Category Archives: mineral rights

Granite Wash Shale

Since the late 1950’s the area spanning the Texas Panhandle into Oklahoma approximately 160 miles long and 30 miles wide known as the Granite Wash Shale has yielded production.    Its tight gas sandstone formation stores gas deposits in plentiful pockets at multiple zones but the variability of these deposits , between 300 feet to 19000 [...]

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Legal Guide to Minerals and Oil and Gas Royalty Payments

This oil and gas legal guide is produced by Texas A&M University and written by Judon Fambrough, Attorney at Law.  It covers the law around mineral rights, how they affect surface rights, and the nuances involved in royalty payments. Excellent information for those just getting into the oil and gas royalty business.

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Natural Gas Prices on the Decline

Over the past months the price of natural gas has progressively began to lower.  One of the contributing factors of the decline in the price is the warmer winter. With temperatures on the rise the demand for natural gas for heating sources is reduced.  Heating degree days are 12% lower than the 30 year average, [...]

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How Big Is The Market To Buy Oil Royalties?

If you are an investor in oil and gas royalties, you may have wondered as to how big the market is.  Meaning, how many royalty owners would sell their royalties per year, and how much money are we talking about? Well, we’ve wondered the same thing and have finally found a good method to compute [...]

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Why mineral rights buyers love the tax man

Every year there are two times when the average household have extraordinary cash outflows. That would be tax time and Christmas. Well guess which one is now? That is right. It it tax time and that means a statistically higher number of mineral owners will be willing to sell. But wait, there’s more. Much more. [...]

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