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Related Party Transactions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions Related Party Transactions
The Company operates oil and natural gas properties held by a partnerships owned by its majority stockholder. Comstock charges the partnership for the costs incurred to drill, complete and produce the wells, as well as drilling and operating overhead fees. Comstock also provides natural gas marketing services to the partnerships, including evaluating potential markets and providing hedging services, in return for a fee equal to $0.02 per Mcf for natural gas marketed. The Company received $0.9 million, $1.4 million and $0.7 million in 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively, for operating and marketing services provided to the partnership. The fees received for the services are reflected as a reduction of general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
In connection with the operation of the wells, the Company had a $18.5 million and $20.8 million receivable from the partnerships at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
In 2021, the Company acquired from unaffiliated third parties a 50% interest in approximately 35,000 net acres of predominantly undeveloped Haynesville shale acreage in East Texas, which also included interests in 37 producing wells. An affiliate of the Company's majority stockholder acquired the remaining 50% of the acreage and wells alongside Comstock. Comstock is the operator of the future drilling program on the jointly acquired acreage.