciably extend the useful life, increase the earnings capacity, or improve the efficiency of vessels are capitalized as property and equipment and amortized over the remaining useful life of the vessels. Costs that are incurred on major repair work which is non-routine in nature are accounted for under the built-in overhaul method and capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the period from when the drydocking occurs until the next anticipated drydocking. Drydocking costs incurred to meet regulatory requirements are accounted for under the deferral method, whereby the actual costs incurred are deferred into other assets and amortized on a straight-line basis over the period from when the drydocking occurs until the next anticipated drydocking. If the vessel is drydocked earlier than originally anticipated, any remaining overhaul and regulatory capitalized costs that have not been amortized are accelerated. When a vessel is disposed, any unamortized capitalized costs are charged against income in the period of disposal. Capitalized costs are presented within either property and equipment, net or other assets on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

Property and equipment, net

Property and equipment, net are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets, less an estimated salvage value. Modifications to property and equipment, including the addition of new equipment, which improves or increases the operational efficiency, functionality, or safety of the assets, are capitalized. These expenditures are amortized over the estimated useful life of the modification. Expenditures covering recurring routine repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred.

Useful lives applied in depreciation are as follows:

Vessels and related equipment

 

5-40 years

Finance lease right-of-use assets

 

Lesser of useful life or lease term

Other equipment

 

3-7 years

Gains and losses on disposals and retirements are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognized in the consolidated statements of income.

Asset retirement obligations (“ARO”)

The Company recognizes liabilities for retirement obligations associated with tangible long-lived assets when there is a legal obligation associated with the retirement of such assets and the amount can be reasonably estimated. The fair value of a liability for an ARO is recognized in the period in which it is incurred, if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. In order to estimate the fair value, we use judgments and assumptions for factors: including the existence of legal obligations for an ARO; technical assessments of the assets; discount rate; inflation rate; and estimated amounts and timing of settlements. The offsetting asset retirement cost is recorded as an increase to the carrying value of the associated property and equipment, net on the consolidated balance sheets and depreciated over the estimated useful life of the asset. In periods subsequent to the initial measurement of an ARO, the Company recognizes period-to-period changes in the liability resulting from the passage of time and revisions to either the timing or the amount of the original estimate of undiscounted cash flows. Increases in the ARO liability due to the passage of time impact net income as accretion expense.

Impairment of long-lived assets

The Company performs a recoverability assessment of each of its long-lived assets when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than their carrying amounts. Indicators may include, but are not limited to, adverse changes in the regulatory environment in a jurisdiction where the Company operates, unfavorable events impacting the Company’s operations, a decision to discontinue the development of a long-lived asset, early termination of a significant customer contract or the introduction of newer technology. If indicators of impairment are present, the Company performs an analysis of the anticipated undiscounted future net cash flows to be derived from the related long-lived assets. In the event that an asset does not meet the recoverability test, the carrying value of the asset will be adjusted to fair value resulting in an impairment charge. The Company did not record any material impairments during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 or 2022.

Long-term debt and debt issuance costs

Debt issuance costs, including arrangement fees and legal expenses related to long-term notes, are deferred and presented as a direct deduction from the outstanding principal of the related debt in the consolidated balance sheets and amortized using the effective interest rate method over the term of the relevant loan. Amortization of debt issuance costs is included as a component of interest expense. If a loan or part of a loan is repaid early, the unamortized portion of the deferred debt issuance costs is recognized as interest expense proportionate to the amount of the early repayment in the period in which the loan is repaid.

Financing costs incurred related to the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined herein) and the First Amendment (as defined herein) are reported as other current assets and other assets on the balance sheet. Financing costs related to the Term Loan Facility (as defined herein) are reported as current portion of long-term debt and long-term debt, net on the balance sheet. These costs will be amortized through March 2027, at which time the Amended Credit Agreement will mature. Amortization of these deferred financing costs is included as a component of interest expense.

Debt instruments are classified as current liabilities unless the Company has an unconditional right to defer the settlement of the liability for at least 12 months after the reporting date.

Segments

The Company’s chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”) is our Chief Executive Officer, who reviews consolidated financial information for the purposes of allocating resources and assessing financial performance, utilizing consolidated net income as the primary measure of profit. Additionally, the CODM is not regularly provided any significant expense information beyond what is disclosed on the consolidated statements of income. For purposes of financial reporting under GAAP during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, the Company operated as a single operating and reportable segment.

Revenue recognition

The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 842, Leases (“ASC 842”), and ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). The Company’s contracts with customers may contain one or several performance obligations usually consisting of FSRU and terminal services including time charter, regasification and other services and gas sales. For revenue accounted for under ASC 606, the Company determines the amount of revenue to be recognized through application of the five-step model outlined in ASC 606 as follows: when (i) a customer contract is identified, (ii) the performance obligation(s) have been identified, (iii) the transaction price has been determined, (iv) the transaction price has been allocated to the performance obligation(s) in the contract, and (v) the performance obligation(s) are satisfied. The Company recognizes revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. Sales, value-added, and other taxes collected concurrently with the provision of goods or services are excluded from revenue when the customer is the primary obligor of such taxes.

Time charter, regasification and other services

The Company determined that its long-term time charter and terminal use contracts typically contain a lease. The lease of our vessels and terminals represents the use of the asset without any associated performance obligations or warranties (a lease component) and is accounted for in accordance with the provisions of ASC 842. These contracts may also contain non-lease components relating to operating the assets (i.e., provision of time charter, regasification and other services).

The Company allocated the contract consideration between the lease component and non-lease components on a relative standalone selling price basis. The Company utilizes a combination of approaches to estimate the standalone selling prices, when the directly observable selling price is not available, by utilizing information available such as market conditions and prices, entity-specific factors, and internal estimates when market data is not available. Given that there are no observable standalone selling prices for any of these components, judgment is required in determining the standalone selling price of each component. Certain time charter party (“TCP”) agreements with customers allow an option to extend the contract. Agreements which include renewal and termination options are included in the lease term if we believe they are “reasonably certain” to be exercised by the lessee or if an option to extend is controlled by the Company. Leases are classified based upon defined criteria either as a sales-type, direct financing, or an operating lease. For time charter contracts classified as operating leases, revenues from the lease component of the contracts are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the charter.

Since our adoption of ASC 842, the Company has applied the practical expedient to combine the lease component with our drydocking requirements (a non-lease component) in our leases classified as operating leases. During the first quarter of 2024, the Company adopted the practical expedient to also combine the lease component of our vessel leases classified as operating leases with time charter, regasification and other services provided in connection with our time charters (a non-lease component). In the agreements which we have applied this practical expedient, we determined that the timing and pattern of transfer of the lease and non-lease components is the same and that the lease component is the predominant characteristic. As a result, the combined components are presented as a single lease component under ASC 842.

The lease component of time charter contracts that are accounted for as sales-type leases is recognized over the lease term using the effective interest rate method. The underlying asset is derecognized and the net investment in the lease is recorded. The net investment in the lease is increased by interest income and decreased by payments collected. The provision of time charter, regasification and other services on the time charter contracts is considered a non-lease component and, for our sales-type leases, is accounted for as a separate performance obligation in accordance with the provision of ASC 606. Additionally, the Company has contracts with customers to provide time charter, regasification, and other services that do not contain a lease and are within the scope of ASC 606.

The provision of time charter, regasification and other services is considered a single performance obligation recognized evenly over time as our services are rendered or consistent with the customer’s proportionate right to use our assets. The Company considers our services as a series of distinct services that are substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer. The Company recognizes revenue when obligations under the terms of our contracts with our customers are satisfied. We have applied the practical expedient to recognize revenue in proportion to the amount that we have the right to invoice. Certain charges incurred by the Company associated with the provision of services are reimbursable. This variable consideration is recognized in revenue once the performance obligation is complete and the receivable amount is determinable.

For time charter and terminal use contracts that are accounted for as sales-type leases, the provision of time charter, regasification, and other services includes a performance obligation for drydocking that occurs in accordance with applicable international regulations. The Company engages third parties to perform the drydocking, but the Company is deemed to be the principal of the transaction as it does not transfer any risk to the third parties, therefore the Company recognizes drydock revenue on a gross basis. The Company allocates a portion of the contract revenues to the performance obligation for future drydocking costs. Revenue allocated to drydocking is deferred and recognized when the drydocking service is complete. The deferred drydock revenue is presented within long-term deferred revenue in the consolidated balance sheets.

Gas sales

As part of its operations, the Company sells natural gas and LNG generally through its use of its FSRU fleet and terminals. Gas sales revenues are recognized at the point in time at which each unit of natural gas or LNG is transferred to the control of the customer. This varies depending on the contract terms, but typically occurs when the cargo is regasified and injected into a pipeline, when the LNG is transferred to another vessel, or when title and risk of loss of natural gas or LNG has otherwise transferred to a customer. Accommodation fees related to the diversion of cargos are recorded when the performance obligation is complete.

Contract assets and liabilities

The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in the recognition of receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities. Receivables represent the unconditional right to payment for services rendered and goods provided. Unbilled receivables, accrued revenue, or contract assets represent services rendered that have not been invoiced and are reported within accounts receivable, net or other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. Contract liabilities arise from advanced payments and are recorded as deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets. The deferred revenue is either recognized as revenue when services are rendered or amortized over the life of the related lease, depending on the service. Contract assets and liabilities are reported in a net position for each customer contract or consolidated contracts at the end of each reporting period. Contract liabilities are classified as current and noncurrent based on the expected timing of recognition of the revenue.

Income taxes

The Company is a corporation for U.S. federal and state income tax purposes. EELP, is treated as a pass-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, as such, is generally not subject to U.S. federal income tax at the entity level. Accordingly, unless otherwise specified, the Company’s historical results of operations prior to the IPO do not include any provision for U.S. federal income tax for EELP.

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities by applying the enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. Such net tax effects on temporary differences are reflected on the consolidated balance sheets as deferred tax assets and liabilities.

The Company records valuation allowances to reflect the estimated amount of certain deferred tax assets that, more likely than not, will not be realized. In making such a determination, the Company evaluates a variety of factors, including operating history, accumulated deficit, and the existence of taxable or deductible temporary differences and reversal periods.

The effect of tax positions is recognized only if those positions are more likely than not of being sustained. Conclusions reached regarding tax positions are continually reviewed based on ongoing analyses of tax laws, regulations, and interpretations thereof. To the extent that The Company’s assessment of the conclusions reached regarding tax positions changes as a result of the evaluation of new information, such change in estimate will be recorded in the period in which such determination is made. Interest and penalties relating to an underpayment of income taxes, if applicable, are recognized as a component of income tax expense in the consolidated financial statements.

The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax provision if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the tax position. Accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions are recognized as a component of income tax expense in the consolidated financial statements.

Leases

The Company accounts for leases under the provisions of ASC 842.

Lessee accounting

The Company determines if an arrangement is, or contains, a lease at the inception of the arrangement. Once it has been determined an arrangement is, or contains, a lease, the Company determines if the lease qualifies as either an operating lease or a finance lease. At contract inception, the Company separates its lease and non-lease components, and the consideration in the contract is allocated to each separate lease component and non-lease component on a relative standalone selling price basis. As of the lease commencement date, the Company recognizes a liability for its lease obligation, initially measured at the present value of payments related to lease components not yet paid, and an asset for its right to use the underlying asset, initially measured at a value equal to that of the lease liability and adjusted for lease payments made at or before lease commencement, lease incentives, and any initial direct costs. The discount rate used to determine the present value of the lease payments is the rate of interest that the Company would have to pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis over a similar term in a similar economic environment, an amount equal to the lease payments.

The initial recognition of the lease obligation and right-of-use asset excludes short-term leases. Short-term leases are leases with an original term of one year or less, excluding those leases with an option to extend the lease for greater than one year or an option to purchase the underlying asset that the lessee is deemed reasonably certain to exercise. The Company has elected, as an accounting policy, not to apply the recognition requirements to short-term leases. Instead, the Company, may recognize the lease payments in the consolidated statements of income on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Additionally, leases may include variable lease payments such as escalation clauses based on a consumer price index, property taxes and maintenance costs. The non-lease components are

generally expensed as incurred. Variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate are included in the determination of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities using the index or rate at the lease commencement date, whereas variable lease payments that do not depend on an index or rate are recorded as lease expense in the period incurred. Short-term and variable lease expenses are presented within cost of revenue and vessel operating expenses and selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

For leases classified as operating leases, the lease obligation is presented within accrued liabilities and other liabilities and other long-term liabilities and the right-of-use asset is presented within other assets in the consolidated balance sheets. For operating leases, lease interest and right-of-use asset amortization in aggregate result in a straight-line expense profile, or operating lease expense, that is presented in cost of revenue and vessel operating expenses or selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income, dependent on the use of the leased asset, unless the right of-use asset becomes impaired. The right-of-use asset is assessed for impairment when events or circumstances indicate the carrying amount of the asset or asset group may not be recoverable.

For leases classified as finance leases, the lease obligation is presented within finance lease liabilities and the right-of-use asset is presented within property and equipment, net on the consolidated balance sheets. For finance leases, the Company uses the effective interest rate method to subsequently account for the lease liability, whereby interest is recognized in interest expense in the Company's consolidated statements of income. For finance leases, the right-of-use asset is amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the remaining life of the asset or the life of the lease, with such amortization included in depreciation and amortization in the Company's consolidated statements of income.

The Company has certain lease agreements that provide for the option to renew or terminate early. Each of these agreements was evaluated independently to arrive at the lease term. If the Company was reasonably certain to exercise a renewal or termination option, this term adjustment was factored into the lease term. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not have any lease agreements with residual value guarantees or material restrictions or covenants.

Sale leaseback arrangements

Vessels sold and leased back by the Company, where the Company has a fixed price repurchase obligation or the leaseback would be classified as a finance lease, are accounted for as a failed sale of the vessel by the Company and a failed purchase of the vessel by the buyer-lessor (a financing transaction). For such transactions, the Company does not derecognize the vessel legally sold and continues to depreciate the vessel as if it was the legal owner. Proceeds received from the sale of the vessel are recognized as a financial liability and payments made by the Company to the lessor are allocated between interest expense and principal repayments on the financial liability.

Restructuring, transition and transaction expenses

The Company incurred restructuring, transition and transaction expenses during the year ended December 31, 2022 related to consulting, legal, and audit costs incurred as part of and in preparation for the IPO Transaction. There were no restructuring, transition or transaction expenses incurred during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

Tax receivable agreement (“TRA”)

In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the TRA for the benefit of EE Holdings and the George Kaiser Family Foundation (the “Foundation”) (or their affiliates) (together, the “TRA Beneficiaries”). The TRA provides for payment by the Company to the TRA Beneficiaries of 85% of the amount of the net cash tax savings, if any, that it is deemed to realize as a result of its utilization of certain tax benefits resulting from (i) certain increases in the tax basis of assets of EELP and its subsidiaries resulting from exchanges of EELP partnership interests in the future, (ii) certain tax attributes of EELP and subsidiaries of EELP (including the existing tax basis of assets owned by EELP or its subsidiaries and the tax basis of certain assets purchased from the Foundation) that existed as of the time of the IPO or may exist at the time when Class B interests of EELP are exchanged for shares of Class A Common Stock, and (iii) certain other tax benefits related to the Company entering into the TRA, including tax benefits attributable to payments that it makes under the TRA.

The actual future payments to the TRA Beneficiaries will vary and estimating the amount and timing of payments that may be made under the TRA is by its nature imprecise, as the calculation of amounts payable depends on a variety of factors and future events. Decisions made in the course of running its business, such as with respect to mergers and other forms of business combinations that constitute changes in control, may influence the timing and amount of payments the Company makes under the TRA in a manner that does not correspond to our use of the corresponding tax benefits.

 

Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to shareholders by the weighted average number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing the sum of net income attributable to shareholders and any tax affected net income amounts attributed to the shares of Class B Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Class B Common Stock”), by the weighted-average shares outstanding during the period, which includes an adjustment for the impact of potential securities that would have a dilutive effect on earnings per share.

As a result of the IPO Transaction, the presentation of earnings per share for the periods prior to the IPO Transaction is not meaningful and only earnings per share for periods subsequent to the IPO Transaction are presented herein. See Note 13 – Earnings per share for additional information.

Recent accounting pronouncements

New accounting standards implemented in this report

In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-07”), which requires incremental disclosure related to a public entity’s reportable segments. The amendments are effective for public entities with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 in December 2024 with no material impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.

Accounting standards recently issued but not yet adopted

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), which requires the inclusion of specific categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and the disaggregation of income taxes paid by jurisdiction. The guidance in this update is effective for public entities with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, and early adoption is permitted. The updates are to be applied on a prospective basis, with retrospective application permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2023-09 on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, “Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40)” (“ASU 2024-03”), which requires tabular disclosure of specific expense categories included in expense captions on the statements of income and their qualitative descriptions. The guidance in this update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2024-03 on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Fair value of financial instruments Fair value of financial instruments

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The Company’s assessment of significance for a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the valuation of fair value assets and liabilities and the placement within the fair value hierarchy levels.

The following table presents the Company’s financial assets and liabilities by level within the fair value hierarchy that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Financial assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments

Level 2

$

13,605

 

 

$

3,201

 

Financial liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments

Level 2

$

(11,268

)

 

$

(1,793

)

 

As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, all derivatives were determined to be classified as Level 2 fair value instruments. No cash collateral has been posted or held as of December 31, 2024 or December 31, 2023. This table excludes cash on hand and assets and liabilities that are measured at historical cost or any basis other than fair value. The carrying amounts of other financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to their short maturities. The carrying value of long-term debt approximates fair value due to the variable rate nature of these financial instruments.

The determination of the fair values above incorporates factors including not only the credit standing of the counterparties involved, but also the impact of the Company’s nonperformance risk on its liabilities.

The values of the Level 2 interest rate swaps and foreign currency derivatives were determined using expected cash flow models based on observable market inputs, including published and quoted interest rate and exchange rate data from public data sources. Specifically, the fair values of the interest rate swaps were derived from the implied forward Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) yield curve for the same period as the future interest rate swap settlements. The fair values of the foreign currency derivatives were derived from the Euro/U.S. Dollar forward curves for the same period as the related payment settlements. We have consistently applied these valuation techniques in all periods presented.

Non-Recurring Fair Value Measures

Certain non-financial assets and liabilities are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis and are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances, such as equity investments or long-lived assets subject to impairment. For assets and liabilities measured on a non-recurring basis during the year, separate quantitative disclosures about the fair value measurements would be required for each major category. The Company did not record any material impairments on the equity investments or long-lived assets during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.

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Accounts Receivable, Net
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Receivables [Abstract]  
Accounts receivable, net Accounts receivable, net

As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, accounts receivable, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Trade receivables

$

114,381

 

 

$

92,881

 

Accrued revenue

 

5,566

 

 

 

4,429

 

Amounts receivable – related party

 

217

 

 

 

192

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

(204

)

 

 

(217

)

Accounts receivable, net

$

119,960

 

 

$

97,285

 

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Derivative Financial Instruments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative financial instruments Derivative financial instruments

The following table summarizes the notional values related to the Company’s derivative instruments outstanding at December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

Interest rate swaps (1)

$

219,607

 

 

(1)
Number of open positions and gross notional values do not measure the Company’s risk of loss, quantify risk or represent assets or liabilities of the Company. Instead, they indicate the relative size of the derivative instruments and are used in the calculation of the amounts to be exchanged between counterparties upon settlements.

The following table presents the fair value of each classification of the Company’s derivative instruments as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow hedges

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

$

1,070

 

 

$

2,653

 

Non-current assets

 

1,267

 

 

 

548

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

(14

)

Non-current liabilities

 

 

 

 

(1,779

)

Total designated as hedging instruments

$

2,337

 

 

$

1,408

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

$

4,063

 

 

$

 

Non-current assets

 

7,205

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

(4,063

)

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

 

(7,205

)

 

 

 

Total not designated as hedging instruments

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current position

$

1,070

 

 

$

2,639

 

Total non-current position

 

1,267

 

 

 

(1,231

)

Total derivatives

$

2,337

 

 

$

1,408

 

 

The current and non-current portions of derivative assets are included within other current assets and other assets, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets. The current and non-current portions of derivative liabilities are included within accrued liabilities and other liabilities and other long-term liabilities, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets.

Derivatives Accounted for as Cash Flow Hedges

The Company’s cash flow hedges include interest rate swaps that are hedges of variability in forecasted interest payments due to changes in the interest rate on SOFR-based borrowings, a summary which includes the following designations:

In 2018, the Company entered into two long-term interest rate swap agreements with a major financial institution. The swaps, which became effective in October 2018 and expire in April 2030, are used to hedge approximately 70% of the variability in interest payments/interest risk on the 2017 Bank Loans (as defined herein).
In 2023, the Company entered into long-term interest rate swap agreements with multiple major financial institutions. This arrangement is used to hedge the variability of the interest payments/interest risk on the Term Loan Facility (as defined herein) and will expire in March 2027. In the fourth quarter of 2023, we paid down a portion of the principal outstanding on the Term Loan Facility (as defined herein) and a proportionate amount of the interest rate swaps was settled.

The following tables present the gains and losses from the Company’s derivative instruments designated in a cash flow hedging relationship recognized in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):

 

Derivatives Designated in
Cash Flow Hedging
Relationship

 

 

 

Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income on Derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Interest rate swaps

 

 

 

$

4,832

 

 

$

4,530

 

 

$

4,946

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives Designated in
Cash Flow Hedging
Relationship

 

Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Income

 

Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Income

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Interest rate swaps

 

Interest expense

 

$

3,728

 

 

$

5,021

 

 

$

(507

)

The amount of gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income as of December 31, 2024 and expected to be reclassified within the next 12 months is $1.1 million.

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Other Current Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Other Assets, Current [Abstract]  
Other current assets Other current assets

As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, other current assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Prepaid expenses

$

8,201

 

 

$

8,139

 

Prepaid expenses – related party

 

2,250

 

 

 

2,162

 

Tax receivables

 

5,978

 

 

 

8,783

 

Inventories

 

23,930

 

 

 

2,946

 

Other receivables

 

10,355

 

 

 

5,326

 

Other current assets

$

50,714

 

 

$

27,356

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2023, we recorded a lower of cost or net realizable value write-down of $1.0 million which is included in direct cost of gas sales on our consolidated statements of income. No write-down was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2024.

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Property and equipment, net
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Property and equipment, net Property and equipment, net

As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company’s property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Vessels and related equipment

$

2,535,748

 

 

$

2,497,449

 

Finance lease right-of-use assets

 

40,007

 

 

 

40,007

 

Other equipment

 

25,359

 

 

 

23,807

 

Assets in progress

 

112,429

 

 

 

93,341

 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

(1,090,647

)

 

 

(1,004,825

)

Property and equipment, net

$

1,622,896

 

 

$

1,649,779

 

For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, depreciation expense was $95.4 million, $110.8 million and $94.5 million, respectively.

Sequoia Acquisition

In March 2023, we exercised our option to purchase Sequoia for a purchase price of $265.0 million (the “Sequoia Purchase”), which at December 31, 2022, was under a bareboat charter with a third party and accounted for as an operating lease. We closed the Sequoia Purchase in April 2023 using proceeds from the Term Loan Facility (as defined herein) and cash on hand.

Vessel Acquisition

As part of the IPO Transaction, in exchange for (i) 7,854,167 shares of Class A Common Stock with a fair market value (based on the IPO price) of $188.5 million, (ii) a cash payment of $50.0 million and (iii) $21.5 million of estimated future payments under the TRA, EELP purchased from Maya Maritime LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Foundation, all of the issued and outstanding membership interests in the Foundation Vessels. The acquisitions of both Excelsior and Excellence were accounted for as asset acquisitions in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”). In accordance with ASC 805, the accumulated cost of the vessel acquisitions, including Class A Common Stock and contingent consideration related to the TRA, were allocated to the assets acquired based on relative fair value. In 2018, EELP entered into an agreement with a customer to lease Excellence with the vessel transferring ownership to the customer at the conclusion of the agreement for no additional consideration. Historically, EELP, as a lessor, has accounted for the Excellence contract with our customer as a sales-type lease in the consolidated balance sheet in accordance with ASC 842. The Excellence contract with our customer continues to be accounted for as a sales-type lease and thus the acquisition did not result in an adjustment to property and equipment. The difference between the consideration given to acquire Excellence and the historical finance lease liability resulted in a $21.8 million early extinguishment of lease liability loss on our consolidated statements of income.

