Knowledge center
Understand what you own. Then decide.
Everything here is free, ungated, and written for the kitchen table — because owners who understand their minerals make better decisions, including the decision not to sell.
The guides
Six things every mineral owner eventually asks.
Start anywhere — each guide stands alone, links to the tools that do its math, and ends without a sales pitch.
What are mineral rights, exactly?
You can own the ground under a ranch without owning the ranch — and be owed money by an oil company you’ve never spoken to. Here’s how that works, in plain English.
Read the guideYou’ve inherited mineral rights. Now what?
Take a breath. Despite what the letters in your mailbox imply, almost nothing about inherited minerals is urgent — and the few things that are, aren’t the things the letters mention.
Read the guideTaxes and your minerals, in plain English.
We’re buyers, not tax advisors — but every mineral decision has a tax line, and you deserve to know which questions to bring your CPA. Here’s the map.
Read the guideWhy your royalty checks keep shrinking.
Your wells aren’t broken and your operator probably isn’t cheating you. Your checks are following a curve that was drawn the day the well was completed — and once you can read it, a lot of decisions get easier.
Read the guideThe mail-order mineral offer, decoded.
If you own producing minerals, your mailbox already knows. Most unsolicited offers aren’t scams — they’re just priced for the seller who doesn’t check. Here’s what to look for, and how to make any buyer (including us) prove their number.
Read the guideDivision orders, explained.
It’s the most consequential document mineral owners sign without reading: one page, one decimal, and the arithmetic that sets every royalty check you’ll ever receive from a well.
Read the guideShould you lease or sell your mineral rights?
They’re not the same decision, and they’re not even opposites. Leasing rents your minerals for a while; selling hands them on for good. Here’s how to tell which one — if either — actually fits your situation.
Read the guideOil & gas lease terms, in plain English
A mineral lease is a few pages of dense language that quietly decides how much money reaches your mailbox for the next decade. Here are the terms that matter most — and which ones are worth pushing on.
Read the guideA lease offer just landed in your mailbox. Now what?
Somewhere a landman decided your minerals are worth leasing — which is good news. Before you sign anything, here’s the calm, unrushed way to handle it.
Read the guideHow to read your royalty check.
An oil & gas royalty statement looks like a tax form designed by an accountant in a hurry — columns of codes, decimals, and deductions. Once you know what each part means, though, it tells a clear story about your wells.
Read the guideHow to read a mineral deed.
A mineral deed is the document that says what you own and how you came to own it. It’s short, but every clause does work — and one phrase can be the difference between owning half the minerals and half the royalty.
Read the guideTransferring mineral rights after a death.
When a mineral owner dies, the minerals don’t vanish and they don’t transfer themselves — but the process is more orderly than it feels in the moment. Here’s the path from “their name” to “your name,” without rushing.
Read the guideCapital gains, basis, and the step-up — selling minerals.
Taxes are usually the deciding detail between two otherwise-equal choices, and minerals have a few quirks worth understanding before you sell. This is the plain-English version — your CPA gets the final word.
Read the guideThe glossary
NPRI, sight draft, held by production — the industry runs on jargon, and jargon favors the buyer. Thirty-plus terms, each defined in a sentence or three of plain English.
Open the glossaryQuick answers
Who we are, how offers work, what selling costs you (nothing), and what happens if you simply say no — the questions every owner asks us, answered in one place.
Read the FAQNo pressure, ever
Whenever you’re ready — even if that’s never.
Read everything, use the tools, and call us with what’s left — the conversation is free, and so is the homework we’ll do on your acres.
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