What drives the value of your Midland Basin minerals — and how to find out your number, free.
There is no single price per acre for Midland Basin minerals. Value is specific to your tract — and the only reliable way to learn your number is a valuation built from your actual acreage. Below is exactly what determines it, so you can understand any offer you receive and recognize a fair one.
The Midland Basin is the eastern half of the Permian Basin and one of the most densely drilled oil plays on earth. The USGS estimates 20+ billion barrels of technically recoverable oil in the Wolfcamp formation alone. With 7+ stacked pay zones and some of the highest-density drilling in U.S. history, Midland Basin mineral rights consistently command premium valuations.
The single biggest factor is whether there are active wells beneath your acreage. Producing Midland Basin minerals are valued on the royalty income they generate, adjusted for how quickly that income will decline. Non-producing minerals are valued on a per-net-mineral-acre basis that reflects the probability and timing of future drilling.
ConocoPhillips, Pioneer Natural Resources (now merged with ExxonMobil), Diamondback Energy, ProPetro Holding, and dozens of independent operators maintain active drilling programs across the Midland Basin. Rig counts have remained elevated as operators take advantage of multi-zone completions that allow them to produce from three or more formations with a single wellbore, maximizing the royalty income generated by each mineral acre.
No online calculator or per-acre rule of thumb can tell you your number. The reliable way to learn what your Midland Basin minerals are worth is a valuation built from your specific acreage — which ARB provides free, with the reasoning explained and no obligation to sell.
There is no single per-acre price for Midland Basin minerals — value depends on your net mineral acres, whether the acreage is producing, the formations beneath it, nearby operator activity, well decline, and current commodity prices. The reliable way to learn your number is a free, no-obligation valuation built from your specific acreage, which American Royalty Buyers provides with the reasoning explained.
Producing minerals are valued primarily on the royalty income they generate, adjusted for how quickly that income will decline. Newer wells facing steep decline are treated differently than wells further along their curve, and remaining undrilled locations add upside.
Non-producing minerals are valued on a per-net-mineral-acre basis that reflects the probability and timing of future drilling. In active core areas with nearby permits and rigs the value is higher; on the margins it is discounted because drilling is less certain.
Yes. American Royalty Buyers buys mineral rights, royalties, NPRI, ORRI, and non-operated working interests across the Midland Basin — producing or non-producing, including complex or inherited title.
Submit your information through our valuation form or call (817) 778-9532. ARB delivers a no-obligation offer, typically within five business days, with no fees and no pressure to sell.