Newbuild FSRU

Effective October 4, 2022, Excelerate entered into a shipbuilding contract (“the Newbuild Agreement”) with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (“Builder”), a company organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of Korea, to construct a 170,000 m3 FSRU. The Company’s milestone payments are due in installments with the final installment due concurrently with the delivery of the vessel, which is expected in 2026. During the year ended December 31, 2022, The Company made the first milestone payment of approximately $30 million. In the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company made a milestone payment of approximately $50 million. These milestone payments are included in the assets in progress balance at December 31, 2024. The Company’s near-term payment commitments related to the Newbuild Agreement are expected to be approximately $30 million in the first quarter of 2025 and $20 million in the second quarter of 2025, with the remainder due beyond the next twelve months. The Builder provided a refund guarantee to Excelerate to secure the refund of the purchase price installments prior to the delivery of the vessel if Excelerate becomes entitled to the same as a result of Builder default or other defined circumstances.

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Accrued Liabilities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
Accrued liabilities Accrued liabilities

As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Accrued vessel and cargo expenses

$

27,128

 

 

$

35,055

 

Payroll and related liabilities

 

18,615

 

 

 

19,766

 

Current portion of TRA liability

 

3,116

 

 

 

6,067

 

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

 

1,551

 

 

 

1,744

 

Other accrued liabilities

 

21,163

 

 

 

27,164

 

Accrued liabilities

$

71,573

 

 

$

89,796

 

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Long-term Debt, Net
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Debt Instruments [Abstract]  
Long-term debt, net Long-term debt, net

The Company’s long-term debt, net consists of the following (in thousands):

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Term Loan Facility

$

163,555

 

 

$

185,430

 

Experience Vessel Financing

 

111,375

 

 

 

123,750

 

2017 Bank Loans

 

63,695

 

 

 

74,013

 

EE Revolver

 

 

 

 

 

Total debt

 

338,625

 

 

 

383,193

 

Less unamortized debt issuance costs

 

(5,072

)

 

 

(7,212

)

Total debt, net

 

333,553

 

 

 

375,981

 

Less current portion, net

 

(46,793

)

 

 

(42,614

)

Total long-term debt, net

$

286,760

 

 

$

333,367

 

 

The following table shows the range of interest rates and weighted average interest rates incurred on our variable-rate debt obligations during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.

 

 

2024

 

2023

 

2022

 

Range

 

Weighted Average

 

Range

 

Weighted Average

 

Range

 

Weighted Average

Term Loan Facility (1)

7.7% – 8.4%

 

8.3%

 

7.8% – 8.5%

 

8.3%

 

N/A

 

N/A

Experience Vessel Financing

7.3% – 9.1%

 

8.6%

 

8.0% – 8.8%

 

8.4%

 

3.5% – 6.8%

 

4.8%

2017 Bank Loans (2)

7.3% – 10.2%

 

9.4%

 

7.0% – 10.1%

 

9.1%

 

2.6% – 7.0%

 

5.2%

EE Revolver

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

3.9%

 

3.9%

(1)
Weighted average interest rate, net of the impact of settled derivatives, was 6.9% and 5.8% for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
(2)
Weighted average interest rate, net of the impact of settled derivatives, was 7.1%, 6.4% and 5.8% for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Experience Vessel Financing

In December 2016, the Company entered into a sale leaseback agreement with a third party to provide $247.5 million of financing for Experience (the “Experience Vessel Financing”). Due to the Company’s requirement to repurchase the vessel at the end of the term, the transaction was accounted for as a failed sale leaseback (a financing transaction). Under the Experience Vessel Financing agreement, the Company is deemed the owner of the vessel and continues to recognize the vessel on its consolidated balance sheets, with the proceeds received recorded as a financial obligation. As amended, the Company makes quarterly principal payments of $3.1 million and interest payments at the three-month SOFR plus 3.4% and the loan has a maturity date of December 2033. After the final quarterly payment in December 2033, there will be no remaining balance due.

In the second quarter of 2023, the Experience Vessel Financing agreement was amended to convert the reference rate from the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) to the SOFR yield curve. Prior to the amendment, the Company made interest payments at the three-month LIBOR plus 3.25%. Debt issuance costs of $7.2 million related to the original loan and subsequent amendments are presented as a direct deduction from the debt and are being amortized over the life of the original loan. The agreement contains certain security rights related to Experience in the event of default.

The Company’s vessel financing loan has certain financial covenants as well as customary affirmative and negative covenants. EELP must maintain a minimum equity of $500.0 million, a maximum debt-to-equity ratio of 3.5 to 1 and a minimum cash and cash equivalents balance, including loan availability, of $20.0 million. The agreement also requires that a three-month debt service reserve be funded and that the value of the vessel equal or exceed 110% of the remaining amount outstanding, in addition to other affirmative and negative covenants customary for vessel financings. The financing also requires the vessel to carry the typical vessel marine insurances.

2017 Bank Loans

Under the Company's financing agreement for the Moheshkhali LNG (“MLNG”) terminal in Bangladesh (the “2017 Bank Loans”), the Company entered into two loan agreements with external banks. Under the first agreement, the Company borrowed $32.8 million, makes semi-annual payments and accrues interest at the six-month SOFR plus 2.85% through the loan maturity date of October 15, 2029. In the fourth quarter of 2023, the agreement was amended to convert the reference rate from the LIBOR to the SOFR yield curve effective on the first interest payment date occurring after June 30, 2023. Prior to the amendment, the Company made interest payments at the six-month LIBOR plus 2.42%. The debt issuance costs of $1.3 million are presented as a direct deduction from the debt and are amortized over the life of the loan.

Under the second agreement, the Company borrowed $92.8 million, makes quarterly payments and accrues interest at the three-month SOFR plus 4.76% through the loan maturity of October 15, 2029. In the fourth quarter of 2023, the agreement was amended to convert the reference rate from the LIBOR to the SOFR yield curve effective on the first interest payment date occurring after June 30, 2023. Prior to the amendment, the Company made interest payments at the three-month LIBOR plus 4.50%. Debt issuance costs of $4.8 million are presented as a direct deduction from the debt liability and are amortized over the life of the loan. The agreement contains certain security rights related to the MLNG terminal assets and project contracts in the event of default.

The 2017 Bank Loans require compliance with certain financial covenants, as well as customary affirmative and negative covenants associated with limited recourse project financing facilities. The loan agreements also require that a six-month debt service reserve amount be funded and that an off-hire reserve amount be funded monthly to cover operating expenses and debt service while the vessel is away during drydock major maintenance. The loan agreements also require that the MLNG terminal and project company be insured on a stand-alone basis with property insurance, liability insurance, business interruption insurance and other customary

insurance policies. The respective project company must have a quarterly debt service coverage ratio of at least 1.10 to 1. In 2022, 2023 and 2024, waivers were obtained for immaterial non-financial covenants and are still in effect.

Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan Facility

On April 18, 2022, EELP entered into a senior secured revolving credit agreement, by and among EELP, as borrower, Excelerate, as parent, the lenders party thereto, the issuing banks party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, pursuant to which the lenders and issuing banks thereunder made available a revolving credit facility (the “EE Revolver”), including a letter of credit sub-facility, to EELP. The EE Revolver enabled Excelerate to borrow up to $350.0 million over a three-year term originally set to expire in April 2025.

Also, on April 18, 2022, the Company borrowed under the EE Revolver, on the closing day of such facility, and used the proceeds to repay the KFMC Note (as defined herein) in full. The KFMC Note was terminated in connection with such repayment. For more information regarding the KFMC Note, see Note 10 – Long-term debt – related party.

On March 17, 2023, EELP entered into an amended and restated senior secured credit agreement (“Amended Credit Agreement”), by and among EELP, as borrower, Excelerate, as parent, the lenders party thereto, the issuing banks party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. Under the Amended Credit Agreement, EELP obtained a new $250.0 million term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility” and, together with the EE Revolver, as amended by the Amended Credit Agreement, the “EE Facilities”). The EE Facilities mature in March 2027.

Borrowings under the EE Facilities bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the term SOFR reference rate for such period plus an applicable margin, which applicable margin is based on EELP’s consolidated total leverage ratio as defined and calculated under the Amended Credit Agreement and can range from 2.75% to 3.50%. The unused portion of the EE Revolver commitments is subject to an unused commitment fee calculated at a rate per annum ranging from 0.375% to 0.50% based on EELP's consolidated total leverage ratio.

The Amended Credit Agreement requires EELP to maintain (i) a maximum consolidated total leverage of 3.50x, provided that, if the aggregate value of all unsecured debt is equal to or greater than $250.0 million, the maximum permitted consolidated total leverage increases to 4.25x, (ii) collateral vessel maintenance coverage to be not less than the greater of (a) $750.0 million and (b) 130% of the sum of the total credit exposure under the Amended Credit Agreement and (iii) a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio of 2.50x. Proceeds from the Term Loan Facility were used for the Sequoia Purchase in April 2023. Proceeds from the EE Revolver may be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes and up to $305.0 million of the EE Revolver may be used for letters of credit.

On September 8, 2023, EELP entered into an amendment to the Amended Credit Agreement (“First Amendment”). The First Amendment provides for, among other things (i) inclusion of commodity and foreign exchange swap termination value in the collateral vessel maintenance coverage test and (ii) an update to the ordering of payment applications in the event of default.

In December 2023, the Company paid off $55.2 million of the principal outstanding on our Term Loan Facility. The Company also unwound the same notional value of the interest rate swaps it had previously entered into to hedge the fluctuations in the SOFR rates associated with the variable interest rate on the loan.

The Amended Credit Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants (affirmative and negative, including maximum consolidated total leverage ratio, minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio, and collateral vessel maintenance coverage covenants), and events of default, the occurrence of which would permit the lenders to accelerate the maturity date of amounts borrowed under the EE Facilities.

As of December 31, 2024, the Company had issued $22.8 million in letters of credit under the EE Revolver. As a result of the EE Revolver’s financial ratio covenants and after taking into account the outstanding letters of credit issued under the facility, all of the $327.2 million of undrawn capacity was available for additional borrowings as of December 31, 2024.

Maturities

Future principal payments on long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2024 are as follows (in thousands):

2025

$

48,435

 

2026

 

49,239

 

2027

 

138,636

 

2028

 

25,999

 

2029

 

26,816

 

Thereafter

 

49,500

 

Total debt, net

$

338,625

 

 

 

During the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, interest expense for long-term debt was $31.5 million, $34.6 million and $15.5 million, respectively, and was included in interest expense in the consolidated statements of income. As of December 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with the covenants under its debt facilities.

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Long-term Debt - Related Party
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-term debt - related party Long-term debt – related party

The Company’s related party long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Exquisite Vessel Financing

$

170,895

 

 

$

180,029

 

Less current portion

 

(8,943

)

 

 

(8,336

)

Total long-term related party debt

$

161,952

 

 

$

171,693

 

Exquisite Vessel Financing

In June 2018, the Company entered into a sale leaseback agreement with the Nakilat JV to provide $220.0 million of financing for Exquisite at 7.73% (the “Exquisite Vessel Financing”). The agreement was recognized as a failed sale leaseback transaction and was treated as financing due to the Company’s lease of the vessel. The term is for 15 years with a symmetrical put and call option at the end of the original term or two optional five-year extensions with symmetrical put and call options after each extension. The agreement contains certain security rights related to the vessel in the event of default.

KFMC Note

In November 2018, the Company entered into a promissory note (the “KFMC Note”) with Kaiser-Francis Management Company, L.L.C. (“KFMC”), an affiliate of Kaiser, as lender. The KFMC Note, as amended, allowed for a maximum aggregate principal amount of up to $250 million, had a maturity date of December 31, 2023, and an interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.55%. Upon consummation of the IPO, the KFMC Note was replaced by the EE Revolver, as discussed in Note 10 – Long-term debt, net.

KFMC-ENE Onshore Note

In September 2021, ENE Lateral assigned to KFMC all of its rights, title and interest to receive payment under a note with ENE Onshore (the “KFMC-ENE Onshore Note”), which assignment was made in partial satisfaction of the amounts owed by ENE Lateral to KFMC under a promissory note it entered into with KFMC in December 2015. As a result of such assignment, ENE Onshore was obligated to pay KFMC all amounts under the KFMC-ENE Onshore Note. In November 2021, KFMC and ENE Onshore entered into an amended and restated note allowing a maximum commitment of $25.0 million. The KFMC-ENE Onshore Note was settled in full and canceled in connection with the ENE Onshore Merger.

Maturities

Principal payments on related party long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2024 are as follows (in thousands):

 

2025

$

8,943

 

2026

 

10,521

 

2027

 

11,364

 

2028

 

12,339

 

2029

 

13,263

 

Thereafter

 

54,465

 

Total payments

$

110,895

 

Residual value for Exquisite Vessel Financing

 

60,000

 

Total debt  related party

$

170,895

 

 

During the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, interest expense for related party long-term debt was $13.7 million, $14.3 million, and $17.7 million, respectively, and was included in interest expense – related party in the consolidated statements of income.

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TRA Liability
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Receivables [Abstract]  
TRA Liability TRA Liability

In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the TRA with the TRA Beneficiaries. The TRA will provide for payment by Excelerate to the TRA Beneficiaries of 85% of the amount of the net cash tax savings, if any, that the Company is deemed to realize

as a result of its utilization of certain tax benefits resulting from (i) certain increases in the tax basis of assets of EELP and its subsidiaries resulting from exchanges of EELP partnership interests in the future, (ii) certain tax attributes of EELP and subsidiaries of EELP (including the existing tax basis of assets owned by EELP or its subsidiaries and the tax basis of certain assets purchased from the Foundation) that existed as of the time of the IPO or may exist at the time when Class B interests of EELP are exchanged for shares of Class A Common Stock, and (iii) certain other tax benefits related to us entering into the TRA, including tax benefits attributable to payments that the Company makes under the TRA. See “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions—Related Person Transactions—Transactions in Connection with our Reorganization and Initial Public Offering—Tax Receivable Agreement” in our Proxy Statement on DEF 14A filed on April 16, 2024.

The payments that the Company will be required to make under the TRA, including those made if it elects to terminate the agreement early, have the potential to be substantial. Based on certain assumptions, including no material changes in the relevant tax law and that the Company earns sufficient taxable income to realize the full tax benefits that are the subject of the TRA, expected future payments to the TRA Beneficiaries (not including Excelerate) equal $62.1 million in the aggregate, although the actual future payments to the TRA Beneficiaries will vary based on the factors discussed in “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions—Related Person Transactions—Transactions in Connection with our Reorganization and Initial Public Offering—Tax Receivable Agreement” in our Proxy Statement on DEF 14A filed on April 16, 2024. In addition, payments the Company makes under the TRA will be increased by any interest accrued from the due date (without extensions) of the corresponding tax return. Estimating the amount of payments that may be made under the TRA is by its nature imprecise, insofar as the calculation of amounts payable depends on a variety of factors and future events. As a result of the Share Repurchase Program, our expected payments under the TRA decreased by $7.0 million in 2024.

For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 the Company made payments under the TRA of $4.0 million and $3.4 million, respectively. The TRA payment forecasted to be made in 2025 as of December 31, 2024, is $3.1 million. If EE Holdings were to have exchanged all of its EELP interests as of the balance sheet date, the Company would recognize a liability for payments under the TRA of approximately $433.4 million, assuming (i) that EE Holdings exchanged all of its EELP interests using Excelerate’s December 31, 2024 closing market price of $30.25 per share of Class A Common Stock, (ii) no material changes in relevant tax law, (iii) a constant combined effective income tax rate of 21.0% and (iv) that the Company has sufficient taxable income in each year to realize on a current basis the increased depreciation, amortization and other tax benefits that are the subject of the TRA. The actual future payments to the TRA Beneficiaries will vary, and estimating the amount and timing of payments that may be made under the TRA is by its nature imprecise, as the calculation of amounts payable depends on a variety of factors and future events. The Company expects to receive distributions from EELP in order to make any required payments under the TRA. However, the Company may need to incur debt to finance payments under the TRA to the extent such distributions or its cash resources are insufficient to meet its obligations under the TRA as result of timing discrepancies or otherwise.

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Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Equity [Abstract]  
Equity Equity

Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement

Prior to the IPO, EE Holdings was the limited partner of EELP, with a 99% ownership interest in EELP as of March 31, 2022. In connection with the IPO, EE Holdings amended and restated the limited partnership agreement of EELP (the “EELP Limited Partnership Agreement”) whereby all of the outstanding interests of EELP were recapitalized into Class B interests and EELP was authorized to issue Class A interests. Subject to certain limitations, (a) the EELP Limited Partnership Agreement permits Class B interests to be exchanged for shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis or, at Excelerate’s election, for cash, and (b) Excelerate will hold Class A interests equivalent to the number of outstanding shares of its Class A Common Stock. Also in connection with the IPO, Excelerate became the general partner of EELP. In May 2023, the EELP Limited Partnership Agreement was amended to clarify certain non-material administrative items.

Excelerate Energy, LLC (“EELLC”) was the general partner of EELP prior to the IPO, with a 1% ownership interest in EELP as of March 31, 2022. In connection with the IPO, EELLC distributed to EE Holdings all of its interest in EELP. EE Holdings then contributed to EELP all of its interests in EELLC. As anticipated, EELLC was dissolved in October 2022.

Initial Public Offering

In connection with the IPO, in exchange for $441.6 million in gross proceeds before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $25.4 million and IPO-related expenses of $7.6 million, EELP issued 26,254,167 Class A interests to Excelerate, representing approximately 24.2% of the EELP interests and 82,021,389 Class B interests to EE Holdings, representing approximately 75.8% of the EELP interests. In connection with the closing of the IPO, the Company amended and restated its certificate of incorporation in its entirety to, among other things: (i) authorize 300 million shares of Class A Common Stock; (ii) 150 million shares of Class B Common Stock; and (iii) 25 million shares of “blank check” preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share.

Class A Common Stock

The Class A Common Stock outstanding represents 100% of the rights of the holders of all classes of the Company’s outstanding common stock to share in distributions from Excelerate, except for the right of Class B stockholders to receive the par value of the Class B Common Stock upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up or an exchange of Class B interests of EELP.

Class B Common Stock

Following the completion of the IPO, EE Holdings, a company controlled directly and indirectly by Kaiser, holds all of the shares of Excelerate’s outstanding Class B Common Stock. The Class B Common Stock entitles the holder to one vote for each share of Class B Common Stock. Holders of shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock vote together with holders of its Class A Common Stock as a single class on all matters on which stockholders are entitled to vote generally, except as otherwise provided in its amended and restated certificate of incorporation or required by law.

As the only Class B stockholder following the completion of the IPO, EE Holdings had 77.5% and 75.7% of the combined voting power of the Company’s common stock as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The EELP Limited Partnership Agreement entitles partners (and certain permitted transferees thereof) to exchange their Class B interests for shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis or, at its election, for cash. When a Class B interest is exchanged for a share of Class A Common Stock, the corresponding share of Class B Common Stock will automatically be canceled. The EELP Limited Partnership Agreement permits the Class B limited partners to exercise their exchange rights subject to certain timing and other conditions. When a Class B interest is surrendered for exchange, it will not be available for reissuance.

The following table summarizes the changes in ownership:

 

 

Class A Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

Less: Treasury Stock

 

 

Outstanding

 

 

Class B Common Stock

 

 

Total

 

 

Class A Ownership Percentage

 

Balance at January 1, 2023

 

 

26,254,167

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,254,167

 

 

 

82,021,389

 

 

 

108,275,556

 

 

 

24.2

%

Long-term incentive compensation units vested, net

 

 

29,860

 

 

 

20,624

 

 

 

9,236

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,236

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2023

 

 

26,284,027

 

 

 

20,624

 

 

 

26,263,403

 

 

 

82,021,389

 

 

 

108,284,792

 

 

 

24.3

%

Long-term incentive compensation units vested, net

 

 

138,825

 

 

 

69,647

 

 

 

69,178

 

 

 

 

 

 

69,178

 

 

 

 

Options exercised

 

 

9,279

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,279

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,279

 

 

 

 

Share repurchases

 

 

 

 

 

2,473,787

 

 

 

(2,473,787

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,473,787

)

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2024

 

 

26,432,131

 

 

 

2,564,058

 

 

 

23,868,073

 

 

 

82,021,389

 

 

 

105,889,462

 

 

 

22.5

%

EELP Distribution Rights

The Company, as the general partner of EELP, has the right to determine when distributions will be made to holders of interests and the amount of any such distributions. If a distribution is authorized, such distribution will be made to the holders of Class A interests and Class B interests on a pro rata basis in accordance with the number of interests held by such holder.

Dividends and Distributions

During the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, EELP declared and paid distributions to all interest holders, including Excelerate. Excelerate has used and will continue to use proceeds from such distributions to pay dividends to holders of Class A Common Stock. The following table details the distributions and dividends for the periods presented:

 

 

 

 

Class B Interests

 

 

Class A Common Stock

 

Dividend and distribution for the quarter ended

 

Date Paid or To Be Paid

 

Distributions Paid or To Be Paid

 

 

Total Dividends Declared

 

 

Dividend Declared per Share

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

March 27, 2025

 

$

4,921

 

 

$

1,509

 

 

$

0.060

 

September 30, 2024

 

December 5, 2024

 

 

4,921

 

 

 

1,532

 

 

 

0.060

 

June 30, 2024

 

September 5, 2024

 

 

2,050

 

 

 

672

 

 

 

0.025

 

March 31, 2024

 

June 6, 2024

 

 

2,051

 

 

 

645

 

 

 

0.025

 

2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

March 28, 2024

 

$

2,051

 

 

$

673

 

 

$

0.025

 

September 30, 2023

 

December 13, 2023

 

 

2,050

 

 

 

669

 

 

 

0.025

 

June 30, 2023

 

September 7, 2023

 

 

2,051

 

 

 

666

 

 

 

0.025

 

March 31, 2023

 

June 8, 2023

 

 

2,051

 

 

 

669

 

 

 

0.025

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

April 27, 2023

 

$

2,051

 

 

$

663

 

 

$

0.025

 

September 30, 2022

 

December 14, 2022

 

 

2,051

 

 

 

658

 

 

 

0.025

 

June 30, 2022

 

September 7, 2022

 

 

2,051

 

 

 

656

 

 

 

0.025

 

Under the terms of the EELP Limited Partnership Agreement, the Company is also required to make pro rata income tax distributions to the owner of Class B interests. During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, Excelerate made $9.7 million and $6.0 million, respectively, in tax distributions.

Albania Power Project

In April 2022, Excelerate established an entity to provide a temporary power solution in Albania (the “Albania Power Project”). Excelerate is a 90% owner of the Albania Power Project and has received $6.7 million in cash contributions from the minority owner as of December 31, 2024. The Albania Power Project is fully consolidated in the Company’s financial statements.

Repurchase of Equity Securities

On February 22, 2024, the Company’s board of directors approved a share repurchase program to purchase up to $50 million of its Class A Common Stock (the “Share Repurchase Program”). The board of directors approved the Share Repurchase Program because it believed that it (i) would be a prudent use of the Company’s available cash, (ii) would enhance the long-term value of the Class A Common Stock, (iii) would demonstrate management’s and the board of directors’ confidence in the business and (iv) was advisable and in the best interests of the Company. The timing, manner, price and amount of any Class A Common Stock repurchases under the Share Repurchase Program were determined by management in its discretion and depended on a variety of factors, including legal requirements, price, and business, economic, and market conditions. The Share Repurchase Program was completed in December 2024 as the Company had repurchased the maximum approved amount of $50 million.

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company repurchased 2,473,787 shares of its outstanding Class A Common Stock at a weighted average price of $20.41 per share, for a total net cost, including commission fees and taxes, of approximately $50.0 million. As indicated under the EELP Limited Partnership Agreement, for each Class A Common Stock repurchased by the Company, EELP, immediately prior to the repurchase, redeemed an equal number of Class A interests held by Excelerate, upon the same terms and at the same price, as the shares of Excelerate’s Class A Common Stock were repurchased. For more information, see Part II – Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities – Repurchase of Equity by Issuer.

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Earnings per share
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Earnings per share Earnings per share

The following table presents the computation of earnings per share for the periods shown below (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

For the period from April 13  December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Net income

$

153,034

 

 

$

126,844

 

 

$

67,046

 

Less net income attributable to non-controlling interest

 

120,156

 

 

 

96,432

 

 

 

55,119

 

Less net loss attributable to non-controlling interest – ENE Onshore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,396

)

Net income attributable to shareholders – basic

$

32,878

 

 

$

30,412

 

 

$

13,323

 

Add: Reallocation of net income attributable to non-controlling interest

 

 

 

 

90,327

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to shareholders – diluted

$

32,878

 

 

$

120,739

 

 

$

13,323

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding  basic

 

25,400,181

 

 

 

26,256,104

 

 

 

26,254,167

 

Dilutive effect of unvested restricted common stock

 

191,062

 

 

 

19,788

 

 

 

7,940

 

Dilutive effect of unvested performance units

 

253,492

 

 

 

2,306

 

 

 

 

Class B Common Stock converted to Class A Common Stock

 

 

 

 

82,021,389

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted

 

25,844,735

 

 

 

108,299,587

 

 

 

26,262,107

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

$

1.29

 

 

$

1.16

 

 

$

0.51

 

Diluted

$

1.27

 

 

$

1.11

 

 

$

0.51

 

The following table presents the common stock share equivalents excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the periods shown below, as they would have had an antidilutive effect:

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

For the period from April 13 – December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Restricted common stock

 

282

 

 

 

269

 

 

 

53

 

Stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

150,314

 

Performance stock units

 

9,579

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class B Common Stock

 

82,021,389

 

 

 

 

 

 

82,021,389

 

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Leases
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases Leases

Lessee arrangements

Finance leases

Certain enforceable vessel charters and pipeline capacity agreements are classified as finance leases, and the right-of-use assets are included in property and equipment, net on the consolidated balance sheets. Lease obligations are recognized based on the rate implicit in the lease or the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at lease commencement.

