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No broker fees. No auction. We close with our own capital.
By Brad Caponigro, Founder · Last updated
| Operator | Parent | Ticker | HQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy Oil | — | MUR(NYSE) | Houston, TX |
| Aethon Energy | — | Private | Dallas, TX |
Public-company tickers link to investor relations. Private operators are marked as such and do not carry a ticker.
We also buy overriding royalty interests (ORRIs) and non-participating royalty interests (NPRIs) in Columbia County — common for tracts under leases held by major operators with carried-out royalty structures.
Yes. Columbia County is on our active buy list. We buy mineral interests, royalty interests, NPRI, and ORRI on both producing and non-producing tracts targeting the Smackover and Cotton Valley formations.
The most active operators we track in Columbia County include Murphy Oil, Aethon Energy. We regularly buy interests held under leases with these operators.
Columbia County sits in the Arkoma Basin, where the primary target is smackover / cotton valley. Here we underwrite the Smackover and Cotton Valley formations.
Closings on Columbia County mineral rights typically take 7 to 30 days from the date you accept our offer, depending on title complexity. We handle county-level title work, PSA drafting, mineral deed preparation, and notary coordination at our expense.
Just a tract description (abstract or survey, section/township/range, or a legal description from your deed) and any recent royalty check stubs if the interest is producing. You do not need to gather deeds or title opinions up front.
Columbia County sits in the Arkoma Basin, where operators are targeting smackover / cotton valley. Activity is led by names like Murphy Oil, Aethon Energy, and new drilling continues to shape the play across the Smackover and Cotton Valley formations.
If you hold mineral rights, royalty interests, NPRI, or ORRI anywhere in the county, we'd like to put a written offer in front of you. Every offer we send is funded from our own balance sheet — there's no auction, no broker markup, and no third-party capital waiting to approve the deal.