The MinRight Blog
Updates, tips, and real-world use cases for managing your mineral rights.
What to Bring to a Meeting With a Mineral Rights Attorney
If you're meeting with an attorney about your mineral rights, being prepared saves time and money. Here's what to have ready.
How to Read a Deed for Mineral Reservations
Mineral reservations are buried in deed language that can be hard to parse. Here's what to look for and what the common phrases mean.
Building a Mineral Rights Binder
A physical binder with your most important mineral rights documents is worth having, even if you track everything digitally.
What Happens When an Operator Goes Bankrupt
If the company operating your wells files for bankruptcy, here's what it means for your minerals, your royalties, and your lease.
Understanding the Delay Between Production and Payment
Your royalty check covers production from two or three months ago. Here's why the delay exists and what it means for tracking your income.
When to Question Your Operator's Deductions
Not every deduction on your check stub is necessarily correct or allowable. Here's how to spot problems and what to do about them.
Net Revenue Interest vs. Royalty Rate Explained
Your royalty rate and your net revenue interest are related but not the same thing. Here's how each one works.
How Oil and Gas Pricing Affects Your Royalty Check
Your royalty income rises and falls with commodity prices. Here's how pricing works and why your check doesn't always match the headline price.
What to Do When Two Operators Claim the Same Minerals
Receiving division orders or lease offers from two different companies for the same minerals is confusing. Here's why it happens and how to sort it out.
Should You Put Mineral Rights in a Trust
Putting mineral rights in a trust can simplify inheritance and avoid probate. Here's what to consider before making the move.
What Happens to Mineral Rights in a Divorce
Mineral rights are real property, and they have to be divided or addressed in a divorce just like any other asset.
Should You Sell Your Mineral Rights? Questions to Ask First
Selling mineral rights is a permanent decision. Before you accept an offer, here are the questions that matter.
What to Do When You Get a Letter From a Landman
A letter shows up offering to lease or buy your mineral rights. Here's what it means, who sent it, and how to respond.
Mineral Rights in Kansas: What Owners Need to Know
Kansas has been producing oil and gas for over a century, and its unique combination of mature fields and regulatory quirks matters for mineral owners.
Mineral Rights in Pennsylvania: What Owners Need to Know
Pennsylvania's mineral rights history goes back to the 1860s, and the Marcellus Shale added a new chapter. Here's what owners need to know.