As of December 31, 2024, the Company was a lessee in finance lease arrangements on one pipeline capacity agreement and one tugboat. These arrangements were determined to be finance leases as their terms represent the majority of the economic life of their respective assets.

In connection with the IPO, EELP purchased two vessels previously leased and accounted for as related party finance leases. In 2018, EELP entered into an agreement with a customer to lease Excellence with the vessel transferring ownership to the customer at the conclusion of the agreement for no additional consideration. EELP, as a lessor, accounts for the Excellence contract with our customer as a sales-type lease in the consolidated balance sheet in accordance with ASC 842. For more information regarding the purchase of the vessels, see Note 7 – Property and equipment, net.

Finance lease liabilities as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Finance lease liabilities

$

191,383

 

 

$

211,887

 

Less current portion of finance lease liabilities

 

(23,475

)

 

 

(22,080

)

Finance lease liabilities, long-term

$

167,908

 

 

$

189,807

 

Operating leases

Operating lease right-of-use assets are included within other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. The current and non-current portions of operating lease liabilities are included within accrued liabilities and other liabilities and other long-term liabilities, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets.

As of December 31, 2023, the Company was a lessee in a terminal use lease, which was accounted for as an operating lease. In January 2024, this agreement transitioned to a TCP agreement.

In March 2023, Excelerate exercised its option to purchase Sequoia and the purchase was executed in April 2023. As of December 31, 2023, Sequoia was recorded as an operating lease. See Note 7 – Property and equipment, net for further information about the purchase.

Additionally, the Company has operating leases for offices in various locations in which operations are performed. Such leases will often include options to extend the lease and the Company will include option periods that, on commencement date, it is reasonably certain the Company will exercise. Variable lease costs relate to certain lease agreements, which include payments that vary for items such as inflation adjustments, or common area charges. Variable lease costs that are not dependent on an index are excluded from the lease payments that comprise the operating lease liability and are expensed in the period in which they are incurred. None of the Company’s operating leases contain any residual value guarantees.

A maturity analysis of the Company’s operating and finance lease liabilities (excluding short-term leases) at December 31, 2024 is as follows (in thousands):

 

Year

Operating

 

 

Finance

 

2025

$

1,795

 

 

$

33,235

 

2026

 

1,426

 

 

 

33,235

 

2027

 

1,022

 

 

 

33,235

 

2028

 

886

 

 

 

27,584

 

2029

 

449

 

 

 

27,571

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

 

85,581

 

Total lease payments

$

5,578

 

 

$

240,441

 

Less: imputed interest

 

(580

)

 

 

(49,058

)

Carrying value of lease liabilities

 

4,998

 

 

 

191,383

 

Less: current portion

 

(1,551

)

 

 

(23,475

)

Carrying value of long-term lease liabilities

$

3,447

 

 

$

167,908

 

 

As of December 31, 2024, the Company’s weighted average remaining lease term for operating and finance leases was 3.6 years and 8.1 years, respectively, with a weighted average discount rate of 6.2% and 6.3%, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, the Company’s weighted average remaining lease term for operating and finance leases was 4.3 years and 9.1 years, respectively, with a weighted average discount rate of 6.2% and 6.3%, respectively.

The Company’s total lease costs for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 recognized in the consolidated statements of income consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Amortization of finance lease right-of-use assets

$

2,609

 

 

$

3,487

 

 

$

2,609

 

Amortization of finance lease right-of-use assets – related party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,226

 

Interest on finance lease liabilities

 

12,652

 

 

 

15,068

 

 

 

15,172

 

Interest on finance lease liabilities – related party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,930

 

Operating lease expense

 

2,066

 

 

 

15,790

 

 

 

37,825

 

Short-term lease expense

 

530

 

 

 

611

 

 

 

1,164

 

Total lease costs

$

17,857

 

 

$

34,956

 

 

$

65,926

 

 

Other information related to leases for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Operating cash flows for finance leases

$

12,652

 

 

$

15,068

 

 

$

15,172

 

Operating cash flows for finance leases – related party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,930

 

Financing cash flows for finance leases

 

20,504

 

 

 

20,619

 

 

 

20,499

 

Financing cash flows for finance leases – related party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,912

 

Operating cash flows for operating leases

 

2,136

 

 

 

16,518

 

 

 

36,841

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,567

 

v3.25.0.1
Revenue
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Revenue Revenue

The following table presents the Company’s revenue for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):

 

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Revenue from leases

$

548,145

 

 

$

447,757

 

 

$

397,570

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time charter, regasification and other services

 

64,019

 

 

 

59,053

 

 

 

47,587

 

Gas sales

 

239,273

 

 

 

652,153

 

 

 

2,027,816

 

Total revenue

$

851,437

 

 

$

1,158,963

 

 

$

2,472,973

 

As a result of the Company’s adoption of the ASC 842 practical expedient discussed in Note 2 – Summary of significant accounting policies, $105.2 million and $69.8 million in the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, was reclassified from time charter, regasification and other services to revenue from leases to conform with the current period presentation.

Lease revenue

The Company’s time charter contracts are accounted for as operating or sales-type leases. The Company’s revenue from leases is presented within revenues in the consolidated statements of income and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 consists of the following (in thousands):

 

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Operating lease income

$

486,005

 

 

$

383,503

 

 

$

322,428

 

Sales-type lease income

 

62,140

 

 

 

64,254

 

 

 

75,142

 

Total revenue from leases

$

548,145

 

 

$

447,757

 

 

$

397,570

 

Sales-type leases

Sales-type lease income is interest income that is presented within lease revenues on the consolidated statements of income. The Company earns sales-type lease income from two vessels and a terminal as it is reasonably certain that the ownership of these assets will transfer to the customer at the end of the term. For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded

lease income from the net investment in the leases within revenue from lease contracts of $62.1 million, $64.3 million and $75.1 million, respectively.

Operating leases

Revenue from time charter contracts accounted for as operating leases is recognized by the Company on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract. As of December 31, 2024, the Company is the lessor to time charter agreements with customers on eight of its vessels. The following represents the amount of property and equipment that is leased to customers as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Property and equipment

$

2,472,895

 

 

$

2,184,347

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(1,005,269

)

 

 

(929,141

)

Property and equipment, net

$

1,467,626

 

 

$

1,255,206

 

 

The future minimum revenues presented in the table below should not be construed to reflect total charter hire revenues for any of the years presented. Minimum future revenues included below are based on the fixed components and do not include variable or contingent revenue. Additionally, revenue generated from short-term charters is not included as the duration of each contract is less than a year. As of December 31, 2024, the minimum contractual future revenues to be received under the time charters during the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

 

Year

Sales-type

 

 

Operating

 

2025

$

87,553

 

 

$

432,141

 

2026

 

88,508

 

 

 

401,424

 

2027

 

88,508

 

 

 

349,002

 

2028

 

81,746

 

 

 

303,555

 

2029

 

84,843

 

 

 

304,021

 

Thereafter

 

331,196

 

 

 

719,540

 

Total undiscounted

$

762,354

 

 

$

2,509,683

 

Less: imputed interest

 

(342,069

)

 

 

 

Net investment in sales-type leases

 

420,285

 

 

 

 

Less: current portion

 

(43,471

)

 

 

 

Non-current net investment in sales-type leases

$

376,814

 

 

 

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

The following tables show disaggregated revenues from customers attributable to the region in which the party to the applicable agreement has its principal place of business (in thousands):

 

For the year ended December 31, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from

 

 

TCP, Regas

 

 

Gas

 

 

Total

 

 

leases

 

 

and other

 

 

sales

 

 

revenue

 

Asia Pacific

$

62,140

 

 

$

52,979

 

 

$

212,102

 

 

$

327,221

 

Latin America

 

216,131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

216,131

 

Middle East (1)

 

155,998

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

155,998

 

Europe

 

113,876

 

 

 

284

 

 

 

 

 

 

114,160

 

Other

 

 

 

 

10,756

 

 

 

27,171

 

 

 

37,927

 

Total revenue

$

548,145

 

 

$

64,019

 

 

$

239,273

 

 

$

851,437

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from

 

 

TCP, Regas

 

 

Gas

 

 

Total

 

 

leases

 

 

and other

 

 

sales

 

 

revenue

 

Asia Pacific

$

64,254

 

 

$

48,317

 

 

$

169,793

 

 

$

282,364

 

Latin America

 

161,680

 

 

 

 

 

 

460,134

 

 

 

621,814

 

Middle East (1)

 

148,848

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

148,848

 

Europe

 

72,975

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,226

 

 

 

95,201

 

Other

 

 

 

 

10,736

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,736

 

Total revenue

$

447,757

 

 

$

59,053

 

 

$

652,153

 

 

$

1,158,963

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from

 

 

TCP, Regas

 

 

Gas

 

 

Total

 

 

leases

 

 

and other

 

 

sales

 

 

revenue

 

Asia Pacific

$

75,142

 

 

$

39,979

 

 

$

 

 

$

115,121

 

Latin America

 

130,117

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,933,448

 

 

 

2,063,565

 

Middle East (2)

 

180,226

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

180,226

 

Europe

 

12,085

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,269

 

 

 

32,354

 

Other

 

 

 

 

7,608

 

 

 

74,099

 

 

 

81,707

 

Total revenue

$

397,570

 

 

$

47,587

 

 

$

2,027,816

 

 

$

2,472,973

 

(1)
Includes Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.
(2)
Includes Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel.

Assets and liabilities related to contracts with customers

Under most gas sales contracts, invoicing occurs once the Company’s performance obligations have been satisfied, at which point payment is unconditional. Invoicing timing for TCP, regasification and other services varies and occurs according to the contract. As of December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, receivables from contracts with customers were $88.1 million and $73.8 million, respectively. These amounts are presented within accounts receivable, net on the consolidated balance sheets. In addition, revenue for services recognized in excess of the invoiced amounts, or accrued revenue, outstanding at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, was $0.6 million and $0.4 million, respectively. Accrued revenue represents current contract assets that will turn into accounts receivable within the next 12 months and be collected during the Company’s normal business operating cycle. Accrued revenue is presented in accounts receivable, net on the consolidated balance sheets. Other items included in accounts receivable, net represent receivables associated with leases, which are accounted for in accordance with the leasing standard. There were no write-downs of trade receivables for lease or time charter services or contract assets for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.

Contract liabilities from advance payments in excess of revenue recognized for services as of December 31, 2024 were $27.4 million. There were no contract liabilities as of December 31, 2023. If the performance obligations are expected to be satisfied during the next 12 months, the contract liabilities are classified within current portion of deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets. Amounts to be recognized in revenue after 12 months are recorded in long-term deferred revenue. The remaining portion of current deferred revenue relates to the lease component of the Company’s time charter contracts, which are accounted for in accordance with the leasing standard. Noncurrent deferred revenue presented in long-term deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets represents payments allocated to the Company’s performance obligation for drydocking services within time charter contracts in which the lease component is accounted for as a sales-type lease, customer requested upgrades made to certain vessels, and vessel repositioning. Revenue will be recognized as the performance obligations are completed.

The following table reflects the changes in the Company’s liabilities related to long-term contracts with customers as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Deferred revenues, beginning of period

$

56,267

 

 

$

177,754

 

Cash received but not yet recognized

 

62,918

 

 

 

36,014

 

Revenue recognized from prior period deferral

 

(33,278

)

 

 

(157,501

)

Deferred revenues, end of period

$

85,907

 

 

$

56,267

 

Some of the Company’s contracts are short-term in nature with a contract term of less than a year. The Company applied the optional exemption not to report any unfulfilled performance obligations related to these contracts.

In November 2023, Excelerate signed a 15-year LNG sale and purchase agreement (the “Petrobangla SPA”) with Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation (“Petrobangla”). Under the agreement, Petrobangla has agreed to purchase LNG from Excelerate beginning in 2026. Excelerate will deliver 0.85 million tonnes per annum (“MTPA”) of LNG in 2026 and 2027 and 1.0 MTPA from 2028 to 2040. The take-or-pay LNG volumes are expected to be delivered through Excelerate’s two existing FSRUs in Bangladesh, Excellence and Summit LNG. In the third quarter of 2024, Excelerate signed a medium-term LNG sales agreement in one of the Atlantic Basin regions in which it does business. Over the term of the agreement, the Company will sell approximately 0.65 million tonnes of LNG, the pricing of which will be based on Dutch Title Transfer Facility (“TTF”).

The Company has long-term arrangements with customers in which it provides regasification and other services as part of TCP contracts. The price under these agreements is typically stated in the contracts. Beginning in 2026, Excelerate will provide take-or-pay LNG volumes to Bangladesh through the Petrobangla SPA. The Company also earns revenue from other occasional LNG cargo sales, which are contracted in advance. The estimated fixed transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations under these arrangements is $8,113.0 million using commodity futures prices as of December 31, 2024. The Company expects to recognize revenue from contracts exceeding one year over the following time periods (in thousands):

2025

$

125,620

 

2026

 

666,622

 

2027

 

549,225

 

2028

 

617,495

 

2029

 

613,523

 

Thereafter

 

5,540,514

 

Total expected revenue

$

8,112,999

 

v3.25.0.1
Long-term Incentive Compensation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Compensation Related Costs [Abstract]  
Long-term Incentive Compensation Long-term incentive compensation

In April 2022, Excelerate adopted the Excelerate Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “LTI Plan”). The LTI Plan was adopted to promote and closely align the interests of Excelerate's employees, officers, non-employee directors and other service providers and its stockholders by providing stock-based compensation and other performance-based compensation. The LTI Plan allows for the grant of up to 10.8 million shares, stock options, stock appreciation rights, alone or in conjunction with other awards; restricted stock and restricted stock units, including performance units; incentive bonuses, which may be paid in cash, stock or a combination thereof; and other stock-based awards. The share pool increases on January 1st of each calendar year by a number of shares equal to 4% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock on the preceding December 31st. The LTI Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s board of directors.

The Company’s stock option and restricted stock unit awards both qualify as equity awards and are amortized into selling, general and administrative expenses and cost of revenue and vessel operating expenses on the consolidated statements of income on a straight-line basis. Stock options were granted to certain employees of Excelerate, vest over five years and expire 10 years from the date of grant. The Company also issued restricted stock units to directors and certain employees that vest ratably over one, two or three years. In 2023, the Company issued performance units to certain employees that cliff vest in three years. The performance units contain both a market condition related to Excelerate’s relative total shareholder return as compared to its peer group and a performance condition related to the Company’s earnings before income tax, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”). In 2024, the Company issued performance units to certain employees that cliff vest in three years. The performance units contain two market conditions, one related to Excelerate’s relative total shareholder return as compared to its peer group and another related to the Company’s annualized absolute total shareholder return.

For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, the Company recognized long-term incentive compensation expense for all of its awards as shown below (in thousands):

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Stock-based compensation expense

$

7,245

 

 

$

3,639

 

 

$

956

 

Stock options

The fair value of stock options is estimated on the date of the grant using a Black-Scholes valuation model, which requires management to make assumptions regarding the risk-free interest rates, expected dividend yields and the expected volatility of the Company’s stock calculated based on a period of time generally commensurate with the expected term of the award, the fair value of Excelerate’s common stock on the grant date, including the expected term of the award. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. The expected dividend yield is based on the expected dividend payout as a portion of

total share value. Expected volatility is based on the median of the historical volatility of fifteen of the Company’s peers over the expected life of the granted options. The Company uses estimates of forfeitures to estimate the expected term of the options granted. The reversal of any expense due to forfeitures is accounted for as they occur.

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2024 and provides information for outstanding and exercisable options as of December 31, 2024:

 

Number of Options

 

 

Weighted Average Exercise Price

 

 

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life

 

 

Aggregate Intrinsic Value

 

 

 

 

 

(per share)

 

 

(years)

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Outstanding at January 1, 2024

 

317,601

 

 

$

24.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

(9,279

)

 

 

24.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited or expired

 

(14,934

)

 

 

24.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2024

 

293,388

 

 

 

24.00

 

 

 

7.1

 

 

$

1,834

 

Exercisable at December 31, 2024

 

124,447

 

 

 

24.00

 

 

 

6.7

 

 

 

778

 

No options were granted in 2024 or 2023. The fair value of options granted in 2022 was $4.6 million. The total intrinsic value of options exercised in 2024 was $0.1 million. No options were exercised in 2023 or 2022. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had $1.7 million in unrecognized compensation costs related to its stock options that it expects to recognize over a weighted average period of 2.3 years.

Restricted stock unit awards

The following table summarizes restricted stock unit activity for the year ended December 31, 2024 and provides information for unvested shares as of December 31, 2024:

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted Average Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

(per share)

 

Unvested at January 1, 2024

 

318,150

 

 

$

20.88

 

Granted

 

484,646

 

 

 

15.26

 

Vested

 

(133,106

)

 

 

20.69

 

Forfeited

 

(5,744

)

 

 

16.51

 

Unvested at December 31, 2024

 

663,946

 

 

 

16.81

 

The fair value of the awards granted in 2024, 2023 and 2022 was $7.4 million, $6.5 million and $0.9 million, respectively. The fair value of awards that vested in 2024 and 2023 was $2.8 million and $0.7 million, respectively. No awards vested in 2022. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had $7.6 million in unrecognized compensation costs related to its restricted stock unit awards that it expects to recognize over a weighted average period of 1.9 years.

Performance units

In 2023, the Company granted performance units that entitle the holder to between zero and two shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock based on results as compared to performance and market conditions. The market condition relates to Excelerate’s relative total shareholder return as compared to its peer group and the performance condition relates to the Company’s EBITDA. Changes in the Company’s expected EBITDA performance as compared to award metrics will be recorded to the consolidated statement of income over the vesting period.

In March 2024, the Company granted performance units that entitle the holder to between zero and two shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock based on results as compared to two market conditions, one related to Excelerate’s relative total shareholder return as compared to its peer group and another related to the Company’s annualized absolute total shareholder return.

The fair values of the market conditions on the performance units granted in 2024 and 2023 are calculated based on a Monte Carlo simulation, which requires management to make assumptions regarding the risk-free interest rates, expected dividend yields and the expected volatility of the Company’s stock calculated based on a period of time generally commensurate with the expected term of the award. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. Expected volatility is based on the median of the historical volatility of the companies that comprise the Vanguard Energy ETF market index over the expected life of

the granted units. The Company uses estimates of forfeitures to estimate the expected term of the grants. The reversal of any expense due to forfeitures is accounted for as they occur.

The table below describes the assumptions used to value the awards granted in 2024 and 2023:

 

2024

 

 

 

 

 

March Grant

 

 

November Grant

 

 

2023

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

4.4

%

 

 

4.2

%

 

 

3.9

%

Expected volatility

 

50.6

%

 

 

41.9

%

 

 

58.0

%

Expected term

2.82 years

 

 

2.16 years

 

 

2.76 years

 

The following table summarizes performance unit activity for the year ended December 31, 2024 and provides information for unvested performance units (reflected at target performance) as of December 31, 2024:

 

Number of Units

 

 

Weighted Average Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

(per unit)

 

Unvested at January 1, 2024

 

84,699

 

 

$

28.80

 

Granted

 

252,517

 

 

 

17.33

 

Vested

 

(2,184

)

 

 

20.39

 

Forfeited

 

(5,525

)

 

 

27.15

 

Unvested at December 31, 2024

 

329,507

 

 

 

20.37

 

The fair value of the performance units granted in 2024 and 2023 was $4.4 million and $2.4 million, respectively. The fair value of awards that vested in 2024 was less than $0.1 million. No awards vested in 2023. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had $4.0 million in unrecognized compensation costs related to its performance units that it expects to recognize over a weighted average period of 1.8 years.
v3.25.0.1
Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income taxes Income taxes

The Company’s income before income taxes is comprised of the following for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Domestic

$

(95,260

)

 

$

(97,962

)

 

$

(45,701

)

Foreign

 

274,393

 

 

 

258,053

 

 

 

154,023

 

Total

$

179,133

 

 

$

160,091

 

 

$

108,322

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit) is comprised of the following for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic

$

923

 

 

$

932

 

 

$

1,322

 

Foreign

 

21,358

 

 

 

35,636

 

 

 

24,749

 

Total current

 

22,281

 

 

 

36,568

 

 

 

26,071

 

Deferred

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic

 

2,969

 

 

 

(1,634

)

 

 

2,708

 

Foreign

 

849

 

 

 

(1,687

)

 

 

(453

)

Total deferred

 

3,818

 

 

 

(3,321

)

 

 

2,255

 

Income tax expense

$

26,099

 

 

$

33,247

 

 

$

28,326

 

 

The provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 was $26.1 million, $33.2 million and $28.3 million, respectively. The decrease was primarily attributable to the year-over-year change in the geographical distribution of income.

A reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate is comprised of the following for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022:

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Statutory rate applied to pre-tax income

 

21.0

%

 

 

21.0

%

 

 

21.0

%

Foreign rate differential

 

(2.5

%)

 

 

5.7

%

 

 

12.0

%

Domestic non-controlled interest/ domestic non-taxable income

 

(18.5

%)

 

 

(15.9

%)

 

 

(20.1

%)

Early extinguishment of lease liability

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

4.2

%

Permanent items

 

2.5

%

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

(4.0

%)

Withholding taxes

 

10.4

%

 

 

11.5

%

 

 

13.7

%

Uncertain tax positions

 

0.3

%

 

 

2.6

%

 

 

(1.6

%)

Investment in partnership deferred taxes

 

4.2

%

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

Foreign tax credit

 

(1.7

%)

 

 

(5.1

%)

 

 

(2.8

%)

Gain on tax liquidation

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

1.7

%

Valuation allowance

 

(1.3

%)

 

 

1.5

%

 

 

0.3

%

Other

 

0.2

%

 

 

(2.3

%)

 

 

1.7

%

Effective tax rate

 

14.6

%

 

 

20.8

%

 

 

26.1

%

The effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 was 14.6%, 20.8% and 26.1%, respectively. The decrease was primarily driven by the geographical distribution of income and the varying tax regimes of jurisdictions.

The tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant deferred tax asset or liability as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 are as follows (in thousands):

 

As of December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Deferred tax assets

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed assets

$

133

 

 

$

1,121

 

Net operating losses

 

832

 

 

 

770

 

Lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

42

 

Foreign tax credit carryforward

 

2,689

 

 

 

1,645

 

Amortizable transactions costs

 

556

 

 

 

590

 

Investment in partnership

 

35,472

 

 

 

44,714

 

Unrealized foreign exchange losses

 

3,708

 

 

 

4,543

 

Other

 

3,884

 

 

 

2,133

 

Deferred tax assets

 

47,274

 

 

 

55,558

 

Valuation allowances

 

(18,475

)

 

 

(10,718

)

Net deferred tax assets

$

28,799

 

 

$

44,840

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Right of use assets

$

34

 

 

$

101

 

Unrealized foreign exchange gains

 

1,206

 

 

 

1,791

 

Net deferred tax liabilities

$

1,240

 

 

$

1,892

 

Net deferred tax assets

$

27,559

 

 

$

42,948

 

 

The Company has foreign and U.S. corporate subsidiaries for which it records deferred taxes. The Company has $3.0 million of net operating loss carryforwards as of December 31, 2024. Of these, $2.1 million will expire between 2025 and 2030. The remaining net operating loss carryforwards have an unlimited carryforward period.

The Company recorded a valuation allowance to reflect the estimated amount of certain deferred tax assets that, more likely than not, will not be realized. In making such a determination, the Company evaluates a variety of factors, including the Company's operating history, accumulated deficit, and the existence of taxable or deductible temporary differences and reversal periods. Total valuation allowances increased by $7.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to the U.S. federal deferred tax assets related to the investment in partnership, foreign tax credit carryforward and the generation of net operating losses in foreign jurisdictions, which the Company believes, more likely than not, will not be realized. Total valuation allowances increased by $2.4 million during the

year ended December 31, 2023, primarily due to the generation of net operating losses in foreign jurisdictions, which the Company believes, more likely than not, will be realized.

