{
  "state": {
    "name": "Texas",
    "abbreviation": "TX",
    "slug": "texas"
  },
  "county": {
    "name": "Gaines",
    "slug": "gaines",
    "url": "https://www.americanroyaltybuyers.com/mineral-rights/texas/gaines",
    "basinSlug": "centralbasinplatform",
    "description": "American Royalty Buyers purchases mineral rights and royalties in Gaines County, Texas. We have extensive experience in this resource-rich area.",
    "overview": "Gaines County, on the Central Basin Platform and Northwest Shelf along the Texas–New Mexico line, is one of West Texas's most prolific shallow-shelf oil counties. It is anchored by the giant Seminole San Andres field and decades of carbonate production, now supplemented by large-scale CO2 enhanced oil recovery and horizontal redevelopment.",
    "geology": "Gaines County produces mainly from shallow San Andres and Grayburg carbonates of the Northwest Shelf — the reservoirs behind the Seminole and Seminole San Andres Unit fields — at depths far shallower than the deep-basin shale. A residual-oil-zone (ROZ) fairway in the San Andres has made the county a focus of major CO2 floods, while the eastern side carries Spraberry and Dean potential along the Central Basin Platform.",
    "activity": "Occidental Petroleum, Fasken, APA (Apache), and others operate long-lived San Andres waterfloods and CO2 enhanced-oil-recovery projects in Gaines County, including the Seminole San Andres Unit. Steady carbonate production plus active CO2 EOR give Gaines mineral interests long-lived royalty income.",
    "keyFormations": [
      "San Andres",
      "Grayburg",
      "Glorieta",
      "Dean",
      "Spraberry"
    ],
    "stats": [
      {
        "label": "Sub-Basin",
        "value": "Central Basin Platform / NW Shelf"
      },
      {
        "label": "Primary Play",
        "value": "San Andres carbonate + CO2 EOR"
      },
      {
        "label": "Notable Field",
        "value": "Seminole San Andres Unit"
      }
    ],
    "faqs": [
      {
        "q": "What kind of oil production is in Gaines County, Texas?",
        "a": "Gaines County is dominated by long-lived San Andres and Grayburg carbonate production on the Northwest Shelf and Central Basin Platform, including the giant Seminole field. Much of it is under waterflood and CO2 enhanced oil recovery, which can extend royalty income for decades."
      },
      {
        "q": "Are Gaines County mineral rights still being developed?",
        "a": "Yes. Operators continue CO2 EOR expansions and San Andres residual-oil-zone projects, along with horizontal redevelopment, so even mature acreage can carry meaningful future value."
      },
      {
        "q": "How does ARB value Gaines County mineral rights?",
        "a": "ARB reviews public production data, the operator and formations under your acreage, your decimal interest, and nearby activity, then provides a free, no-obligation offer. There is never a fee to you and no obligation to accept."
      }
    ]
  }
}