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Per the state well registry. Per-county monthly volumes are not published for Texas; well counts and operator activity are the closest proxy for ongoing production.
| Operator | Parent | Ticker | HQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| ConocoPhillips | — | COP(NYSE) | Houston, TX |
| EOG Resources | — | EOG(NYSE) | Houston, TX |
| Magnolia Oil & Gas | — | MGY(NYSE) | Houston, 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 DeWitt County — common for tracts under leases held by major operators with carried-out royalty structures.
Yes. DeWitt 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 Eagle Ford formation.
The most active operators we track in DeWitt County include ConocoPhillips, EOG Resources, Magnolia Oil & Gas. We regularly buy interests held under leases with these operators.
DeWitt County sits in the Eagle Ford Shale, where the primary target is eagle ford. Here we underwrite the Eagle Ford formation.
DeWitt County sits in the wet-gas/condensate window of the Eagle Ford, with a higher gas-to-oil ratio and meaningful NGL recoveries compared to Karnes or La Salle. This means owner economics are more sensitive to gas and NGL pricing than to crude WTI. Realized gas prices in South Texas track Houston Ship Channel and Henry Hub more closely than they do Waha, so DeWitt County owners have generally avoided the worst of Permian gas-price weakness over the past few years.
In most cases, yes. Eagle Ford leases signed in the early 2010s when horizontal drilling took off in the play are still in force today, holding the leasehold by production. The lease terms — royalty fraction, post-production cost language, Pugh clauses (or absence) — set the economics for new wells drilled today. Many of those leases were signed at 1/4 royalty with various landowner-favorable terms; some were signed at 1/8 or 3/16 with operator-friendly terms. Pull the lease and confirm before assuming the economics on a new well.
Yes. The Austin Chalk above the Eagle Ford is an active redevelopment target across the eastern Eagle Ford including DeWitt County. Operators are drilling Austin Chalk wells on existing Eagle Ford units, which typically pay royalty under the same Eagle Ford lease (the lease covers the full leasehold, not just the original Lower Eagle Ford interval). New Austin Chalk activity is one of the upside drivers we incorporate when valuing DeWitt County interests with appropriate lease coverage.
Closings on DeWitt 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.
DeWitt County sits in the Eagle Ford Shale, where operators are targeting eagle ford. Activity is led by names like ConocoPhillips, EOG Resources, Magnolia Oil & Gas, and new drilling continues to shape the play across the Eagle Ford formation.
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.
DeWitt County has steady development activity and we buy here regularly. If you own minerals in the county, we'd like to evaluate your tract.