The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax provision only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the tax position. The Company’s policy is to recognize accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense in the consolidated financial statements. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not have any payments of interest and penalties associated with uncertain tax positions. The Company does not anticipate material changes in the total amount or composition of its unrecognized tax benefits within 12 months of the reporting date.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is shown below (in thousands):

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Balance at January 1

$

4,171

 

 

$

 

Increases related to prior year tax positions

 

526

 

 

 

4,171

 

Balance at December 31

$

4,697

 

 

$

4,171

 

The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S., various foreign, state and local jurisdictions. The Company is currently under income tax examination in Israel related to the 2020 and 2021 tax years. Tax years that remain subject to examination vary by legal entity but are generally open in the U.S. for the tax years ending after 2020 and outside the U.S. for the tax years ending after 2018.

Excelerate is a corporation for U.S. federal and state income tax purposes. Excelerate’s accounting predecessor, EELP, is treated as a pass-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, as such, has generally not been subject to U.S. federal income tax at the entity level. Accordingly, unless otherwise specified, the Company’s historical results of operations prior to the IPO do not include any provision for U.S. federal income tax for EELP.

The Company has international operations that are also subject to foreign income tax and U.S. corporate subsidiaries subject to U.S. federal tax. Therefore, its effective income tax rate is dependent on many factors, including geographical distribution of income, a rate benefit attributable to the portion of the Company’s earnings not subject to corporate level taxes, and the impact of nondeductible items and foreign exchange impacts as well as varying tax regimes of jurisdictions. In one jurisdiction, the Company’s tax rate is significantly less than the applicable statutory rate as a result of a tax holiday that was granted. This tax holiday will expire in 2033 at the same time that the Company’s contract and revenue with its customer ends.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has established the Pillar Two Framework, which generally provides for a minimum effective tax rate of 15%. The Pillar Two Framework has been supported by numerous countries worldwide. The effective dates are January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2025 for different aspects of the directive. The Company is evaluating the potential impact of the Pillar Two Framework on income taxes in future periods, including potential impacts to its TRA liability, pending legislative adoption by additional individual countries.

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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related party transactions Related party transactions

The Company had one debt instrument with related parties as of December 31, 2024 – the Exquisite Vessel Financing. For details on this debt instrument, see Note 10 – Long-term debt – related party. Prior to the ENE Onshore Merger, ENE Onshore and KFMC were party to the KFMC-ENE Onshore Note that was settled in full in connection with the ENE Onshore Merger.

Kaiser has, over time, donated significant amounts of money to the Foundation. The Foundation has an independent board and Kaiser does not exert control over or have ownership in the Foundation. However, several of Kaiser’s close family members are on the board of directors of the Foundation and for the purposes of these accounts, where transactions with the Foundation occur, they are reported as related party transactions. As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had no outstanding balance with the Foundation. Interest expense in related party finance leases for the year ended December 31, 2022 was $7.9 million. The Company had no interest expense from related party finance leases for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. As part of the vessel management agreements, EELP provided bookkeeping and other back office administrative services for the Foundation Vessels. EELP purchased the Foundation Vessels from an affiliate of the Foundation in connection with the IPO. For further details on this purchase, see Note 7 – Property and equipment, net.

The following transactions with related parties are included in the accompanying consolidated statements of income (in thousands):

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Fees reimbursable to Kaiser

$

274

 

 

$

1,224

 

 

$

1,186

 

 

The following balances with related parties are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Amounts due from related parties

$

217

 

$

192

 

Amounts due to related parties

 

412

 

 

 

577

 

Prepaid expenses – related party

 

2,250

 

 

 

2,162

 

EELP and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates are party to certain agreements with Kaiser and affiliates of Kaiser that had significant activity during the year ended December 31, 2024, as described below.

Kaiser and EELP are party to an ISDA Master Agreement dated February 15, 2008, as amended on February 15, 2011. Since January 1, 2018, there has been one transaction resulting in a net settlement cost to EELP of $0.7 million under such ISDA Master Agreement.

GBK Corporation, an affiliate of Kaiser, issued a guarantee dated August 19, 2011, in respect of all payment and performance obligations owed by Excelerate Energy Brazil, LLC and Excelerate Energy Servicos de Regaseficacao Ltda to Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. under an operation and services agreement and TCP agreement, which guarantee was subject to a cap of $55.0 million on certain indemnification obligations. This guarantee was terminated effective January 11, 2022, and EELP issued a new guarantee in respect of such obligations.

Prior to our IPO, as credit support for LNG cargo purchases, Kaiser obtained letters of credit of $27.3 million in 2022, none of which remained outstanding as of December 31, 2023 under a committed line of $600.0 million for which EELP and certain of its subsidiaries were guarantors (the “Kaiser Credit Line”), on behalf of Excelerate Gas Marketing Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of EELP, in favor of LNG suppliers. In connection with the IPO, the credit support previously provided for LNG cargo purchases under the Kaiser Credit Line was replaced by letters of credit obtained under the EE Revolver.

Kaiser issued an uncapped construction and operational guarantee dated May 14, 2007 in favor of the Secretary of Transportation, United States of America, as represented by the Maritime Administrator (“MARAD”), in respect of Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, LP’s obligations related to the design, construction, operations and decommissioning under the deepwater port license issued by MARAD. In addition, Kaiser obtained a letter of credit (“LOC”) in favor of MARAD to cover decommissioning costs (the “Kaiser – MARAD LOC”), which Kaiser – MARAD LOC was most recently amended and increased to $17.6 million in November 2022, $18.2 million in October 2023, and $18.7 million in December 2024.

Kaiser obtained a letter of credit under the Kaiser Credit Line on behalf of Excelerate Energy Development DMCC for the benefit of Engro Elengy Terminal (Private) Limited in the amount of $20.0 million. In connection with the IPO, this letter of credit was replaced with a letter of credit obtained under the EE Revolver in April 2022.

Kaiser obtained a letter of credit under the Kaiser Credit Line on behalf of Excelerate Energy Bangladesh Ltd. for the benefit of Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation in the amount of $20.0 million. In connection with the IPO, this letter of credit was replaced with a letter of credit obtained under the EE Revolver in April 2022.

Northeast Gateway Related Transactions

In September 2021, as part of an anticipated reorganization in connection with the IPO, the Northeast Companies were contributed to EELP (the “Northeast Gateway Contribution”). In connection with the Northeast Gateway Contribution and in order to fund the continued operations of ENE Lateral, EE Holdings made a $16.5 million contribution in the form of a note receivable from Kaiser (the “Kaiser Note Receivable”) to provide for funding of certain amounts expected to be paid in the next twelve months. The Kaiser Note Receivable bore interest at 1.55% with $3.3 million payable each month by Kaiser to the Company. The Kaiser Note Receivable was presented as contra-equity in the consolidated financial statements. The Kaiser Note Receivable was repaid in full in February 2022.

Prior to the Northeast Gateway Contribution, Kaiser issued a guarantee dated September 11, 2013 (and reaffirmed on December 1, 2015) in favor of Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC (“AGT”) and Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. (each a wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge, Inc.), in respect of all payment obligations owed by ENE Onshore and ENE Lateral (the “AGT Guarantee”). In addition, Kaiser obtained a letter of credit on behalf of ENE Onshore and ENE Lateral (the “AGT LOC”). As of December 31, 2023, there were no amounts remaining available for drawing under the AGT LOC. In connection with the Northeast Gateway Contribution, EELP agreed to (i) indemnify Kaiser in respect of Kaiser’s obligations related to ENE Lateral under the AGT Guarantee and AGT LOC, (ii) pay an annual fee in the amount of $1.2 million (pro-rated based on the number of days such guarantee remains outstanding in any year (beginning September 17, 2021)) to Kaiser to maintain such AGT Guarantee and (iii) reimburse Kaiser for any fees actually incurred under the AGT LOC (the “Kaiser AGT Indemnity Agreement”). As discussed in the ENE Onshore Merger section below, the AGT Guarantee and the Kaiser AGT Indemnity Agreement were terminated in October 2022.

EE Holdings, EELP and the NEG Entities entered into that certain Northeast Gateway Matters Agreement dated January 1, 2016, pursuant to which the NEG Entities indemnified EELP in respect of liabilities arising from all activities at Northeast Gateway (the “Northeast Gateway Matters Agreement”). In connection with the Northeast Gateway Contribution, the Northeast Gateway Matters Agreement was terminated and replaced with the Northeast Gateway Onshore Matters Agreement, dated September 17, 2021, by and among EE Holdings, ENE Onshore and EELP, pursuant to which EE Holdings and ENE Onshore indemnify EELP in respect of liabilities arising from all ENE Onshore activities at Northeast Gateway (the “Northeast Gateway Onshore Matters Agreement”). No payments were made under the Northeast Gateway Matters Agreement, and no payments have been made under the Northeast Gateway Onshore Matters Agreement. As discussed in the ENE Onshore Merger section below, the Northeast Gateway Onshore Matters Agreement was terminated in October 2022.

In March 2016, ENE Onshore released ENE Onshore’s capacity in AGT’s mainline facility (the “Onshore Release Capacity”) to ENE Lateral for no consideration. In connection with the Northeast Gateway Contribution, ENE Lateral and ENE Onshore entered into a Capacity Release Payment Agreement dated September 17, 2021 (the “Capacity Release Payment Agreement”), whereby, if ENE Lateral releases the Onshore Release Capacity to a third party and receives funds in respect of such Onshore Release Capacity, ENE Lateral will pay to ENE Onshore the amount of such funds received. During 2022, ENE Lateral paid $7.0 million to ENE Onshore in respect of Onshore Release Capacity. As discussed in the ENE Onshore Merger section below, the Capacity Release Payment Agreement was terminated in October 2022.

ENE Onshore Merger

In October 2022, EE Holdings, the indirect sole member of ENE Onshore, and EELP, the sole member of ENE Lateral, entered into the ENE Onshore Merger, effective October 31, 2022. ENE Lateral was the surviving entity and ENE Onshore ceased to exist as a separate entity. Prior to the ENE Onshore Merger, Excelerate consolidated ENE Onshore as a VIE as Excelerate was determined to be the primary beneficiary of ENE Onshore. As a result of the ENE Onshore Merger, Excelerate ceased to have a non-controlling interest related to ENE Onshore.

In connection with the merger, certain related party transactions were terminated:

1) The Kaiser AGT Indemnity Agreement, under which Excelerate had agreed to pay $1.2 million in annual fees to Kaiser for his guarantee of certain obligations of ENE Lateral and ENE Onshore, was terminated, effective as of October 20, 2022.

2) The AGT Guarantee was terminated, effective as of October 20, 2022. At the same time, EELP issued a new guarantee in respect of all payment obligations owed by ENE Lateral to AGT.

3) The Northeast Gateway Onshore Matters Agreement, pursuant to which EE Holdings and ENE Onshore agreed to indemnify EELP in respect of liabilities arising from all ENE Onshore activities at Northeast Gateway was terminated, effective as of October 31, 2022.

4) The Capacity Release Payment Agreement, pursuant to which ENE Lateral had agreed to pay ENE Onshore for sales of capacity on AGT’s mainline facility that were received by ENE Lateral, was terminated on October 31, 2022, by virtue of the ENE Onshore Merger.

In connection with the ENE Onshore Merger, ENE Onshore entered into a Contribution and Note Termination Agreement, pursuant to which ENE Onshore received an equity contribution sufficient to allow it to remit payment to (a) KFMC of the then-outstanding KFMC-ENE Onshore Note and (b) AGT of amounts owed for October 2022 net capacity payments. Subsequently, the KFMC-ENE Onshore Note was terminated. After the contribution, on October 31, 2022, ENE Onshore had no material net assets or liabilities. See the consolidated statements of changes in equity for the full effects of the ENE Onshore Merger.

v3.25.0.1
Defined contribution plan
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Defined Contribution Plan [Abstract]  
Defined Contribution Plan Defined contribution plan

The Company’s full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan that, beginning in 2024, is administered by a third party. Prior to 2024, the administrative agent was a related party of Kaiser. The Company makes a safe harbor matching contribution equal to 100% of the employee’s salary deferrals that do not exceed 3% of compensation plus 50% of the employee’s salary deferrals between 3% and 5% of compensation. The safe harbor matching contribution is 100% vested. The Company has no further payment obligations once the contributions have been paid. The contributions are recognized as employee benefit expense when they are due. The Company recorded $0.7 million, $1.0 million and $0.8 million in compensation expense related to the plan during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

v3.25.0.1
Concentration Risk
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]  
Concentration risk Concentration risk

The Company is subject to concentrations of credit risk principally from cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, derivative financial instruments, and accounts receivable. The Company limits the exposure to credit risk with cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash by placing it with highly rated financial institutions. Additionally, the Company evaluates the counterparty risk of potential customers based on credit evaluations, including analysis of the counterparty’s established credit rating or assessment of the counterparty’s creditworthiness based on an analysis of financial condition when a credit rating is not available, historical experience, and other factors.

To manage credit risk associated with the interest rate hedges, the Company selects counterparties based on their credit ratings and limits the exposure to any single counterparty. The counterparties to our derivative contracts are major financial institutions with investment grade credit ratings. The Company periodically monitors the credit risk of the counterparties and adjusts the hedging position as appropriate. The impact of credit risk, as well as the ability of each party to fulfill its obligations under our derivative financial instruments, is considered in determining the fair value of the contracts. Credit risk has not had a significant effect on the fair value of our derivative instruments. The Company does not have any credit risk-related contingent features or collateral requirements associated with our derivative contracts.

The following table shows customers with revenues of 10% or greater of total revenues:

 

 

 

Percentage of Total Revenues

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Customer A

 

 

34

%

 

 

21

%

 

 

3

%

Customer B

 

 

17

%

 

 

44

%

 

 

80

%

 

Certain customers of ours may purchase a high volume of LNG and/or natural gas from us. These purchases can significantly increase their percentage of our total revenues as compared to those customers who are only FSRU and terminal service customers. This increase in revenue from their purchases is exacerbated in periods of high market pricing of LNG and natural gas. In conjunction with these LNG and natural gas sales, our direct cost of gas sales also increases by a similar percent due to the increase in volume and market pricing of LNG incurred for such revenue. As such, the changes in revenues by customer may be disproportionate to the relative changes in concentration risk within our operations.

Substantially all of the net book value of our long-lived assets are located outside the United States. The Company’s fixed assets are largely comprised of vessels that can be deployed globally due to their mobile nature. As such, the Company is not subject to significant concentration risk of fixed assets.

v3.25.0.1
Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and contingencies Commitments and contingencies

The Company may be involved in legal actions in the ordinary course of business, including governmental and administrative investigations, inquiries and proceedings concerning employment, labor, environmental and other claims. The Company will recognize a loss contingency in the consolidated financial statements when it is probable a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. The Company will disclose any loss contingencies that do not meet both conditions if there is a reasonable possibility that a loss may have been incurred. Gain contingencies are not recorded until realized.

The Company’s LNG future purchase obligations are primarily based on monthly Henry Hub natural gas futures, TTF futures, or Brent Crude pricing, times a fixed percentage or with a contractual spread where applicable. Some obligations depend on supplier LNG

facilities becoming operational. The following table summarizes the Company’s future LNG purchase and capacity obligations as of December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

Year

Amount (1)

 

2025

$

89,056

 

2026

 

489,955

 

2027

 

633,498

 

2028

 

766,361

 

2029

 

750,395

 

Thereafter

 

8,892,975

 

Total commitments

$

11,622,240

 

(1)
Total costs incurred under take-or-pay or throughput obligations were approximately $43.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2024. No costs were incurred for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
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Asset Retirement Obligations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]  
Asset retirement obligations Asset retirement obligations

The Company’s asset retirement obligation represents the present value of estimated future costs associated with the decommissioning of the Northeast Gateway Deepwater LNG Port in the Massachusetts Bay. In accordance with the port's license and permits, the Company is legally required to decommission the port and estimates that this will occur at the end of the related pipeline capacity agreement in 2032.

The following table presents the balances for asset retirement obligations and the changes due to accretion expense (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Asset retirement obligations, beginning of period

$

41,834

 

 

$

39,823

 

Additions

 

 

 

 

237

 

Accretion expense

 

1,856

 

 

 

1,774

 

Asset retirement obligations, end of period

$

43,690

 

 

$

41,834

 

v3.25.0.1
Supplemental Noncash Disclosures for Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]  
Supplemental disclosures for consolidated statement of cash flows Supplemental disclosures for consolidated statement of cash flows

Supplemental disclosures for the consolidated statement of cash flows consist of the following (in thousands):

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Supplemental cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for taxes

$

24,389

 

 

$

26,163

 

 

$

36,957

 

Cash paid for interest

 

58,123

 

 

 

60,777

 

 

 

55,437

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,567

 

Increase (decrease) in capital expenditures included in accounts payable

 

1,203

 

 

 

(7,869

)

 

 

(3,329

)

Vessel acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

188,500

 

ENE Onshore contribution to settle KFMC-ENE Onshore Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11,177

)

Asset under construction transferred to net investments in sales-type leases

 

45,990

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRA revaluation due to change in ownership

 

(7,027

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

537,522

 

 

$

555,853

 

Restricted cash – current

 

2,612

 

 

 

2,655

 

Restricted cash – non-current

 

14,361

 

 

 

13,950

 

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

$

554,495

 

 

$

572,458

 

v3.25.0.1
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
AOCI Attributable to Parent [Abstract]  
Accumulated other comprehensive income Accumulated other comprehensive income

Changes in components of accumulated other comprehensive income were (in thousands):

 

 

 

Cumulative
translation
adjustment

 

 

Qualifying
cash flow
hedges

 

 

Share of OCI in
equity method
investee

 

 

Total

 

At January 1, 2023

 

$

(524

)

 

$

551

 

 

$

488

 

 

$

515

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

(335

)

 

 

4,530

 

 

 

(3,253

)

 

 

942

 

Reclassification to income

 

 

214

 

 

 

(5,021

)

 

 

3,842

 

 

 

(965

)

Reclassification to NCI

 

 

91

 

 

 

368

 

 

 

(446

)

 

 

13

 

At December 31, 2023

 

$

(554

)

 

$

428

 

 

$

631

 

 

$

505

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(114

)

 

 

4,832

 

 

 

1,356

 

 

 

6,074

 

Reclassification to income

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(3,728

)

 

 

(2,292

)

 

 

(6,025

)

Reclassification to NCI

 

 

92

 

 

 

(704

)

 

 

560

 

 

 

(52

)

At December 31, 2024

 

$

(581

)

 

$

828

 

 

$

255

 

 

$

502

 

v3.25.0.1
Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent events Subsequent events

Dividend Declaration

On February 20, 2025, the Company’s board of directors approved a cash dividend, with respect to the quarter ended December 31, 2024, of $0.06 per share of Class A Common Stock. The dividend is payable on March 27, 2025, to Class A Common Stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 12, 2025. EELP will make a corresponding distribution of $0.06 per interest to holders of Class B interests on the same date as the dividend payment.

v3.25.0.1
Summary of significant accounting policies (Policies)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Use of estimates

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates include useful lives of property and equipment, asset retirement obligations, and the allocation of the transaction price to performance obligations and lease components. Management evaluates its estimates and related assumptions regularly. Changes in facts and circumstances or additional information may result in revised estimates, and actual results may differ from these estimates.

During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company performed a review of the estimated useful lives of our FSRU vessels. As a relatively new asset class, being first built in 2005, we initially estimated a useful life of 30 years with no salvage value. As the vessels approach almost 20 years of life, there has been improved visibility into the expected term of FSRU productive capabilities, demand, and salvage potential. As a result, the Company changed the useful lives of our FSRU vessel assets to 40 years and added an estimated salvage value. This change in accounting estimate resulted in a decrease in depreciation expense of $6.0 million, an increase in net

income of $5.7 million, and an increase to both basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.04 for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022.

Consolidation

Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, entities controlled by the Company through its direct or indirect ownership of a majority interest and any other entities in which the Company has a controlling financial interest. The Company eliminates all significant intercompany accounts and transactions in consolidation. The Company consolidates VIEs where the Company holds direct or implicit variable interests and is the primary beneficiary. The primary beneficiary of a VIE is the party that has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The primary beneficiary determination is both qualitative and quantitative and requires the Company to make judgments and assumptions about the entity’s total equity investment at risk, its forecasted financial performance, and the volatility inherent in those forecasted results. Events are considered for all existing entities to determine if they may result in an entity becoming a VIE or the Company becoming the primary beneficiary of an existing VIE. The ownership interest of other investors in consolidated subsidiaries and VIEs is recorded as non-controlling interests.

The Company had determined that ENE Onshore was a VIE based on the results of the analysis described above. As of December 31, 2020, one of our wholly owned subsidiaries, ENE Lateral, was the provider of a promissory note to ENE Onshore in the amount of $102.0 million and used capacity rights in a pipeline secured by ENE Onshore from a third party. As the Company and its related parties had the power to direct the activities related to the capacity rights and the obligation to absorb losses which could be significant to ENE Onshore, the Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary. As such, we consolidated the assets and liabilities of ENE Onshore and showed its net loss as non-controlling interest – ENE Onshore on our consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2021 and through October 2022. In September 2021, the promissory note from ENE Onshore was repaid, and an agreement was entered into that significantly limited the ability of ENE Lateral to receive benefits from the use of the pipeline capacity. However, ENE Lateral still controlled the capacity rights, and therefore, ENE Lateral continued to be the primary beneficiary as of December 31, 2021. In October 2022, ENE Onshore was merged with and into ENE Lateral. For more details, see Note 1 – General business information.

Investments in equity method investee

Investments in equity method investee

All investments in which the Company owns 20% to 50%, exercises significant influence over operating and financial policies, and does not consolidate are accounted for using the equity method. Under the equity method of accounting, investments are stated at initial cost and are adjusted for subsequent additional investments and the Company’s proportionate share of earnings or losses and distributions. The Company evaluates its equity method investments for impairment when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying values of such investments may have experienced an other-than-temporary decline in value below their carrying values. If an equity method investment experiences an other-than-temporary decline in value and if the estimated fair value is less than the carrying value, the carrying value is written down to its estimated fair value and the resulting impairment is recorded in the Company's consolidated statements of income.

In June 2018, the Company acquired a 45% interest in Nakilat Excelerate LLC, its equity method investment (the “Nakilat JV”), which is recorded using the equity method. For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, the Company’s share of net earnings in the Nakilat JV were $2.2 million, $0.9 million and $2.7 million, respectively.

Equity interests

Prior to the IPO, equity interests represented the contributions from and distributions to the general and limited partners of the Company and certain entities under common control of Kaiser contributed to EELP as part of an anticipated reorganization in connection with the IPO, which was comprised of Excelerate New England GP, LLC, Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, LP. and ENE Lateral (together, the “Northeast Companies”), the accumulated earnings of EELP and the Northeast Companies, and share-based compensation of EELP.

Non-controlling interest

Non-controlling interest is primarily comprised of Kaiser’s 77.5% ownership interest in EELP. In addition, it is also comprised of third-party equity interests in two of the Company’s other consolidated subsidiaries: 1) a 20% interest in Excelerate Energy Bangladesh LLC and 2) a 10% interest in Excelerate Albania Holding sphk. Net income attributable to non-controlling interests represents the Company’s net income (loss) that is not allocable to Excelerate shareholders.

Prior to the ENE Onshore Merger, we also separately presented a non-controlling interest related to ENE Onshore, which was consolidated as a VIE.

Foreign currency transactions and translation

Foreign currency transactions and translation

The consolidated financial statements are presented in United States (“U.S.”) dollars, which is the Company’s reporting currency and the functional currency for all but one of the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries. The Company has one subsidiary that uses the euro as its functional currency.

For all international entities, foreign currency transactions are translated into U.S. dollars, using exchange rates at the dates of the transactions or using the average exchange rate prevailing during the period. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at year-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognized in the consolidated statements of income in other income, net. Foreign exchange gains/(losses) amounted to $(3.5) million, $(4.1) million and $(7.2) million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Fair value measurements

Fair value measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). The fair value measurement is based on the presumption that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability takes place in either the principal market for the asset or liability, or, in the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market for the asset or liability. The Company utilized market data or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation techniques. The Company uses estimates that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data is available to measure fair value, maximizing the use of relevant observable inputs and minimizing the use of unobservable inputs. The Company categorizes its fair value estimates for all assets and liabilities for which fair value is measured or disclosed in the consolidated financial statements using a fair value hierarchy based on the transparency of inputs used to measure fair value.

The fair value hierarchy has three levels based on the reliability of the inputs used to determine fair value as follows:

Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2: Inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets and inputs, that are observable either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the contract; and

Level 3: Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

Categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, demand deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less. Cash not available for general use by the Company due to loan restrictions are classified as restricted cash.

