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Viper Energy, Inc.

A Texas energy company that owns mineral and royalty rights to oil and gas land in the Permian Basin, collecting payments when other companies drill and produce on its acreage rather than drilling itself. It was created by Diamondback Energy and went public in 2014, and its name follows its parent's snake theme — a diamondback is a rattlesnake, and a viper is another venomous serpent.