Restricted cash is cash restricted due to terms in certain debt agreements and is to be used to service the debt and for certain designated uses including payment of working capital, operations, and maintenance related expenses. Distributions of maintenance related expenses are subject to “waterfall” provisions that allocate cash flows from revenues to specific priorities of use in a defined order before equity distributions can be made in compliance with other debt service requirements. To the extent that restrictions on cash extend beyond one year, the Company has classified those balances as non-current in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Derivative financial instruments

Derivative financial instruments

Derivative instruments are initially recorded at fair value as either assets or liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets and are subsequently remeasured to fair value, regardless of the purpose or intent for holding the derivative. To be considered a derivative an agreement would need to have a notional and an underlying, require little or no initial net investment and could be net settled. The method of recognizing the changes in fair value is dependent on whether the contract is designated as a hedging instrument and qualifies for hedge accounting. The changes in the fair values of derivative instruments that are not designated or that do not qualify for hedge accounting are recognized in other income, net, in the consolidated statements of income.

The Company uses interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to adverse fluctuations in interest rates by converting a portion of our debt from a floating rate to a fixed rate. The maximum length of time over which the Company is hedging the exposure to the variability in future cash flows is based on the duration of the loans. The interest rate swaps have been designated as cash flow hedges. The Company has formally documented the hedge relationships, including identification of the hedging instruments and the hedged items, as well as the risk management objectives and strategies for undertaking the hedge transactions. Effectiveness is evaluated using

regression analysis at inception and over the course of the hedge as required, unless the hedge is designated utilizing the shortcut method. The interest rate swaps are recorded in the consolidated balance sheets on a gross basis at fair value.

For such designated cash flow hedges, the gain or loss resulting from fair value adjustments on cash flow hedges are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income. In the periods when the hedged items affect earnings, the associated fair value changes on the hedging derivatives are transferred from total equity to interest expense, net in the consolidated statements of income. The Company performs periodic assessments of the effectiveness of the derivative contracts designated as hedges, including the possibility of counterparty default. Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as hedges are recognized in other comprehensive income.

Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable is presented net of the allowance for doubtful accounts on the consolidated balance sheets. The allowance for doubtful accounts is management’s best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in existing accounts receivable based on age of accounts past due, historical write-off experience and customer economic data. The Company has a limited number of customers and continuously reviews amounts owed to us. Account balances are charged off against the allowance when management believes that the receivable will not be recovered.

The allowance for doubtful accounts was $0.2 million and $0.2 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Inventories

Inventories

LNG and natural gas inventories are recorded at the lower of cost or net realizable value, which is the known or estimated selling price less cost to sell. Cost for inventories is calculated using the first-in-first-out (FIFO) method and is comprised of the purchase price and other directly related costs. At each reporting date, inventories are assessed for impairment. If inventory is impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell, and an impairment loss is recognized in the consolidated statements of income. No impairment was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2024. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded a lower of cost or net realizable value write-down of $1.0 million and $4.4 million, respectively, which is included in direct cost of gas sales on our consolidated statements of income.

Capitalization of costs incurred during drydocking

Capitalization of costs incurred during drydocking

We are required to drydock our vessels periodically for maintenance and in accordance with applicable international regulations. Costs incurred related to routine repairs and maintenance performed during drydocking are expensed. Costs incurred during drydocking out of convenience to appreciably extend the useful life, increase the earnings capacity, or improve the efficiency of vessels are capitalized as property and equipment and amortized over the remaining useful life of the vessels. Costs that are incurred on major repair work which is non-routine in nature are accounted for under the built-in overhaul method and capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the period from when the drydocking occurs until the next anticipated drydocking. Drydocking costs incurred to meet regulatory requirements are accounted for under the deferral method, whereby the actual costs incurred are deferred into other assets and amortized on a straight-line basis over the period from when the drydocking occurs until the next anticipated drydocking. If the vessel is drydocked earlier than originally anticipated, any remaining overhaul and regulatory capitalized costs that have not been amortized are accelerated. When a vessel is disposed, any unamortized capitalized costs are charged against income in the period of disposal. Capitalized costs are presented within either property and equipment, net or other assets on the consolidated balance sheets.

Property and equipment, net

Property and equipment, net

Property and equipment, net are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets, less an estimated salvage value. Modifications to property and equipment, including the addition of new equipment, which improves or increases the operational efficiency, functionality, or safety of the assets, are capitalized. These expenditures are amortized over the estimated useful life of the modification. Expenditures covering recurring routine repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred.

Useful lives applied in depreciation are as follows:

Vessels and related equipment

 

5-40 years

Finance lease right-of-use assets

 

Lesser of useful life or lease term

Other equipment

 

3-7 years

Gains and losses on disposals and retirements are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognized in the consolidated statements of income.

Asset retirement obligations ("ARO")

Asset retirement obligations (“ARO”)

The Company recognizes liabilities for retirement obligations associated with tangible long-lived assets when there is a legal obligation associated with the retirement of such assets and the amount can be reasonably estimated. The fair value of a liability for an ARO is recognized in the period in which it is incurred, if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. In order to estimate the fair value, we use judgments and assumptions for factors: including the existence of legal obligations for an ARO; technical assessments of the assets; discount rate; inflation rate; and estimated amounts and timing of settlements. The offsetting asset retirement cost is recorded as an increase to the carrying value of the associated property and equipment, net on the consolidated balance sheets and depreciated over the estimated useful life of the asset. In periods subsequent to the initial measurement of an ARO, the Company recognizes period-to-period changes in the liability resulting from the passage of time and revisions to either the timing or the amount of the original estimate of undiscounted cash flows. Increases in the ARO liability due to the passage of time impact net income as accretion expense.

Impairment of long-lived assets

Impairment of long-lived assets

The Company performs a recoverability assessment of each of its long-lived assets when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than their carrying amounts. Indicators may include, but are not limited to, adverse changes in the regulatory environment in a jurisdiction where the Company operates, unfavorable events impacting the Company’s operations, a decision to discontinue the development of a long-lived asset, early termination of a significant customer contract or the introduction of newer technology. If indicators of impairment are present, the Company performs an analysis of the anticipated undiscounted future net cash flows to be derived from the related long-lived assets. In the event that an asset does not meet the recoverability test, the carrying value of the asset will be adjusted to fair value resulting in an impairment charge. The Company did not record any material impairments during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 or 2022.

Long-term debt and debt issuance costs

Long-term debt and debt issuance costs

Debt issuance costs, including arrangement fees and legal expenses related to long-term notes, are deferred and presented as a direct deduction from the outstanding principal of the related debt in the consolidated balance sheets and amortized using the effective interest rate method over the term of the relevant loan. Amortization of debt issuance costs is included as a component of interest expense. If a loan or part of a loan is repaid early, the unamortized portion of the deferred debt issuance costs is recognized as interest expense proportionate to the amount of the early repayment in the period in which the loan is repaid.

Financing costs incurred related to the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined herein) and the First Amendment (as defined herein) are reported as other current assets and other assets on the balance sheet. Financing costs related to the Term Loan Facility (as defined herein) are reported as current portion of long-term debt and long-term debt, net on the balance sheet. These costs will be amortized through March 2027, at which time the Amended Credit Agreement will mature. Amortization of these deferred financing costs is included as a component of interest expense.

Debt instruments are classified as current liabilities unless the Company has an unconditional right to defer the settlement of the liability for at least 12 months after the reporting date.

Segments

Segments

The Company’s chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”) is our Chief Executive Officer, who reviews consolidated financial information for the purposes of allocating resources and assessing financial performance, utilizing consolidated net income as the primary measure of profit. Additionally, the CODM is not regularly provided any significant expense information beyond what is disclosed on the consolidated statements of income. For purposes of financial reporting under GAAP during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, the Company operated as a single operating and reportable segment.

Revenue recognition

Revenue recognition

The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 842, Leases (“ASC 842”), and ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). The Company’s contracts with customers may contain one or several performance obligations usually consisting of FSRU and terminal services including time charter, regasification and other services and gas sales. For revenue accounted for under ASC 606, the Company determines the amount of revenue to be recognized through application of the five-step model outlined in ASC 606 as follows: when (i) a customer contract is identified, (ii) the performance obligation(s) have been identified, (iii) the transaction price has been determined, (iv) the transaction price has been allocated to the performance obligation(s) in the contract, and (v) the performance obligation(s) are satisfied. The Company recognizes revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. Sales, value-added, and other taxes collected concurrently with the provision of goods or services are excluded from revenue when the customer is the primary obligor of such taxes.

Time charter, regasification and other services

The Company determined that its long-term time charter and terminal use contracts typically contain a lease. The lease of our vessels and terminals represents the use of the asset without any associated performance obligations or warranties (a lease component) and is accounted for in accordance with the provisions of ASC 842. These contracts may also contain non-lease components relating to operating the assets (i.e., provision of time charter, regasification and other services).

The Company allocated the contract consideration between the lease component and non-lease components on a relative standalone selling price basis. The Company utilizes a combination of approaches to estimate the standalone selling prices, when the directly observable selling price is not available, by utilizing information available such as market conditions and prices, entity-specific factors, and internal estimates when market data is not available. Given that there are no observable standalone selling prices for any of these components, judgment is required in determining the standalone selling price of each component. Certain time charter party (“TCP”) agreements with customers allow an option to extend the contract. Agreements which include renewal and termination options are included in the lease term if we believe they are “reasonably certain” to be exercised by the lessee or if an option to extend is controlled by the Company. Leases are classified based upon defined criteria either as a sales-type, direct financing, or an operating lease. For time charter contracts classified as operating leases, revenues from the lease component of the contracts are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the charter.

Since our adoption of ASC 842, the Company has applied the practical expedient to combine the lease component with our drydocking requirements (a non-lease component) in our leases classified as operating leases. During the first quarter of 2024, the Company adopted the practical expedient to also combine the lease component of our vessel leases classified as operating leases with time charter, regasification and other services provided in connection with our time charters (a non-lease component). In the agreements which we have applied this practical expedient, we determined that the timing and pattern of transfer of the lease and non-lease components is the same and that the lease component is the predominant characteristic. As a result, the combined components are presented as a single lease component under ASC 842.

The lease component of time charter contracts that are accounted for as sales-type leases is recognized over the lease term using the effective interest rate method. The underlying asset is derecognized and the net investment in the lease is recorded. The net investment in the lease is increased by interest income and decreased by payments collected. The provision of time charter, regasification and other services on the time charter contracts is considered a non-lease component and, for our sales-type leases, is accounted for as a separate performance obligation in accordance with the provision of ASC 606. Additionally, the Company has contracts with customers to provide time charter, regasification, and other services that do not contain a lease and are within the scope of ASC 606.

The provision of time charter, regasification and other services is considered a single performance obligation recognized evenly over time as our services are rendered or consistent with the customer’s proportionate right to use our assets. The Company considers our services as a series of distinct services that are substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer. The Company recognizes revenue when obligations under the terms of our contracts with our customers are satisfied. We have applied the practical expedient to recognize revenue in proportion to the amount that we have the right to invoice. Certain charges incurred by the Company associated with the provision of services are reimbursable. This variable consideration is recognized in revenue once the performance obligation is complete and the receivable amount is determinable.

For time charter and terminal use contracts that are accounted for as sales-type leases, the provision of time charter, regasification, and other services includes a performance obligation for drydocking that occurs in accordance with applicable international regulations. The Company engages third parties to perform the drydocking, but the Company is deemed to be the principal of the transaction as it does not transfer any risk to the third parties, therefore the Company recognizes drydock revenue on a gross basis. The Company allocates a portion of the contract revenues to the performance obligation for future drydocking costs. Revenue allocated to drydocking is deferred and recognized when the drydocking service is complete. The deferred drydock revenue is presented within long-term deferred revenue in the consolidated balance sheets.

Gas sales

As part of its operations, the Company sells natural gas and LNG generally through its use of its FSRU fleet and terminals. Gas sales revenues are recognized at the point in time at which each unit of natural gas or LNG is transferred to the control of the customer. This varies depending on the contract terms, but typically occurs when the cargo is regasified and injected into a pipeline, when the LNG is transferred to another vessel, or when title and risk of loss of natural gas or LNG has otherwise transferred to a customer. Accommodation fees related to the diversion of cargos are recorded when the performance obligation is complete.

Contract assets and liabilities

The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in the recognition of receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities. Receivables represent the unconditional right to payment for services rendered and goods provided. Unbilled receivables, accrued revenue, or contract assets represent services rendered that have not been invoiced and are reported within accounts receivable, net or other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. Contract liabilities arise from advanced payments and are recorded as deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets. The deferred revenue is either recognized as revenue when services are rendered or amortized over the life of the related lease, depending on the service. Contract assets and liabilities are reported in a net position for each customer contract or consolidated contracts at the end of each reporting period. Contract liabilities are classified as current and noncurrent based on the expected timing of recognition of the revenue.

Income taxes

Income taxes

The Company is a corporation for U.S. federal and state income tax purposes. EELP, is treated as a pass-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, as such, is generally not subject to U.S. federal income tax at the entity level. Accordingly, unless otherwise specified, the Company’s historical results of operations prior to the IPO do not include any provision for U.S. federal income tax for EELP.

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities by applying the enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. Such net tax effects on temporary differences are reflected on the consolidated balance sheets as deferred tax assets and liabilities.

The Company records valuation allowances to reflect the estimated amount of certain deferred tax assets that, more likely than not, will not be realized. In making such a determination, the Company evaluates a variety of factors, including operating history, accumulated deficit, and the existence of taxable or deductible temporary differences and reversal periods.

The effect of tax positions is recognized only if those positions are more likely than not of being sustained. Conclusions reached regarding tax positions are continually reviewed based on ongoing analyses of tax laws, regulations, and interpretations thereof. To the extent that The Company’s assessment of the conclusions reached regarding tax positions changes as a result of the evaluation of new information, such change in estimate will be recorded in the period in which such determination is made. Interest and penalties relating to an underpayment of income taxes, if applicable, are recognized as a component of income tax expense in the consolidated financial statements.

The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax provision if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the tax position. Accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions are recognized as a component of income tax expense in the consolidated financial statements.

Leases

Leases

The Company accounts for leases under the provisions of ASC 842.

Lessee accounting

The Company determines if an arrangement is, or contains, a lease at the inception of the arrangement. Once it has been determined an arrangement is, or contains, a lease, the Company determines if the lease qualifies as either an operating lease or a finance lease. At contract inception, the Company separates its lease and non-lease components, and the consideration in the contract is allocated to each separate lease component and non-lease component on a relative standalone selling price basis. As of the lease commencement date, the Company recognizes a liability for its lease obligation, initially measured at the present value of payments related to lease components not yet paid, and an asset for its right to use the underlying asset, initially measured at a value equal to that of the lease liability and adjusted for lease payments made at or before lease commencement, lease incentives, and any initial direct costs. The discount rate used to determine the present value of the lease payments is the rate of interest that the Company would have to pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis over a similar term in a similar economic environment, an amount equal to the lease payments.

The initial recognition of the lease obligation and right-of-use asset excludes short-term leases. Short-term leases are leases with an original term of one year or less, excluding those leases with an option to extend the lease for greater than one year or an option to purchase the underlying asset that the lessee is deemed reasonably certain to exercise. The Company has elected, as an accounting policy, not to apply the recognition requirements to short-term leases. Instead, the Company, may recognize the lease payments in the consolidated statements of income on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Additionally, leases may include variable lease payments such as escalation clauses based on a consumer price index, property taxes and maintenance costs. The non-lease components are

generally expensed as incurred. Variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate are included in the determination of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities using the index or rate at the lease commencement date, whereas variable lease payments that do not depend on an index or rate are recorded as lease expense in the period incurred. Short-term and variable lease expenses are presented within cost of revenue and vessel operating expenses and selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

For leases classified as operating leases, the lease obligation is presented within accrued liabilities and other liabilities and other long-term liabilities and the right-of-use asset is presented within other assets in the consolidated balance sheets. For operating leases, lease interest and right-of-use asset amortization in aggregate result in a straight-line expense profile, or operating lease expense, that is presented in cost of revenue and vessel operating expenses or selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income, dependent on the use of the leased asset, unless the right of-use asset becomes impaired. The right-of-use asset is assessed for impairment when events or circumstances indicate the carrying amount of the asset or asset group may not be recoverable.

For leases classified as finance leases, the lease obligation is presented within finance lease liabilities and the right-of-use asset is presented within property and equipment, net on the consolidated balance sheets. For finance leases, the Company uses the effective interest rate method to subsequently account for the lease liability, whereby interest is recognized in interest expense in the Company's consolidated statements of income. For finance leases, the right-of-use asset is amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the remaining life of the asset or the life of the lease, with such amortization included in depreciation and amortization in the Company's consolidated statements of income.

The Company has certain lease agreements that provide for the option to renew or terminate early. Each of these agreements was evaluated independently to arrive at the lease term. If the Company was reasonably certain to exercise a renewal or termination option, this term adjustment was factored into the lease term. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not have any lease agreements with residual value guarantees or material restrictions or covenants.

Sale leaseback arrangements

Vessels sold and leased back by the Company, where the Company has a fixed price repurchase obligation or the leaseback would be classified as a finance lease, are accounted for as a failed sale of the vessel by the Company and a failed purchase of the vessel by the buyer-lessor (a financing transaction). For such transactions, the Company does not derecognize the vessel legally sold and continues to depreciate the vessel as if it was the legal owner. Proceeds received from the sale of the vessel are recognized as a financial liability and payments made by the Company to the lessor are allocated between interest expense and principal repayments on the financial liability.

Restructuring, transition and transaction expenses

Restructuring, transition and transaction expenses

The Company incurred restructuring, transition and transaction expenses during the year ended December 31, 2022 related to consulting, legal, and audit costs incurred as part of and in preparation for the IPO Transaction. There were no restructuring, transition or transaction expenses incurred during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

Tax receivable agreement ("TRA")

Tax receivable agreement (“TRA”)

In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the TRA for the benefit of EE Holdings and the George Kaiser Family Foundation (the “Foundation”) (or their affiliates) (together, the “TRA Beneficiaries”). The TRA provides for payment by the Company to the TRA Beneficiaries of 85% of the amount of the net cash tax savings, if any, that it is deemed to realize as a result of its utilization of certain tax benefits resulting from (i) certain increases in the tax basis of assets of EELP and its subsidiaries resulting from exchanges of EELP partnership interests in the future, (ii) certain tax attributes of EELP and subsidiaries of EELP (including the existing tax basis of assets owned by EELP or its subsidiaries and the tax basis of certain assets purchased from the Foundation) that existed as of the time of the IPO or may exist at the time when Class B interests of EELP are exchanged for shares of Class A Common Stock, and (iii) certain other tax benefits related to the Company entering into the TRA, including tax benefits attributable to payments that it makes under the TRA.

The actual future payments to the TRA Beneficiaries will vary and estimating the amount and timing of payments that may be made under the TRA is by its nature imprecise, as the calculation of amounts payable depends on a variety of factors and future events. Decisions made in the course of running its business, such as with respect to mergers and other forms of business combinations that constitute changes in control, may influence the timing and amount of payments the Company makes under the TRA in a manner that does not correspond to our use of the corresponding tax benefits.

Earnings per share

Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to shareholders by the weighted average number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing the sum of net income attributable to shareholders and any tax affected net income amounts attributed to the shares of Class B Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Class B Common Stock”), by the weighted-average shares outstanding during the period, which includes an adjustment for the impact of potential securities that would have a dilutive effect on earnings per share.

As a result of the IPO Transaction, the presentation of earnings per share for the periods prior to the IPO Transaction is not meaningful and only earnings per share for periods subsequent to the IPO Transaction are presented herein. See Note 13 – Earnings per share for additional information.

Recent accounting pronouncements

Recent accounting pronouncements

New accounting standards implemented in this report

In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-07”), which requires incremental disclosure related to a public entity’s reportable segments. The amendments are effective for public entities with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 in December 2024 with no material impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.

Accounting standards recently issued but not yet adopted

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), which requires the inclusion of specific categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and the disaggregation of income taxes paid by jurisdiction. The guidance in this update is effective for public entities with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, and early adoption is permitted. The updates are to be applied on a prospective basis, with retrospective application permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2023-09 on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, “Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40)” (“ASU 2024-03”), which requires tabular disclosure of specific expense categories included in expense captions on the statements of income and their qualitative descriptions. The guidance in this update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2024-03 on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.

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Summary of significant accounting policies (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Schedule of estimated useful life

Useful lives applied in depreciation are as follows:

Vessels and related equipment

 

5-40 years

Finance lease right-of-use assets

 

Lesser of useful life or lease term

Other equipment

 

3-7 years

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Fair value of financial instruments (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Schedule of financial assets and liabilities of fair value

The following table presents the Company’s financial assets and liabilities by level within the fair value hierarchy that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Financial assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments

Level 2

$

13,605

 

 

$

3,201

 

Financial liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments

Level 2

$

(11,268

)

 

$

(1,793

)

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Accounts receivable, net (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Receivables [Abstract]  
Schedule of accounts receivable, net

As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, accounts receivable, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Trade receivables

$

114,381

 

 

$

92,881

 

Accrued revenue

 

5,566

 

 

 

4,429

 

Amounts receivable – related party

 

217

 

 

 

192

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

(204

)

 

 

(217

)

Accounts receivable, net

$

119,960

 

 

$

97,285

 

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Derivative financial instruments (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of derivative instruments

The following table summarizes the notional values related to the Company’s derivative instruments outstanding at December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

Interest rate swaps (1)

$

219,607

 

 

(1)
Number of open positions and gross notional values do not measure the Company’s risk of loss, quantify risk or represent assets or liabilities of the Company. Instead, they indicate the relative size of the derivative instruments and are used in the calculation of the amounts to be exchanged between counterparties upon settlements.
Schedule of fair value of the Company's derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments

The following table presents the fair value of each classification of the Company’s derivative instruments as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow hedges

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

$

1,070

 

 

$

2,653

 

Non-current assets

 

1,267

 

 

 

548

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

(14

)

Non-current liabilities

 

 

 

 

(1,779

)

Total designated as hedging instruments

$

2,337

 

 

$

1,408

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

$

4,063

 

 

$

 

Non-current assets

 

7,205

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

(4,063

)

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

 

(7,205

)

 

 

 

Total not designated as hedging instruments

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current position

$

1,070

 

 

$

2,639

 

Total non-current position

 

1,267

 

 

 

(1,231

)

Total derivatives

$

2,337

 

 

$

1,408

 

Schedule of gains and losses from the Company's derivative instruments designated in a cash flow hedging

The following tables present the gains and losses from the Company’s derivative instruments designated in a cash flow hedging relationship recognized in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):

 

Derivatives Designated in
Cash Flow Hedging
Relationship

 

 

 

Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income on Derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Interest rate swaps

 

 

 

$

4,832

 

 

$

4,530

 

 

$

4,946

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives Designated in
Cash Flow Hedging
Relationship

 

Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Income

 

Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Income

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Interest rate swaps

 

Interest expense

 

$

3,728

 

 

$

5,021

 

 

$

(507

)

v3.25.0.1
Other current assets (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Other Assets, Current [Abstract]  
Schedule of Other current assets

As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, other current assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Prepaid expenses

$

8,201

 

 

$

8,139

 

Prepaid expenses – related party

 

2,250

 

 

 

2,162

 

Tax receivables

 

5,978

 

 

 

8,783

 

Inventories

 

23,930

 

 

 

2,946

 

Other receivables

 

10,355

 

 

 

5,326

 

Other current assets

$

50,714

 

 

$

27,356

 

v3.25.0.1
Property and equipment, net (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Schedule of Property and equipment

As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company’s property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Vessels and related equipment

$

2,535,748

 

 

$

2,497,449

 

Finance lease right-of-use assets

 

40,007

 

 

 

40,007

 

Other equipment

 

25,359

 

 

 

23,807

 

Assets in progress

 

112,429

 

 

 

93,341

 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

(1,090,647

)

 

 

(1,004,825

)

Property and equipment, net

$

1,622,896

 

 

$

1,649,779

 

v3.25.0.1
Accrued Liabilities (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
Schedule of Accrued Liabilities

As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Accrued vessel and cargo expenses

$

27,128

 

 

$

35,055

 

Payroll and related liabilities

 

18,615

 

 

 

19,766

 

Current portion of TRA liability

 

3,116

 

 

 

6,067

 

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

 

1,551

 

 

 

1,744

 

Other accrued liabilities

 

21,163

 

 

 

27,164

 

Accrued liabilities

$

71,573

 

 

$

89,796

 

v3.25.0.1
Long-term debt, Net (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Debt Instruments [Abstract]  
Schedule of long term debt

The Company’s long-term debt, net consists of the following (in thousands):

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Term Loan Facility

$

163,555

 

 

$

185,430

 

Experience Vessel Financing

 

111,375

 

 

 

123,750

 

2017 Bank Loans

 

63,695

 

 

 

74,013

 

EE Revolver

 

 

 

 

 

Total debt

 

338,625

 

 

 

383,193

 

Less unamortized debt issuance costs

 

(5,072

)

 

 

(7,212

)

Total debt, net

 

333,553

 

 

 

375,981

 

Less current portion, net

 

(46,793

)

 

 

(42,614

)

Total long-term debt, net

$

286,760

 

 

$

333,367

 

 

Schedule of variable rate debt obligation

The following table shows the range of interest rates and weighted average interest rates incurred on our variable-rate debt obligations during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.

 

 

2024

 

2023

 

2022

 

Range

 

Weighted Average

 

Range

 

Weighted Average

 

Range

 

Weighted Average

Term Loan Facility (1)

7.7% – 8.4%

 

8.3%

 

7.8% – 8.5%

 

8.3%

 

N/A

 

N/A

Experience Vessel Financing

7.3% – 9.1%

 

8.6%

 

8.0% – 8.8%

 

8.4%

 

3.5% – 6.8%

 

4.8%

2017 Bank Loans (2)

7.3% – 10.2%

 

9.4%

 

7.0% – 10.1%

 

9.1%

 

2.6% – 7.0%

 

5.2%

EE Revolver

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

3.9%

 

3.9%

(1)
Weighted average interest rate, net of the impact of settled derivatives, was 6.9% and 5.8% for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
(2)
Weighted average interest rate, net of the impact of settled derivatives, was 7.1%, 6.4% and 5.8% for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Summary of Future principal payments on long-term debt outstanding

Future principal payments on long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2024 are as follows (in thousands):

2025

$

48,435

 

2026

 

49,239

 

2027

 

138,636

 

2028

 

25,999

 

2029

 

26,816

 

Thereafter

 

49,500

 

Total debt, net

$

338,625

 

 

v3.25.0.1
Long-term debt- related party (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Company's related party long-term debt

The Company’s related party long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Exquisite Vessel Financing

$

170,895

 

 

$

180,029

 

Less current portion

 

(8,943

)

 

 

(8,336

)

Total long-term related party debt

$

161,952

 

 

$

171,693

 

Schedule of principal payments on related party long-term debt

Principal payments on related party long-term debt outstanding as of December 31, 2024 are as follows (in thousands):

 

2025

$

8,943

 

2026

 

10,521

 

2027

 

11,364

 

2028

 

12,339

 

2029

 

13,263

 

Thereafter

 

54,465

 

Total payments

$

110,895

 

Residual value for Exquisite Vessel Financing

 

60,000

 

Total debt  related party

$

170,895

 

v3.25.0.1
Equity (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Equity [Abstract]  
ScheduleOfStockholdersEquityTableTextBlock

The following table summarizes the changes in ownership:

 

 

Class A Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

Less: Treasury Stock

 

 

Outstanding

 

 

Class B Common Stock

 

 

Total

 

 

Class A Ownership Percentage

 

Balance at January 1, 2023

 

 

26,254,167

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,254,167

 

 

 

82,021,389

 

 

 

108,275,556

 

 

 

24.2

%

Long-term incentive compensation units vested, net

 

 

29,860

 

 

 

20,624

 

 

 

9,236

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,236

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2023

 

 

26,284,027

 

 

 

20,624

 

 

 

26,263,403

 

 

 

82,021,389

 

 

 

108,284,792

 

 

 

24.3

%

Long-term incentive compensation units vested, net

 

 

138,825

 

 

 

69,647

 

 

 

69,178

 

 

 

 

 

 

69,178

 

 

 

 

Options exercised

 

 

9,279

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,279

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,279

 

 

 

 

Share repurchases

 

 

 

 

 

2,473,787

 

 

 

(2,473,787

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,473,787

)

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2024

 

 

26,432,131

 

 

 

2,564,058

 

 

 

23,868,073

 

 

 

82,021,389

 

 

 

105,889,462

 

 

 

22.5

%

Schedule of EELP declared and paid distributions to all interest holders, including Excelerate.

During the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, EELP declared and paid distributions to all interest holders, including Excelerate. Excelerate has used and will continue to use proceeds from such distributions to pay dividends to holders of Class A Common Stock. The following table details the distributions and dividends for the periods presented:

 

 

 

 

Class B Interests

 

 

Class A Common Stock

 

Dividend and distribution for the quarter ended

 

Date Paid or To Be Paid

 

Distributions Paid or To Be Paid

 

 

Total Dividends Declared

 

 

Dividend Declared per Share

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

March 27, 2025

 

$

4,921

 

 

$

1,509

 

 

$

0.060

 

September 30, 2024

 

December 5, 2024

 

 

4,921

 

 

 

1,532

 

 

 

0.060

 

June 30, 2024

 

September 5, 2024

 

 

2,050

 

 

 

672

 

 

 

0.025

 

March 31, 2024

 

June 6, 2024

 

 

2,051

 

 

 

645

 

 

 

0.025

 

2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

March 28, 2024

 

$

2,051

 

 

$

673

 

 

$

0.025

 

September 30, 2023

 

December 13, 2023

 

 

2,050

 

 

 

669

 

 

 

0.025

 

June 30, 2023

 

September 7, 2023

 

 

2,051

 

 

 

666

 

 

 

0.025

 

March 31, 2023

 

June 8, 2023

 

 

2,051

 

 

 

669

 

 

 

0.025

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

April 27, 2023

 

$

2,051

 

 

$

663

 

 

$

0.025

 

September 30, 2022

 

December 14, 2022

 

 

2,051

 

 

 

658

 

 

 

0.025

 

June 30, 2022

 

September 7, 2022

 

 

2,051

 

 

 

656

 

 

 

0.025

 

v3.25.0.1
Earnings per share (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted

The following table presents the computation of earnings per share for the periods shown below (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

For the period from April 13  December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Net income

$

153,034

 

 

$

126,844

 

 

$

67,046

 

Less net income attributable to non-controlling interest

 

120,156

 

 

 

96,432

 

 

 

55,119

 

Less net loss attributable to non-controlling interest – ENE Onshore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,396

)

Net income attributable to shareholders – basic

$

32,878

 

 

$

30,412

 

 

$

13,323

 

Add: Reallocation of net income attributable to non-controlling interest

 

 

 

 

90,327

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to shareholders – diluted

$

32,878

 

 

$

120,739

 

 

$

13,323

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding  basic

 

25,400,181

 

 

 

26,256,104

 

 

 

26,254,167

 

Dilutive effect of unvested restricted common stock

 

191,062

 

 

 

19,788

 

 

 

7,940

 

Dilutive effect of unvested performance units

 

253,492

 

 

 

2,306

 

 

 

 

Class B Common Stock converted to Class A Common Stock

 

 

 

 

82,021,389

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted

 

25,844,735

 

 

 

108,299,587

 

 

 

26,262,107

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

$

1.29

 

 

$

1.16

 

 

$

0.51

 

Diluted

$

1.27

 

 

$

1.11

 

 

$

0.51

 

Schedule of Common stock shares equivalent excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share

The following table presents the common stock share equivalents excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the periods shown below, as they would have had an antidilutive effect:

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

For the period from April 13 – December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Restricted common stock

 

282

 

 

 

269

 

 

 

53

 

Stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

150,314

 

Performance stock units

 

9,579

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class B Common Stock

 

82,021,389

 

 

 

 

 

 

82,021,389

 

v3.25.0.1
Leases (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Leases [Abstract]  
Schedule of Finance Lease Liabilities

Finance lease liabilities as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Finance lease liabilities

$

191,383

 

 

$

211,887

 

Less current portion of finance lease liabilities

 

(23,475

)

 

 

(22,080

)

Finance lease liabilities, long-term

$

167,908

 

 

$

189,807

 

Schedule of Maturities of Operating and Finance Lease Liabilities

A maturity analysis of the Company’s operating and finance lease liabilities (excluding short-term leases) at December 31, 2024 is as follows (in thousands):

 

Year

Operating

 

 

Finance

 

2025

$

1,795

 

 

$

33,235

 

2026

 

1,426

 

 

 

33,235

 

2027

 

1,022

 

 

 

33,235

 

2028

 

886

 

 

 

27,584

 

2029

 

449

 

 

 

27,571

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

 

85,581

 

Total lease payments

$

5,578

 

 

$

240,441

 

Less: imputed interest

 

(580

)

 

 

(49,058

)

Carrying value of lease liabilities

 

4,998

 

 

 

191,383

 

Less: current portion

 

(1,551

)

 

 

(23,475

)

Carrying value of long-term lease liabilities

$

3,447

 

 

$

167,908

 

Schedule of Total Lease Cost

The Company’s total lease costs for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 recognized in the consolidated statements of income consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Amortization of finance lease right-of-use assets

$

2,609

 

 

$

3,487

 

 

$

2,609

 

Amortization of finance lease right-of-use assets – related party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,226

 

Interest on finance lease liabilities

 

12,652

 

 

 

15,068

 

 

 

15,172

 

Interest on finance lease liabilities – related party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,930

 

Operating lease expense

 

2,066

 

 

 

15,790

 

 

 

37,825

 

Short-term lease expense

 

530

 

 

 

611

 

 

 

1,164

 

Total lease costs

$

17,857

 

 

$

34,956

 

 

$

65,926

 

 

Schedule of Other Information Related to Leases

Other information related to leases for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Operating cash flows for finance leases

$

12,652

 

 

$

15,068

 

 

$

15,172

 

Operating cash flows for finance leases – related party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,930

 

Financing cash flows for finance leases

 

20,504

 

 

 

20,619

 

 

 

20,499

 

Financing cash flows for finance leases – related party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,912

 

Operating cash flows for operating leases

 

2,136

 

 

 

16,518

 

 

 

36,841

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,567

 

v3.25.0.1
Revenue (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Schedule of Company Revenue

The following table presents the Company’s revenue for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):

 

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Revenue from leases

$

548,145

 

 

$

447,757

 

 

$

397,570

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time charter, regasification and other services

 

64,019

 

 

 

59,053

 

 

 

47,587

 

Gas sales

 

239,273

 

 

 

652,153

 

 

 

2,027,816

 

Total revenue

$

851,437

 

 

$

1,158,963

 

 

$

2,472,973

 

Schedule of revenue from leases

The Company’s time charter contracts are accounted for as operating or sales-type leases. The Company’s revenue from leases is presented within revenues in the consolidated statements of income and for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 consists of the following (in thousands):

 

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Operating lease income

$

486,005

 

 

$

383,503

 

 

$

322,428

 

Sales-type lease income

 

62,140

 

 

 

64,254

 

 

 

75,142

 

Total revenue from leases

$

548,145

 

 

$

447,757

 

 

$

397,570

 

Schedule of leased property and equipment The following represents the amount of property and equipment that is leased to customers as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Property and equipment

$

2,472,895

 

 

$

2,184,347

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(1,005,269

)

 

 

(929,141

)

Property and equipment, net

$

1,467,626

 

 

$

1,255,206

 

Schedule of minimum future revenue As of December 31, 2024, the minimum contractual future revenues to be received under the time charters during the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

 

Year

Sales-type

 

 

Operating

 

2025

$

87,553

 

 

$

432,141

 

2026

 

88,508

 

 

 

401,424

 

2027

 

88,508

 

 

 

349,002

 

2028

 

81,746

 

 

 

303,555

 

2029

 

84,843

 

 

 

304,021

 

Thereafter

 

331,196

 

 

 

719,540

 

Total undiscounted

$

762,354

 

 

$

2,509,683

 

Less: imputed interest

 

(342,069

)

 

 

 

Net investment in sales-type leases

 

420,285

 

 

 

 

Less: current portion

 

(43,471

)

 

 

 

Non-current net investment in sales-type leases

$

376,814

 

 

 

 

Schedule of disaggregated revenues

The following tables show disaggregated revenues from customers attributable to the region in which the party to the applicable agreement has its principal place of business (in thousands):

 

For the year ended December 31, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from

 

 

TCP, Regas

 

 

Gas

 

 

Total

 

 

leases

 

 

and other

 

 

sales

 

 

revenue

 

Asia Pacific

$

62,140

 

 

$

52,979

 

 

$

212,102

 

 

$

327,221

 

Latin America

 

216,131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

216,131

 

Middle East (1)

 

155,998

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

155,998

 

Europe

 

113,876

 

 

 

284

 

 

 

 

 

 

114,160

 

Other

 

 

 

 

10,756

 

 

 

27,171

 

 

 

37,927

 

Total revenue

$

548,145

 

 

$

64,019

 

 

$

239,273

 

 

$

851,437

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from

 

 

TCP, Regas

 

 

Gas

 

 

Total

 

 

leases

 

 

and other

 

 

sales

 

 

revenue

 

Asia Pacific

$

64,254

 

 

$

48,317

 

 

$

169,793

 

 

$

282,364

 

Latin America

 

161,680

 

 

 

 

 

 

460,134

 

 

 

621,814

 

Middle East (1)

 

148,848

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

148,848

 

Europe

 

72,975

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,226

 

 

 

95,201

 

Other

 

 

 

 

10,736

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,736

 

Total revenue

$

447,757

 

 

$

59,053

 

 

$

652,153

 

 

$

1,158,963

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from

 

 

TCP, Regas

 

 

Gas

 

 

Total

 

 

leases

 

 

and other

 

 

sales

 

 

revenue

 

Asia Pacific

$

75,142

 

 

$

39,979

 

 

$

 

 

$

115,121

 

Latin America

 

130,117

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,933,448

 

 

 

2,063,565

 

Middle East (2)

 

180,226

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

180,226

 

Europe

 

12,085

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,269

 

 

 

32,354

 

Other

 

 

 

 

7,608

 

 

 

74,099

 

 

 

81,707

 

Total revenue

$

397,570

 

 

$

47,587

 

 

$

2,027,816

 

 

$

2,472,973

 

(1)
Includes Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.
(2)
Includes Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel.
Schedule of changes in long-term contract liabilities

The following table reflects the changes in the Company’s liabilities related to long-term contracts with customers as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Deferred revenues, beginning of period

$

56,267

 

 

$

177,754

 

Cash received but not yet recognized

 

62,918

 

 

 

36,014

 

Revenue recognized from prior period deferral

 

(33,278

)

 

 

(157,501

)

Deferred revenues, end of period

$

85,907

 

 

$

56,267

 

Schedule of expected recognized revenue from contracts Company expects to recognize revenue from contracts exceeding one year over the following time periods (in thousands):

2025

$

125,620

 

2026

 

666,622

 

2027

 

549,225

 

2028

 

617,495

 

2029

 

613,523

 

Thereafter

 

5,540,514

 

Total expected revenue

$

8,112,999

 

v3.25.0.1
Long-term Incentive Compensation (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Compensation Related Costs [Abstract]  
Summary of long-term incentive compensation expense the Company recognized long-term incentive compensation expense for all of its awards as shown below (in thousands):

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Stock-based compensation expense

$

7,245

 

 

$

3,639

 

 

$

956

 

Summary of assumptions fair value of options granted The Company uses estimates of forfeitures to estimate the expected term of the options granted. The reversal of any expense due to forfeitures is accounted for as they occur.

The table below describes the assumptions used to value the awards granted in 2024 and 2023:

 

2024

 

 

 

 

 

March Grant

 

 

November Grant

 

 

2023

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

4.4

%

 

 

4.2

%

 

 

3.9

%

Expected volatility

 

50.6

%

 

 

41.9

%

 

 

58.0

%

Expected term

2.82 years

 

 

2.16 years

 

 

2.76 years

 

Summary of stock option activity

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2024 and provides information for outstanding and exercisable options as of December 31, 2024:

 

Number of Options

 

 

Weighted Average Exercise Price

 

 

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life

 

 

Aggregate Intrinsic Value

 

 

 

 

 

(per share)

 

 

(years)

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Outstanding at January 1, 2024

 

317,601

 

 

$

24.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

(9,279

)

 

 

24.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited or expired

 

(14,934

)

 

 

24.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2024

 

293,388

 

 

 

24.00

 

 

 

7.1

 

 

$

1,834

 

Exercisable at December 31, 2024

 

124,447

 

 

 

24.00

 

 

 

6.7

 

 

 

778

 

Summary of restricted stock activity

The following table summarizes restricted stock unit activity for the year ended December 31, 2024 and provides information for unvested shares as of December 31, 2024:

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted Average Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

(per share)

 

Unvested at January 1, 2024

 

318,150

 

 

$

20.88

 

Granted

 

484,646

 

 

 

15.26

 

Vested

 

(133,106

)

 

 

20.69

 

Forfeited

 

(5,744

)

 

 

16.51

 

Unvested at December 31, 2024

 

663,946

 

 

 

16.81

 

Summary performance unit activity

The following table summarizes performance unit activity for the year ended December 31, 2024 and provides information for unvested performance units (reflected at target performance) as of December 31, 2024:

 

Number of Units

 

 

Weighted Average Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

(per unit)

 

Unvested at January 1, 2024

 

84,699

 

 

$

28.80

 

Granted

 

252,517

 

 

 

17.33

 

Vested

 

(2,184

)

 

 

20.39

 

Forfeited

 

(5,525

)

 

 

27.15

 

Unvested at December 31, 2024

 

329,507

 

 

 

20.37

 

v3.25.0.1
Income taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of company's income before income taxes

The Company’s income before income taxes is comprised of the following for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Domestic

$

(95,260

)

 

$

(97,962

)

 

$

(45,701

)

Foreign

 

274,393

 

 

 

258,053

 

 

 

154,023

 

Total

$

179,133

 

 

$

160,091

 

 

$

108,322

 

Schedule of income tax expense (benefit)

Income tax expense (benefit) is comprised of the following for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic

$

923

 

 

$

932

 

 

$

1,322

 

Foreign

 

21,358

 

 

 

35,636

 

 

 

24,749

 

Total current

 

22,281

 

 

 

36,568

 

 

 

26,071

 

Deferred

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic

 

2,969

 

 

 

(1,634

)

 

 

2,708

 

Foreign

 

849

 

 

 

(1,687

)

 

 

(453

)

Total deferred

 

3,818

 

 

 

(3,321

)

 

 

2,255

 

Income tax expense

$

26,099

 

 

$

33,247

 

 

$

28,326

 

Schedule of reconciliation of the statutory corporate income tax rate to the effective tax rate

A reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate is comprised of the following for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022:

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Statutory rate applied to pre-tax income

 

21.0

%

 

 

21.0

%

 

 

21.0

%

Foreign rate differential

 

(2.5

%)

 

 

5.7

%

 

 

12.0

%

Domestic non-controlled interest/ domestic non-taxable income

 

(18.5

%)

 

 

(15.9

%)

 

 

(20.1

%)

Early extinguishment of lease liability

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

4.2

%

Permanent items

 

2.5

%

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

(4.0

%)

Withholding taxes

 

10.4

%

 

 

11.5

%

 

 

13.7

%

Uncertain tax positions

 

0.3

%

 

 

2.6

%

 

 

(1.6

%)

Investment in partnership deferred taxes

 

4.2

%

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

Foreign tax credit

 

(1.7

%)

 

 

(5.1

%)

 

 

(2.8

%)

Gain on tax liquidation

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

1.7

%

Valuation allowance

 

(1.3

%)

 

 

1.5

%

 

 

0.3

%

Other

 

0.2

%

 

 

(2.3

%)

 

 

1.7

%

Effective tax rate

 

14.6

%

 

 

20.8

%

 

 

26.1

%

Schedule of deferred taxes assets and liabilities

The tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant deferred tax asset or liability as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 are as follows (in thousands):

 

As of December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Deferred tax assets

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed assets

$

133

 

 

$

1,121

 

Net operating losses

 

832

 

 

 

770

 

Lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

42

 

Foreign tax credit carryforward

 

2,689

 

 

 

1,645

 

Amortizable transactions costs

 

556

 

 

 

590

 

Investment in partnership

 

35,472

 

 

 

44,714

 

Unrealized foreign exchange losses

 

3,708

 

 

 

4,543

 

Other

 

3,884

 

 

 

2,133

 

Deferred tax assets

 

47,274

 

 

 

55,558

 

Valuation allowances

 

(18,475

)

 

 

(10,718

)

Net deferred tax assets

$

28,799

 

 

$

44,840

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Right of use assets

$

34

 

 

$

101

 

Unrealized foreign exchange gains

 

1,206

 

 

 

1,791

 

Net deferred tax liabilities

$

1,240

 

 

$

1,892

 

Net deferred tax assets

$

27,559

 

 

$

42,948

 

Schedule of unrecognized tax benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is shown below (in thousands):

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Balance at January 1

$

4,171

 

 

$

 

Increases related to prior year tax positions

 

526

 

 

 

4,171

 

Balance at December 31

$

4,697

 

 

$

4,171

 

v3.25.0.1
Related party transactions (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Schedule of transactions with related parties

The following transactions with related parties are included in the accompanying consolidated statements of income (in thousands):

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Fees reimbursable to Kaiser

$

274

 

 

$

1,224

 

 

$

1,186

 

Schedule of balances with related parties included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets

The following balances with related parties are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Amounts due from related parties

$

217

 

$

192

 

Amounts due to related parties

 

412

 

 

 

577

 

Prepaid expenses – related party

 

2,250

 

 

 

2,162

 

v3.25.0.1
Concentration risk (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]  
Schedule of Customers with Revenues

The following table shows customers with revenues of 10% or greater of total revenues:

 

 

 

Percentage of Total Revenues

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Customer A

 

 

34

%

 

 

21

%

 

 

3

%

Customer B

 

 

17

%

 

 

44

%

 

 

80

%

v3.25.0.1
Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Company's Future LNG Purchase Obligations The following table summarizes the Company’s future LNG purchase and capacity obligations as of December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

Year

Amount (1)

 

2025

$

89,056

 

2026

 

489,955

 

2027

 

633,498

 

2028

 

766,361

 

2029

 

750,395

 

Thereafter

 

8,892,975

 

Total commitments

$

11,622,240

 

(1)
Total costs incurred under take-or-pay or throughput obligations were approximately $43.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2024. No costs were incurred for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
v3.25.0.1
Asset retirement obligations (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of asset retirement obligations and the changes due to accretion expense

The following table presents the balances for asset retirement obligations and the changes due to accretion expense (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Asset retirement obligations, beginning of period

$

41,834

 

 

$

39,823

 

Additions

 

 

 

 

237

 

Accretion expense

 

1,856

 

 

 

1,774

 

Asset retirement obligations, end of period

$

43,690

 

 

$

41,834

 

v3.25.0.1
Supplemental noncash disclosures for consolidated statement of cash flows (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]  
Schedule of supplemental disclosures for the consolidated statement of cash flows

Supplemental disclosures for the consolidated statement of cash flows consist of the following (in thousands):

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Supplemental cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for taxes

$

24,389

 

 

$

26,163

 

 

$

36,957

 

Cash paid for interest

 

58,123

 

 

 

60,777

 

 

 

55,437

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,567

 

Increase (decrease) in capital expenditures included in accounts payable

 

1,203

 

 

 

(7,869

)

 

 

(3,329

)

Vessel acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

188,500

 

ENE Onshore contribution to settle KFMC-ENE Onshore Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11,177

)

Asset under construction transferred to net investments in sales-type leases

 

45,990

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRA revaluation due to change in ownership

 

(7,027

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule of reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

537,522

 

 

$

555,853

 

Restricted cash – current

 

2,612

 

 

 

2,655

 

Restricted cash – non-current

 

14,361

 

 

 

13,950

 

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

$

554,495

 

 

$

572,458

 

v3.25.0.1
Accumulated other comprehensive income (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
AOCI Attributable to Parent [Abstract]  
Components of accumulated other comprehensive income

Changes in components of accumulated other comprehensive income were (in thousands):

 

 

 

Cumulative
translation
adjustment

 

 

Qualifying
cash flow
hedges

 

 

Share of OCI in
equity method
investee

 

 

Total

 

At January 1, 2023

 

$

(524

)

 

$

551

 

 

$

488

 

 

$

515

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

(335

)

 

 

4,530

 

 

 

(3,253

)

 

 

942

 

Reclassification to income

 

 

214

 

 

 

(5,021

)

 

 

3,842

 

 

 

(965

)

Reclassification to NCI

 

 

91

 

 

 

368

 

 

 

(446

)

 

 

13

 

At December 31, 2023

 

$

(554

)

 

$

428

 

 

$

631

 

 

$

505

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(114

)

 

 

4,832

 

 

 

1,356

 

 

 

6,074

 

Reclassification to income

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(3,728

)

 

 

(2,292

)

 

 

(6,025

)

Reclassification to NCI

 

 

92

 

 

 

(704

)

 

 

560

 

 

 

(52

)

At December 31, 2024

 

$

(581

)

 

$

828

 

 

$

255

 

 

$

502

 

v3.25.0.1
General business information (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Millions
Apr. 18, 2022
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
EE Holdings [Member]      
Percent of EELP Interests Owned   77.50%  
Common Class A [Member]      
Issuance of common stock - IPO, shares 26,254,167    
Common Class A [Member] | EE Holdings [Member]      
Percent of EELP Interests Owned 24.20%    
Common Class B [Member]      
Issuance of common stock - IPO, shares 82,021,389    
Common Class B [Member] | EE Holdings [Member]      
Percent of EELP Interests Owned 75.80% 77.50% 75.70%
Foundation Vessels Purchase [Member]      
Foundation Vessel cash payment $ 50.0    
IPO [Member] | EE Holdings [Member]      
Percent of EELP Interests Owned   22.50%  
IPO [Member] | Common Class A [Member]      
Proceeds from issuance initial public offering 441.6    
Underwriting discounts and commissions 25.4    
IPO-related expenses $ 7.6    
Issuance of common stock - IPO, shares 18,400,000    
Offer price per share $ 24    
Shares Issued, Price Per Share $ 0.001    
v3.25.0.1
Summary of significant accounting policies (Additional Information) (Details)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
$ / shares
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
shares
$ / shares
Dec. 31, 2022
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2020
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2018
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]          
Restructuring, transition or transaction expenses $ 0 $ 0      
Decrease In Depreciation Expense   6,000      
Increase in net income   $ 5,700      
Increase in diluted earnings per share | shares   0.04      
Allowance for doubtful accounts 200 $ 200      
Share of net earnings in equity method investee 2,247 883 $ 2,698    
Foreign currency transactions and translation gain (loss) (3,500) (4,100) (7,200)    
Inventory Write-down 0 1,000 4,400    
ENE Onshore [Member]          
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]          
Promissory note       $ 102,000  
Nakilat JV [Member]          
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]          
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage         45.00%
Share of net earnings in equity method investee $ 2,200 $ 900 $ 2,700    
Investments in Equity Method Investee [Member] | Maximum [Member]          
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]          
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage 50.00%        
Investments in Equity Method Investee [Member] | Minimum [Member]          
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]          
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage 20.00%        
Excelerate Albania Holding SPHK [Member]          
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]          
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage 10.00%        
Excelerate Energy Bangladesh LLC [Member]          
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]          
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage 20.00%        
Common Class A [Member]          
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]          
Common stock, par value | $ / shares $ 0.001 $ 0.001      
Excelerate Energy, Inc [Member] | Tax Receivable Agreement [Member]          
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]          
Net cash tax saving percentage 85.00%        
Excelerate Energy Limited Partnership [Member]          
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]          
Equity interest in entity 77.50%        
v3.25.0.1
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule of estimated useful life (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Finance Lease Right-of-Use Assets [Member]  
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]  
Finance lease right-of-use assets Lesser of useful life or lease term
Maximum [Member] | Vessel Related Equipment [Member]  
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]  
Property plant and equipment useful life, years 40 years
Maximum [Member] | Other Equipment [Member]  
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]  
Property plant and equipment useful life, years 7 years
Minimum [Member] | Vessel Related Equipment [Member]  
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]  
Property plant and equipment useful life, years 5 years
Minimum [Member] | Other Equipment [Member]  
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]  
Property plant and equipment useful life, years 3 years
v3.25.0.1
Fair value of financial instruments - Schedule of financial assets and liabilities of fair value (Details) - Level 2 - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Derivative financial instruments, assets $ 13,605 $ 3,201
Derivative financial instruments, liabilities $ (11,268) $ (1,793)
v3.25.0.1
Fair value of financial instruments (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Offsetting Liabilities [Line Items]      
Cash collateral $ 0 $ 0  
Equity investments [Member]      
Offsetting Liabilities [Line Items]      
Impairment $ 0 $ 0 $ 0
v3.25.0.1
Accounts receivable, net - Schedule of account receivables (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Receivables [Abstract]    
Trade receivables $ 114,381 $ 92,881
Accrued revenue 5,566 4,429
Amounts receivable - related party 217 192
Allowance for doubtful accounts (204) (217)
Accounts receivable, net $ 119,960 $ 97,285
v3.25.0.1
Derivative financial instruments - Schedule of derivative instruments (Details)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
Interest rate swap  
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]  
Notional values $ 219,607 [1]
[1] Number of open positions and gross notional values do not measure the Company’s risk of loss, quantify risk or represent assets or liabilities of the Company. Instead, they indicate the relative size of the derivative instruments and are used in the calculation of the amounts to be exchanged between counterparties upon settlements.
v3.25.0.1
Derivative financial instruments - Schedule of fair value of derivative instruments (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments    
Total designated as hedging instruments $ 2,337 $ 1,408
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments    
Total current position 1,070 2,639
Total long-term position 1,267 (1,231)
Total derivatives $ 2,337 $ 1,408
Interest rate swap    
Offsetting Liabilities [Line Items]    
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration] Other Assets, Current Other Assets, Current
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments    
Current assets $ 1,070 $ 2,653
Non-current assets 1,267 548
Current liabilities 0 (14)
Non-current liabilities 0 (1,779)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments    
Current assets 4,063 0
Non-current assets 7,205 0
Current liabilities (4,063) 0
Non-current liabilities $ (7,205) $ 0
v3.25.0.1
Derivative financial instruments (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Jun. 23, 2017
Dec. 31, 2024
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]    
Long-term interest rate swap, percentage 70.00%  
Other Comprehensive Income, Amount of gain (loss) recognized   $ 1.1
Amount of gain (loss) recognized expected to be reclassified (Term)   12 months
v3.25.0.1
Derivative financial instruments - Schedule of derivative instruments designated in a cash flow hedging relationship recognized (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]      
Derivative Instrument, Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income, Effective Portion, Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration] Interest Expense, Other Interest Expense, Other Interest Expense, Other
Derivatives Designated in Cash Flow Hedging Relationship - Interest Rate Swaps      
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]      
Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Income $ 4,832 $ 4,530 $ 4,946
Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Income (Effective Portion) - Interest expense      
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]      
Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income into Income $ 3,728 $ 5,021 $ (507)
v3.25.0.1
Inventories - Schedule of Inventories (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]    
Inventories $ 23,930 $ 2,946
v3.25.0.1
Inventories (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]      
Inventory Write Down $ 0.0 $ 1.0 $ 4.4
v3.25.0.1
Other Current Assets - Schedule of Other current assets (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Other Assets, Current [Abstract]    
Prepaid expenses $ 8,201 $ 8,139
Prepaid expenses - related party 2,250 2,162
Tax receivables 5,978 8,783
Inventories 23,930 2,946
Other receivables 10,355 5,326
Other current assets $ 50,714 $ 27,356
v3.25.0.1
Other Current Assets (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Other Assets, Current [Abstract]      
Inventory Write Down $ 0.0 $ 1.0 $ 4.4
v3.25.0.1
Property and equipment, net - Schedule of Property and equipment (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Less accumulated depreciation $ (1,090,647) $ (1,004,825)
Property and equipment, net 1,622,896 1,649,779
Vessels And Related Equipment [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property and equipment, gross 2,535,748 2,497,449
Finance Lease Right-of-Use Assets [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property and equipment, gross 40,007 40,007
Other Equipment [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property and equipment, gross 25,359 23,807
Assets in Progress [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property and equipment, gross $ 112,429 $ 93,341
v3.25.0.1
Property and equipment, net (Additional Information) (Details)
shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Apr. 18, 2022
USD ($)
shares
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2022
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2025
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2025
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Oct. 04, 2022
MMcfe
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]                
Depreciation Expenses   $ 98,939 $ 114,323 $ 97,313        
Common stock fair value       188,500        
Early extinguishment of lease liability on vessel acquisition   0 0 21,834        
New build Floating Storage Regasification Unit | MMcfe               170,000
Foundation Vessels Purchase [Member]                
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]                
Cash consideration $ 50,000              
Estimated future payments 21,500              
Early extinguishment of lease liability on vessel acquisition $ 21,800              
Foundation Vessels Purchase [Member] | Class A Common Stock [Member]                
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]                
Non-cash consideration (in shares) | shares 7,854,167              
Common stock fair value $ 188,500              
Sequoia Acquisition [Member]                
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]                
Total commitments             $ 265,000  
Property, Plant and Equipment [Member]                
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]                
Depreciation Expenses   95,400 $ 110,800 94,500        
Newbuild Agreement [Member]                
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]                
First installment payment       $ 30,000        
Milestone Payment   $ 50,000            
Other Commitment Due in First Quarter           $ 30,000    
Other Commitment Due In Second Quarter         $ 20,000      
v3.25.0.1
Accrued Liabilities - Schedule of Accrued liabilities (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]    
Accrued vessel and cargo expenses $ 27,128 $ 35,055
Payroll and related liabilities 18,615 19,766
Current portion of TRA liability $ 3,116 $ 6,067
Operating Lease, Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration] Liabilities, Current Liabilities, Current
Current portion of operating lease liabilities $ 1,551 $ 1,744
Other accrued liabilities 21,163 27,164
Accrued liabilities $ 71,573 $ 89,796
v3.25.0.1
Long-term Debt, Net - Schedule of long term debt (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Total debt $ 338,625 $ 383,193  
Less unamortized debt issuance costs (5,072) (7,212)  
Total debt, net 333,553 375,981  
Less current portion, net (46,793) (42,614)  
Total long-term debt, net 286,760 333,367  
Term Loan Facility      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Total debt 163,555 185,430  
Experience Vessel Financing [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Total debt 111,375 123,750 $ 247,500
2017 Bank Loans      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Total debt 63,695 74,013  
EE Revolver [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Total debt $ 0 $ 0  
v3.25.0.1
Long-term Debt, Net - Schedule of variable rate debt obligation (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Term Loan Facility [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt instrument weighted average interest rate [1] 8.30% 8.30%  
Term Loan Facility [Member] | Minimum [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt instrument interest rate [1] 7.70% 7.80%  
Term Loan Facility [Member] | Maximum [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt instrument interest rate [1] 8.40% 8.50%  
Experience Vessel Financing [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt instrument weighted average interest rate 8.60% 8.40% 4.80%
Experience Vessel Financing [Member] | Minimum [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt instrument interest rate 7.30% 8.00% 3.50%
Experience Vessel Financing [Member] | Maximum [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt instrument interest rate 9.10% 8.80% 6.80%
2017 Bank Loans [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt instrument weighted average interest rate [2] 9.40% 9.10% 5.20%
2017 Bank Loans [Member] | Minimum [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt instrument interest rate [2] 7.30% 7.00% 2.60%
2017 Bank Loans [Member] | Maximum [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt instrument interest rate [2] 10.20% 10.10% 7.00%
EE Revolver [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt instrument interest rate     3.90%
Debt instrument weighted average interest rate     3.90%
[1] Weighted average interest rate, net of the impact of settled derivatives, was 6.9% and 5.8% for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
[2] Weighted average interest rate, net of the impact of settled derivatives, was 7.1%, 6.4% and 5.8% for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
v3.25.0.1
Long-term Debt, Net - Schedule of variable rate debt obligation (Parenthetical) (Details)
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Term Loan Facility [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate [1] 8.30% 8.30%  
Term Loan Facility [Member] | Settled Derivatives [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate 6.90% 5.80%  
2017 Bank Loans [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate [2] 9.40% 9.10% 5.20%
2017 Bank Loans [Member] | Settled Derivatives [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate 7.10% 6.40% 5.80%
[1] Weighted average interest rate, net of the impact of settled derivatives, was 6.9% and 5.8% for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
[2] Weighted average interest rate, net of the impact of settled derivatives, was 7.1%, 6.4% and 5.8% for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
v3.25.0.1
Long-term Debt, Net (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Mar. 17, 2023
Apr. 18, 2022
Jun. 23, 2017
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Debt instrument carrying amount         $ 338,625 $ 383,193  
Line of credit facility, expiration date   Apr. 30, 2025          
Line of credit         22,800    
Outstanding letters of credit issued         327,200    
Term loan facility $ 250,000            
Proceeds from long-term debt - related party         0 0 $ 654,000
Current portion of long-term debt         46,793 42,614  
Long-Term Debt [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Interest Expense, Long-Term Debt, Total         $ 31,500 34,600 $ 15,500
Maximum [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Debt Service Coverage Ratio         1    
Minimum [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Debt Service Coverage Ratio         1.10    
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Borrowing term years   3 years          
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement [Member] | Maximum [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity   $ 350,000          
Leverage Ratio         3.50%    
Borrowing commitment fee         0.50%    
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement [Member] | Minimum [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Leverage Ratio         2.75%    
Borrowing commitment fee         0.375%    
EE Revolver [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Line of credit         $ 305,000    
All unsecured debt 250,000            
Collateral vessel maintenance coverage $ 750,000            
Collateral vessel maintenance coverage percentage 130.00%            
Term Loan [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Principal amount outstanding on Term Loan credit facility           55,200  
Experience Vessel Financing [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Debt instrument carrying amount       $ 247,500 111,375 $ 123,750  
Quarterly principal payments       $ 3,100      
Debt instrument payment frequency       quarterly principal payments      
Debt Original issuance cost         7,200    
Minimum Equity         $ 500,000    
Debt To Equity Ratio         debt-to-equity ratio of 3.5 to 1    
Minimum Cash Balance         $ 20,000    
Remaining amount outstanding, percentage         110.00%    
Experience Vessel Financing [Member] | 3 Month LIBOR [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Variable spread basis       3.25%      
Experience Vessel Financing [Member] | 3 Month SOFR [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Variable spread basis         3.40%    
2017 Bank Loans [Member] | 6 Month LIBOR [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Variable spread basis     2.42%        
Line of credit facility, expiration date     Oct. 15, 2029        
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity     $ 32,800        
Line of credit facility, frequency of payments     semi-annual payments        
Debt issuance costs     $ 1,300        
2017 Bank Loans [Member] | 3 Month LIBOR [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Variable spread basis     4.50%        
Line of credit facility, expiration date     Oct. 15, 2029        
Debt issuance costs     $ 4,800        
2017 Bank Loans [Member] | 6 Month SOFR [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Variable spread basis         2.85%    
2017 Bank Loans [Member] | 3 Month SOFR [Member]              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Variable spread basis         4.76%    
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity     $ 92,800        
Line of credit facility, frequency of payments     quarterly payments        
v3.25.0.1
Long-term Debt, Net - Future principal payments on long-term debt outstanding (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Long-Term Debt, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]    
2025 $ 48,435  
2026 49,239  
2027 138,636  
2028 25,999  
2029 26,816  
Thereafter 49,500  
Total debt, net 333,553 $ 375,981
Total debt $ 338,625 $ 383,193
v3.25.0.1
Long-term Debt - Related Party - Schedule of Company's Related Party Long-term Debt (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Jun. 30, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Total long-term related party debt     $ 220,000
Exquisite Vessel Financing      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Total debt- related party $ 170,895 $ 180,029  
Less current portion (8,943) (8,336)  
Total long-term related party debt $ 161,952 $ 171,693  
v3.25.0.1
Long-term Debt - Related Party - Schedule of Maturities Principal payments on related party long term debt (Details) - KFMC-ENE Onshore Note [Member]
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
2025 $ 8,943
2026 10,521
2027 11,364
2028 12,339
2029 13,263
Thereafter 54,465
Total payments 110,895
Residual value for Exquisite Vessel Financing 60,000
Total debt- related party $ 170,895
v3.25.0.1
Long-term Debt - Related Party (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Sep. 30, 2021
Nov. 30, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Notes Payable Related Party Noncurrent $ 220,000          
KFMC-ENE Onshore Note            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Debt maximum commitment amount         $ 25,000  
KFMC Note | Maximum [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Debt maximum commitment amount           $ 250,000
KFMC Note | Maximum [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rates LIBOR [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Notes Payable Variable spread basis           1.55%
Related Party [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Interest Expense, Long-Term Debt, Total   $ 13,700 $ 14,300 $ 17,700    
Exquisite Vessel Financing [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Notes Payable Related Party Noncurrent   $ 161,952 $ 171,693      
Sale lease back agreement term The term is for 15 years with a symmetrical put and call option at the end of the original term or two optional five-year extensions with symmetrical put and call options after each extension.          
Interest rate of sale leaseback transaction 7.73%          
v3.25.0.1
TRA Liability (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2025
Apr. 18, 2022
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]          
Effective tax rate 14.60% 20.80% 26.10%    
Tax Receivable Agreements [Member]          
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]          
Recieved payments from beneficiaries, percentage         85.00%
Tra liability current and non current $ 62.1        
Decrease in TRA Liability (7.0)        
Tra liability current 4.0 $ 3.4      
Repayments of Related Party Debt $ 433.4        
Share price $ 30.25        
Effective tax rate 21.00%        
Tax Receivable Agreements [Member] | Forecast [Member]          
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]          
Tra liability current       $ 3.1  
v3.25.0.1
Equity (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Feb. 22, 2024
Apr. 18, 2022
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Apr. 30, 2022
Mar. 31, 2022
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
EELP distributions to Class B interests       $ (11,073) $ (8,203) $ (4,101)    
Share repurchases       2,473,787        
Preferred stock   25,000,000            
Preferred stock par value   $ 0.001            
EELP Distributions to Class B Interests       $ (11,073) $ (8,203) $ (4,101)    
Repurchase Of Equity Securities [Member] | Maximum [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock     $ 50,000          
Class A Common Stock [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Exchange of common stock       one-for-one basis        
Stock issued   26,254,167            
Common stock, authorized   300,000,000 300,000,000 300,000,000 300,000,000      
Common stock, par value     $ 0.001 $ 0.001 $ 0.001      
Common Stock, Voting Rights       The Class A Common Stock outstanding represents 100% of the rights of the holders of all classes of the Company’s outstanding common stock to share in distributions from Excelerate        
Class A Common Stock [Member] | IPO [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Proceeds from issuance initial public offering   $ 441,600            
Underwriting discounts and commissions   25,400            
IPO-related expenses   $ 7,600            
Stock issued   18,400,000            
Class A Common Stock [Member] | Repurchase Of Equity Securities [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Share repurchases       2,473,787        
ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPerShareWeightedAveragePriceOfSharesPurchased     $ 20.41 $ 20.41        
WeightedAveragePriceNetCost       $ 50,000        
PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock $ 50,000              
Class B Common Stock [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
EELP distributions to Class B interests       $ 9,700 $ 6,000      
Share repurchases       0        
Stock issued   82,021,389            
Common stock, authorized   150,000,000 150,000,000 150,000,000 150,000,000      
Common stock, par value     $ 0.001 $ 0.001 $ 0.001      
Common stock, outstanding     82,021,389 82,021,389 82,021,389      
EELP Distributions to Class B Interests       $ 9,700 $ 6,000      
Excelerate Energy, Inc [Member] | Class A Common Stock [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Class A Ownership Percentage     100.00% 100.00%        
EELP Limited Partnership Agreement [Member] | IPO [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Class A Ownership Percentage               1.00%
EE Holdings [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Percent of EELP Interests Owned     77.50% 77.50%        
EE Holdings [Member] | IPO [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Percent of EELP Interests Owned     22.50% 22.50%        
EE Holdings [Member] | Class A Common Stock [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Percent of EELP Interests Owned   24.20%            
EE Holdings [Member] | Class B Common Stock [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Common Stock, Voting Rights       Class B stockholder following the completion of the IPO, EE Holdings had 77.5% and 75.7% of the combined voting power of the Company’s common stock as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively        
Percent of EELP Interests Owned   75.80% 77.50% 77.50% 75.70%      
EE Holdings [Member] | EELP Limited Partnership Agreement [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Class A Ownership Percentage               99.00%
Albania JV [Member]                
Class of Stock [Line Items]                
Proceeds from Contribution       $ 6,700        
Percent of EELP Interests Owned             90.00%  
v3.25.0.1
Equity - Summary of changes in ownership (Details) - shares
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Beginning Balance, shares 108,284,792 108,275,556  
Long-term incentive compensation units vested, net 69,178 9,236  
Options exercised, shares 9,279    
Share repurchases (2,473,787)    
Ending Balance, shares 105,889,462 108,284,792  
TreasuryStockCommonMember      
Beginning Balance, shares 20,624    
Ending Balance, shares 2,564,058 20,624  
Class A Common Stock [Member] | ExcelerateEnergyHoldingsLlcMember      
Class A Ownership Percentage 22.50% 24.30% 24.20%
Class A Common Stock [Member] | Equity Interest [Member]      
Beginning Balance, shares 26,284,027 26,254,167  
Long-term incentive compensation units vested, net 138,825 29,860  
Options exercised, shares 9,279    
Share repurchases 0    
Ending Balance, shares 26,432,131 26,284,027  
Class A Common Stock [Member] | TreasuryStockCommonMember      
Beginning Balance, shares 20,624 0  
Long-term incentive compensation units vested, net 69,647 20,624  
Options exercised, shares 0    
Share repurchases 2,473,787    
Ending Balance, shares 2,564,058 20,624  
Class A Common Stock [Member] | CommonStockOutstandingMember      
Beginning Balance, shares 26,263,403 26,254,167  
Long-term incentive compensation units vested, net 69,178 9,236  
Options exercised, shares 9,279    
Share repurchases (2,473,787)    
Ending Balance, shares 23,868,073 26,263,403  
Common Class B [Member]      
Beginning Balance, shares 82,021,389 82,021,389  
Long-term incentive compensation units vested, net 0 0  
Options exercised, shares 0    
Share repurchases 0    
Ending Balance, shares 82,021,389 82,021,389  
Common Class B [Member] | Equity Interest [Member]      
Beginning Balance, shares 82,021,389 82,021,389  
Ending Balance, shares 82,021,389 82,021,389  
v3.25.0.1
Equity - Schedule of EELP declared and paid distributions to all interest holders, including Excelerate (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Sep. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2024
Mar. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Sep. 30, 2023
Jun. 30, 2023
Mar. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Sep. 30, 2022
Jun. 30, 2022
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Distributions Paid or To Be Paid                       $ (11,073) $ (8,203) $ (4,101)
O2022Q2Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Date Paid or To Be Paid                     Sep. 07, 2022      
O2022Q3Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Date Paid or To Be Paid                   Dec. 14, 2022        
O2022Q4Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Date Paid or To Be Paid                 Apr. 27, 2023          
O2023Q4Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Date Paid or To Be Paid         Mar. 28, 2024                  
O2023Q1Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Date Paid or To Be Paid               Jun. 08, 2023            
O2023Q2Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Date Paid or To Be Paid             Sep. 07, 2023              
O2023Q3Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Date Paid or To Be Paid           Dec. 13, 2023                
O2024 Q4 Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Date Paid or To Be Paid Mar. 27, 2025                          
O2024Q3Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Date Paid or To Be Paid   Dec. 05, 2024                        
O2024Q2Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Date Paid or To Be Paid     Sep. 05, 2024                      
O2024Q1Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Date Paid or To Be Paid       Jun. 06, 2024                    
Common Class A [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Dividend Declared per Share                       $ 0.135 $ 0.1  
Common Class A [Member] | O2022Q2Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Total Dividends Declared                     $ 656      
Dividend Declared per Share                     $ 0.025      
Common Class A [Member] | O2022Q3Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Total Dividends Declared                   $ 658        
Dividend Declared per Share                   $ 0.025        
Common Class A [Member] | O2022Q4Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Total Dividends Declared                 $ 663          
Dividend Declared per Share                 $ 0.025          
Common Class A [Member] | O2023Q4Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Total Dividends Declared         $ 673                  
Dividend Declared per Share         $ 0.025                  
Common Class A [Member] | O2023Q1Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Total Dividends Declared               $ 669            
Dividend Declared per Share               $ 0.025            
Common Class A [Member] | O2023Q2Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Total Dividends Declared             $ 666              
Dividend Declared per Share             $ 0.025              
Common Class A [Member] | O2023Q3Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Total Dividends Declared           $ 669                
Dividend Declared per Share           $ 0.025                
Common Class A [Member] | O2024 Q4 Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Total Dividends Declared $ 1,509                          
Dividend Declared per Share $ 0.06                          
Common Class A [Member] | O2024Q3Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Total Dividends Declared   $ 1,532                        
Dividend Declared per Share   $ 0.06                        
Common Class A [Member] | O2024Q2Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Total Dividends Declared     $ 672                      
Dividend Declared per Share     $ 0.025                      
Common Class A [Member] | O2024Q1Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Total Dividends Declared       $ 645                    
Dividend Declared per Share       $ 0.025                    
Class B Common Stock [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Distributions Paid or To Be Paid                       $ 9,700 $ 6,000  
Class B Common Stock [Member] | O2022Q2Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Distributions Paid or To Be Paid                     $ 2,051      
Class B Common Stock [Member] | O2022Q3Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Distributions Paid or To Be Paid                   $ 2,051        
Class B Common Stock [Member] | O2022Q4Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Distributions Paid or To Be Paid                 $ 2,051         $ 2,051
Class B Common Stock [Member] | O2023Q4Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Distributions Paid or To Be Paid         $ 2,051               $ 2,051  
Class B Common Stock [Member] | O2023Q1Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Distributions Paid or To Be Paid               $ 2,051            
Class B Common Stock [Member] | O2023Q2Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Distributions Paid or To Be Paid             $ 2,051              
Class B Common Stock [Member] | O2023Q3Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Distributions Paid or To Be Paid           $ 2,050                
Class B Common Stock [Member] | O2024 Q4 Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Distributions Paid or To Be Paid $ 4,921                     $ 4,921    
Class B Common Stock [Member] | O2024Q3Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Distributions Paid or To Be Paid   $ 4,921                        
Class B Common Stock [Member] | O2024Q2Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Distributions Paid or To Be Paid     $ 2,050                      
Class B Common Stock [Member] | O2024Q1Dividends [Member]                            
Class of Stock [Line Items]                            
Distributions Paid or To Be Paid       $ 2,051                    
v3.25.0.1
Earnings per share - Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands
9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Net income $ 67,046 $ 153,034 $ 126,844 $ 68,099
Less net income attributable to non-controlling interest 55,119 120,156 96,432 55,119
Net income attributable to shareholders - basic 13,323 32,878 30,412 $ 13,323
Add: Reallocation of net income attributable to non-controlling interest 0 0 90,327  
Net income attributable to shareholders - diluted $ 13,323 $ 32,878 $ 120,739  
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic 26,254,167 25,400,181 26,256,104 26,254,167
Dilutive effect of unvested restricted common stock 7,940 191,062 19,788  
Class B Common Stock converted to Class A Common Stock 0 0 82,021,389  
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted 26,262,107 25,844,735 108,299,587 26,262,107
Earnings per share        
Basic $ 0.51 $ 1.29 $ 1.16 $ 0.51
Diluted $ 0.51 $ 1.27 $ 1.11 $ 0.51
Performance Shares [Member]        
Dilutive effect of unvested restricted common stock 0 253,492 2,306  
ENE Onshore [Member]        
Less net income attributable to non-controlling interest $ (1,396) $ 0 $ 0 $ (1,396)
v3.25.0.1
Earnings per share - Schedule Of Common Stock Shares Equivalent Excluded From Calculation Of Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details) - shares
9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Stock Option [Member]      
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method      
Antidilutive securities 150,314 0 0
Restricted Common Stock [Member]      
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method      
Antidilutive securities 53 282 269
Performance Stock Units [Member]      
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method      
Antidilutive securities 0 9,579 0
Class B Common Stock [Member]      
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method      
Antidilutive securities 82,021,389 82,021,389 0
v3.25.0.1
Leases (Additional Information) (Details)
Dec. 31, 2024
Vessels
Tugboat
Pipeline
Dec. 31, 2023
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]    
Number of pipelines finance agreements | Pipeline 1  
Number of Tugboats Finance Agreements | Tugboat 1  
Weighted average remaining lease term for operating leases 3 years 7 months 6 days 4 years 3 months 18 days
Weighted average remaining lease term for finance leases 8 years 1 month 6 days 9 years 1 month 6 days
Operating lease, weighted average discount rate, percent 6.20% 6.20%
Finance lease, weighted average discount rate, percent 6.30% 6.30%
IPO [Member]    
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]    
Number of vessels finance agreements related parties | Vessels 2  
v3.25.0.1
Leases - Schedule of Finance lease liabilities (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
External leases:    
Finance lease liabilities $ 191,383 $ 211,887
Less current portion of finance lease liabilities (23,475) (22,080)
Finance lease liabilities, long-term $ 167,908 $ 189,807
v3.25.0.1
Leases - Schedule of Maturities of Operating and Finance Lease Liabilities (Excluding Short-term Leases) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Operating leases    
2025 $ 1,795  
2026 1,426  
2027 1,022  
2028 886  
2029 449  
Thereafter 0  
Total lease payments 5,578  
Less: imputed interest $ (580)  
Operating Lease, Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration] Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities  
Carrying value of lease liabilities $ 4,998  
Less: current portion $ (1,551) $ (1,744)
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration] Accounts Payable, Current  
Carrying value of long-term lease liabilities $ 3,447  
Finance leases    
2025 33,235  
2026 33,235  
2027 33,235  
2028 27,584  
2029 27,571  
Thereafter 85,581  
Total lease payments 240,441  
Less: imputed interest (49,058)  
Carrying value of lease liabilities 191,383  
Less: current portion (23,475)  
Carrying value of long-term lease liabilities $ 167,908  
v3.25.0.1
Leases - Schedule of Total Lease Costs (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Leases [Abstract]      
Amortization of finance lease right-of-use assets $ 2,609 $ 3,487 $ 2,609
Amortization of finance lease right-of-use assets - related party 0 0 1,226
Interest on finance lease liabilities 12,652 15,068 15,172
Interest on finance lease liabilities - related party 0 0 7,930
Operating lease expense 2,066 15,790 37,825
Short-term lease expense 530 611 1,164
Total lease costs $ 17,857 $ 34,956 $ 65,926
v3.25.0.1
Leases - Schedule of Other Information Related to Leases (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Leases [Abstract]      
Operating cash flows for finance leases $ 12,652 $ 15,068 $ 15,172
Operating cash flows for finance leases - related party 0 0 7,930
Financing cash flow for finance leases 20,504 20,619 20,499
Financing cash flow for finance leases - related party 0 0 2,912
Operating cash flows for operating leases 2,136 16,518 36,841
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,567
v3.25.0.1
Revenue - Schedule of Revenue (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Total revenues $ 851,437 $ 1,158,963 $ 2,472,973
Revenue from leases [Member]      
Total revenues 548,145 447,757 397,570
Time charter, regasification and other services [Member]      
Total revenues 64,019 59,053 47,587
Gas sales [Member]      
Total revenues $ 239,273 $ 652,153 $ 2,027,816
v3.25.0.1
Revenue - Schedule of Lease Revenue (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Operating Lease, Lease Income, Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration] Total revenue from leases Total revenue from leases Total revenue from leases
Sales-type lease income $ 62,100 $ 64,300 $ 75,100
Total revenue from leases 851,437 1,158,963 2,472,973
Revenue from leases [Member]      
Operating lease income 486,005 383,503 322,428
Sales-type lease income 62,140 64,254 75,142
Total revenue from leases $ 548,145 $ 447,757 $ 397,570
v3.25.0.1
Revenue (Additional Information) (Details)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
Terminal
Vessels
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2022
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2024
USD ($)
Nov. 30, 2023
USD ($)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]          
Number of vessels sales leases lessor | Vessels 2        
Number of terminal sales leases lessor | Terminal 1        
Sales type lease income from net investment $ 62,100 $ 64,300 $ 75,100    
Receivables from contracts with customers 88,100 73,800      
Revenue for services recognized, Accrued revenue outstanding 600 400      
Contract liabilities from advance payments 27,400 0      
Remaining performance obligation $ 8,112,999        
Time charter, regasification and other services [Member]          
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]          
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax   $ 105,200 $ 69,800    
LNG Sales Agreement [Member]          
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]          
Gas units to be sold, SPA       650  
Petrobangla LNG SPA [Member]          
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]          
Date of Commencement of SPA         2026
Petrobangla LNG SPA [Member] | Maximum [Member]          
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]          
Gas units to be sold, SPA         1,000
Petrobangla LNG SPA [Member] | Minimum [Member]          
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]          
Gas units to be sold, SPA         850
v3.25.0.1
Revenue - Schedule of Leased Property and Equipment (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Less accumulated depreciation $ (1,090,647) $ (1,004,825)
Property and equipment, net 1,622,896 1,649,779
Operating leases [Member]    
Property and equipment 2,472,895 2,184,347
Less accumulated depreciation (1,005,269) (929,141)
Property and equipment, net $ 1,467,626 $ 1,255,206
v3.25.0.1
Revenue - Schedule of Minimum Contractual Future Revenues (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Revenues [Abstract]    
2025 $ 87,553  
2026 88,508  
2027 88,508  
2028 81,746  
2029 84,843  
Thereafter 331,196  
Total undiscounted 762,354  
Less: imputed interest (342,069)  
Net investment in sales-type leases 420,285  
Less: current portion (43,471) $ (16,463)
Non-current net investment in sales-type leases 376,814 $ 383,547
2025 432,141  
2026 401,424  
2027 349,002  
2028 303,555  
2029 304,021  
Thereafter 719,540  
Total undiscounted $ 2,509,683  
v3.25.0.1
Revenue - Schedule of Disaggregated Revenues (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Total revenues $ 851,437 $ 1,158,963 $ 2,472,973
Asia Pacific [Member]      
Total revenues 327,221 282,364 115,121
Latin America [Member]      
Total revenues 216,131 621,814 2,063,565
Middle East [Member]      
Total revenues 155,998 [1] 148,848 [1] 180,226 [2]
Europe [Member]      
Total revenues 114,160 95,201 32,354
Other [Member]      
Total revenues 37,927 10,736 81,707
Revenue from leases [Member]      
Total revenues 548,145 447,757 397,570
Revenue from leases [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member]      
Total revenues 62,140 64,254 75,142
Revenue from leases [Member] | Latin America [Member]      
Total revenues 216,131 161,680 130,117
Revenue from leases [Member] | Middle East [Member]      
Total revenues 155,998 [1] 148,848 [1] 180,226 [2]
Revenue from leases [Member] | Europe [Member]      
Total revenues 113,876 72,975 12,085
Revenue from leases [Member] | Other [Member]      
Total revenues 0 0 0
TCP Regas and other [Member]      
Total revenues 64,019 59,053 47,587
TCP Regas and other [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member]      
Total revenues 52,979 48,317 39,979
TCP Regas and other [Member] | Latin America [Member]      
Total revenues 0 0 0
TCP Regas and other [Member] | Middle East [Member]      
Total revenues 0 [1] 0 [1] 0 [2]
TCP Regas and other [Member] | Europe [Member]      
Total revenues 284 0 0
TCP Regas and other [Member] | Other [Member]      
Total revenues 10,756 10,736 7,608
TCP Regas and other [Member]      
Total revenues 64,019 59,053 47,587
Gas sales [Member]      
Total revenues 239,273 652,153 2,027,816
Gas sales [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member]      
Total revenues 212,102 169,793 0
Gas sales [Member] | Latin America [Member]      
Total revenues 0 460,134 1,933,448
Gas sales [Member] | Middle East [Member]      
Total revenues 0 [1] 0 [1] 0 [2]
Gas sales [Member] | Europe [Member]      
Total revenues 0 22,226 20,269
Gas sales [Member] | Other [Member]      
Total revenues $ 27,171 $ 0 $ 74,099
[1] Includes Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.
[2] Includes Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel.
v3.25.0.1
Revenue - Schedule of Changes in Long-term Contract Liabilities (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Revenues [Abstract]    
Deferred revenues, beginning of period $ 56,267 $ 177,754
Cash received but not yet recognized 62,918 36,014
Revenue recognized from prior period deferral (33,278) (157,501)
Deferred revenues, end of period $ 85,907 $ 56,267
v3.25.0.1
Revenue - Schedule of Expected Recognized Revenue from Contracts (Details)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
2025 $ 125,620
2026 666,622
2027 549,225
2028 617,495
2029 613,523
Thereafter 5,540,514
Total expected revenue $ 8,112,999
v3.25.0.1
Long-term Incentive Compensation (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2022
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Stock-based compensation expense   $ 7,245 $ 3,639 $ 956
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value   $ 1,834    
Number of shares granted for issuance under long-term incentive plan 10,800,000      
Percentage of shares increased description The share pool increases on January 1st of each calendar year by a number of shares equal to 4% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock on the preceding December 31st.      
Award expiration period   10 years    
Employee Stock Option        
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Options granted   0 0  
Unrecognized compensation costs   $ 1,700    
Weighted average period   2 years 3 months 18 days    
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value   $ 4,600    
Options exercised, Intrinsic value   100 $ 0 0
Restricted Stock [Member]        
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Unrecognized compensation costs   $ 7,600    
Weighted average period   1 year 10 months 24 days    
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value   $ 7,400 6,500 $ 900
Options vested, Fair value   $ 2,800 700  
Fair value of awards vested       0
Performance Shares [Member]        
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]        
Weighted average period   1 year 9 months 18 days    
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value   $ 4,400 $ 2,400  
Options vested, Fair value   100    
Unrecognized compensation costs   $ 4,000    
Fair value of awards vested     0  
v3.25.0.1
Long-term incentive compensation - Recognized long-term incentive compensation expense (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]      
Stock-based compensation expense $ 7,245 $ 3,639 $ 956
v3.25.0.1
Long-term Incentive Compensation - Schedule of assumptions fair value of options granted (Details)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2024
Mar. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]      
Risk-free interest rate 4.20% 4.40% 3.90%
Expected volatility 41.90% 50.60% 58.00%
Expected term 2 years 1 month 28 days 2 years 9 months 25 days 2 years 9 months 3 days
v3.25.0.1
Long-term Incentive Compensation - Summary of stock option activity (Details)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Compensation Related Costs [Abstract]  
Outstanding at January 1, 2023 | shares 317,601
Granted | shares 0
Exercised | shares (9,279)
Forfeited or expired | shares (14,934)
Outstanding at December 31, 2023 | shares 293,388
Exercisable | shares 124,447
Weighted Average Exercise Price, beginning balance | $ / shares $ 24
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Granted | $ / shares 0
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercised | $ / shares 24
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Forfeited or expired | $ / shares 24
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Ending balance | $ / shares 24
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercisable | $ / shares $ 24
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life, Outstanding 7 years 1 month 6 days
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life, Exercisable 6 years 8 months 12 days
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding | $ $ 1,834
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Exercisable | $ $ 778
v3.25.0.1
Long-term Incentive Compensation - Summary of restricted stock activity (Details) - Restricted Stock [Member]
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
$ / shares
shares
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Unvested at January 1, 2024 | shares 318,150
Granted | shares 484,646
Vested | shares (133,106)
Forfeited | shares (5,744)
Unvested at December 31,2024 | shares 663,946
Weighted Average Fair Value, Beginning balance | $ / shares $ 20.88
Weighted Average Fair Value, Granted | $ / shares 15.26
Weighted Average Fair Value, Vested | $ / shares 20.69
Weighted Average Fair Value, Forfeited | $ / shares 16.51
Weighted Average Fair Value, Ending balance | $ / shares $ 16.81
v3.25.0.1
Long-Term Incentive Compensation - Summary of performance unit activity (Details) - Performance Shares [Member]
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
$ / shares
shares
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Unvested at January 1, 2024 | shares 84,699
Granted | shares 252,517
Vested | shares (2,184)
Forfeited | shares (5,525)
Unvested at December 31,2024 | shares 329,507
Weighted Average Fair Value, Beginning balance | $ / shares $ 28.8
Weighted Average Fair Value, Granted | $ / shares 17.33
Weighted Average Fair Value, Vested | $ / shares 20.39
Weighted Average Fair Value, Forfeited | $ / shares 27.15
Weighted Average Fair Value, Ending balance | $ / shares $ 20.37
v3.25.0.1
Income taxes - Schedule of company's income before income taxes (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Equity Method Investments, Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]      
Domestic $ (95,260) $ (97,962) $ (45,701)
Foreign 274,393 258,053 154,023
Total $ 179,133 $ 160,091 $ 108,322
v3.25.0.1
Income taxes - Schedule of income tax expense (benefit) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract]      
Domestic $ 923 $ 932 $ 1,322
Foreign 21,358 35,636 24,749
Total Current: 22,281 36,568 26,071
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract]      
Domestic deferred 2,969 (1,634) 2,708
Foreign deferred 849 (1,687) (453)
Total Deferred 3,818 (3,321) 2,255
Income Tax Expense $ 26,099 $ 33,247 $ 28,326
v3.25.0.1
Income taxes - Schedule of reconciliation of the statutory corporate income tax rate to the effective tax rate (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent [Abstract]      
Statutory rate applied to pre-tax income 21.00% 21.00% 21.00%
Foreign rate differential (2.50%) 5.70% 12.00%
Domestic non-controlled interest/ domestic non-taxable income (18.50%) (15.90%) (20.10%)
Early extinguishment of lease liability 0.00% 0.00% 4.20%
Permanent items 2.50% 1.80% (4.00%)
Withholding taxes 10.40% 11.50% 13.70%
Uncertain tax positions 0.30% 2.60% (1.60%)
Investment in partnership deferred taxes 4.20% 0.00% 0.00%
Foreign tax credit (1.70%) (5.10%) (2.80%)
Gain on tax liquidation 0.00% 0.00% 1.70%
Valuation allowance (1.30%) 1.50% 0.30%
Other 0.20% (2.30%) 1.70%
Effective tax rate 14.60% 20.80% 26.10%
v3.25.0.1
Income Taxes - Schedule Of Deferred Taxes Assets And liabilities (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Deferred tax assets    
Fixed assets $ 133 $ 1,121
Net operating losses 832 770
Lease liabilities 0 42
Foreign tax credit carryforward 2,689 1,645
Amortizable transactions costs 556 590
Investment in partnership 35,472 44,714
Unrealized foreign exchange losses 3,708 4,543
Other 3,884 2,133
Deferred tax assets 47,274 55,558
Valuation allowances (18,475) (10,718)
Net deferred tax assets 28,799 44,840
Deferred tax liabilities    
Right of use assets 34 101
Unrealized foreign exchange gains 1,206 1,791
Net deferred tax liabilities: 1,240 1,892
Net deferred tax assets $ 27,559 $ 42,948
v3.25.0.1
Income Taxes - Schedule Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Income Tax Uncertainties [Abstract]    
Balance at January 1 $ 4,171 $ 0
Increases related to prior year tax positions 526 4,171
Balance at December 31 $ 4,697 $ 4,171
v3.25.0.1
Income Taxes (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Provision for income taxes $ 26,099 $ 33,247 $ 28,326
Operating loss carryforwards 3,000    
Operating loss carry forwards to expire 2,100    
Valuation allowances increased $ 7,800 $ 2,400  
Effective tax rate 14.60% 20.80% 26.10%
Maximum [Member]      
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration date Dec. 31, 2028    
Minimum [Member]      
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration date Dec. 31, 2024    
Effective tax rate 15.00%    
v3.25.0.1
Related Party Transactions (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Oct. 20, 2022
Apr. 18, 2022
Sep. 30, 2021
Aug. 19, 2011
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Oct. 31, 2023
Nov. 30, 2022
Jun. 30, 2018
Jan. 01, 2018
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                      
Interest on finance lease liabilities - related party         $ 0 $ 0 $ 7,930        
Line of credit         22,800            
Total long-term related party debt                   $ 220,000  
Kaiser Letter Of Credit Excelerate Energy Development DMCC                      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                      
Letter Of Credit   $ 20,000                  
Kaiser Letter Of Credit Excelerate Energy Bangladesh Ltd                      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                      
Letter Of Credit   $ 20,000                  
KFMC and EELP                      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                      
Settlement Cost                     $ 700
KFMC-ENE Onshore Note                      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                      
Total debt- related party         170,895            
EE Holdings                      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                      
Guarantee Cap       $ 55,000              
AGT LOC [Member]                      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                      
Payments for Other Fees $ 1,200                    
Kaiser MARAD [Member]                      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                      
Maximum borrowing capacity         $ 18,700     $ 18,200 $ 17,600    
Ene Lateral And Ene Onshore                      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                      
Annual Fees $ 1,200                    
Kaiser Note Payable                      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                      
Related party transaction rate     1.55%                
Total debt- related party     $ 16,500                
Monthly Payable     $ 3,300                
IPO [Member] | 2021 Kaiser Letters Of Credit Obtained                      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                      
Line of credit           $ 600,000 27,300        
Onshore Release Capacity                      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                      
Repayments of Related Party Debt             $ 7,000        
v3.25.0.1
Related Party Transactions - Schedule of Transactions With Related Parties (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]      
Fees reimbursable to Kaiser $ 274 $ 1,224 $ 1,186
v3.25.0.1
Related Party Transactions - Schedule of Balances with Related Parties (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]    
Amounts receivable - related party $ 217 $ 192
Amounts due to related parties 412 577
Prepaid expenses - related party $ 2,250 $ 2,162
v3.25.0.1
Defined contribution plan (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Defined Contribution Plan [Abstract]      
Matching contribution, Description The Company makes a safe harbor matching contribution equal to 100% of the employee’s salary deferrals that do not exceed 3% of compensation plus 50% of the employee’s salary deferrals between 3% and 5% of compensation.    
Defined Contribution Plan, Maximum Annual Contributions Per Employee, Percent 100.00%    
Matching contribution percentage 3.00%    
Matching contribution vested percentage 100.00%    
Compensation expense related to the plan $ 0.7 $ 1.0 $ 0.8
v3.25.0.1
Concentration Risk (Additional Information) (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Customer Concentration Risk | Revenue | Minimum [Member]      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration risk, percentage 10.00% 10.00% 10.00%
v3.25.0.1
Concentration Risk - Schedule of Customer with Revenues (Details) - Customer Concentration Risk - Revenue
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Customer A      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration Risk, Percentage 34.00% 21.00% 3.00%
Customer B      
Concentration Risk [Line Items]      
Concentration Risk, Percentage 17.00% 44.00% 80.00%
v3.25.0.1
Commitments and Contingencies - The Company Future LNG Purchase and Capacity Obligations (Details) - LNG Future Purchase Obligations
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
[1]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]  
2025 $ 89,056
2026 489,955
2027 633,498
2028 766,361
2029 750,395
Thereafter 8,892,975
Total commitments $ 11,622,240
[1] Total costs incurred under take-or-pay or throughput obligations were approximately $43.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2024. No costs were incurred for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
v3.25.0.1
Commitments and contingencies - The Company Future LNG Purchase and Capacity Obligations (Parenthetical) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]      
Costs incurred $ 43.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0
v3.25.0.1
Asset retirement obligations - Schedule of Asset Retirement Obligations And The Changes Due To Accretion Expense (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]    
Asset retirement obligations, beginning of period $ 41,834 $ 39,823
Additions 0 237
Accretion expense 1,856 1,774
Asset retirement obligations, end of period $ 43,690 $ 41,834
v3.25.0.1
Supplemental noncash disclosures for consolidated statement of cash flows - Schedule of Supplemental Noncash Disclosures For The Consolidated Statement Of Cash flows (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Supplemental cash flow information:      
Cash paid for taxes $ 24,389 $ 26,163 $ 36,957
Cash paid for interest 58,123 60,777 55,437
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations 0 0 3,567
Increase (decrease) in capital expenditures included in accounts payable 1,203 (7,869) (3,329)
Vessel acquisition 0 0 188,500
ENE Onshore contribution to settle KFMC-ENE Onshore Note 0 0 (11,177)
Asset under construction transferred to net investments in sales-type leases 45,990 0 0
TRA revaluation due to change in ownership $ (7,027) $ 0 $ 0
v3.25.0.1
Supplemental noncash disclosures for consolidated statement of cash flows - Schedule of Reconciliation of Cash, Cash Equivalents And Restricted Cash (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents [Abstract]        
Cash and cash equivalents $ 537,522 $ 555,853    
Restricted cash - current 2,612 2,655    
Restricted cash - non-current 14,361 13,950    
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash $ 554,495 $ 572,458 $ 537,971 $ 90,964
v3.25.0.1
Accumulated other comprehensive income - Schedule components of accumulated other comprehensive (income) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]    
Beginning Balance $ 505 $ 515
Other comprehensive income 6,074 942
Reclassification to income (6,025) (965)
Reclassification to NCI (52) 13
Ending Balance 502 505
Share of OCI in equity method investee    
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]    
Beginning Balance 631 488
Other comprehensive income 1,356 (3,253)
Reclassification to income (2,292) 3,842
Reclassification to NCI 560 (446)
Ending Balance 255 631
Qualifying cash flow hedges    
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]    
Beginning Balance 428 551
Other comprehensive income 4,832 4,530
Reclassification to income (3,728) (5,021)
Reclassification to NCI (704) 368
Ending Balance 828 428
Cumulative translation adjustment    
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]    
Beginning Balance (554) (524)
Other comprehensive income (114) (335)
Reclassification to income (5) 214
Reclassification to NCI 92 91
Ending Balance $ (581) $ (554)
v3.25.0.1
Subsequent events (Additional Information) (Details)
3 Months Ended
Feb. 20, 2025
$ / shares
Dec. 31, 2024
Oct. 04, 2022
MMcfe
Subsequent Event [Line Items]      
Newbuild floating storage regasification unit | MMcfe     170,000
Quarterly Dividend Date December 31, 2024      
Subsequent Event [Line Items]      
Dividends Payable, Date to be Paid   Mar. 27, 2025  
Subsequent Event [Member] | Quarterly Dividend Date December 31, 2024      
Subsequent Event [Line Items]      
Dividends Payable, Date Declared Feb. 20, 2025    
Dividends Payable, Date of Record Mar. 12, 2025    
Subsequent Event [Member] | Common Class B [Member] | Quarterly Dividend Date December 31, 2024      
Subsequent Event [Line Items]      
Dividends Payable, Amount Per Share $ 0.06    
Subsequent Event [Member] | Class A Common Stock [Member] | Quarterly Dividend Date December 31, 2024      
Subsequent Event [Line Items]      
Dividends Payable, Amount Per Share $ 0.06    
Dividends Payable, Date to be Paid Mar. 27, 2025