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Yes — you can sell your New Mexico mineral rights, and American Royalty Buyers buys them directly: mineral rights, royalties, NPRI, ORRI, and non-operated working interests across 28 New Mexico counties, producing or non-producing, including inherited and fractional interests. A free, written, no-obligation valuation typically arrives within five business days — no brokers, no fees, no commissions.
American Royalty Buyers actively purchases mineral rights and royalties in New Mexico. Our team has extensive experience in the state's major energy basins and provides expert valuations.
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New Mexico mineral value is concentrated in the southeast, in the New Mexico half of the Delaware Basin — some of the most valuable oil acreage in the country. Eddy County sits over the core of the basin, where the Bone Spring, Wolfcamp, and Avalon (Leonard) intervals stack multiple oil-rich pay zones beneath a single tract, so one section can support many horizontal wells. Lea County — the top oil-producing county in the state — spans the eastern Delaware Basin, the Northwest Shelf, and the Central Basin Platform, a mix of deep-basin and shallower-shelf targets. This is where operators like Permian Resources, EOG Resources, Occidental, ExxonMobil, Devon, Mewbourne, Coterra, and Matador concentrate their drilling, while Chaves and Roosevelt counties sit on the margins, where value tapers with the geology.
What makes New Mexico different from the Texas side of the Permian is ownership. Southeast New Mexico is a checkerboard of federal (BLM), New Mexico State Trust, and private fee minerals — often within the same section. Federal minerals are leased by the Bureau of Land Management and state minerals by the New Mexico State Land Office, each on their own terms, while private fee minerals are yours to lease or sell. So the first thing that determines a New Mexico interest's value is whether your minerals are fee (privately owned) at all, and how your tract sits within the federal and state units around it — a distinction that rarely arises in the almost entirely private Texas Permian. Confirming what you actually own is step one, and a buyer prices the fee interest you hold, not the acreage around it.
For producing New Mexico minerals, value tracks royalty income adjusted for decline — Delaware Basin horizontals produce strongly early and taper, so a newer well and an older one on the same tract are worth different amounts. Two New Mexico specifics shape the net. First, taxes: New Mexico stacks an oil and gas severance tax with separate emergency-school, conservation, and ad valorem production taxes (NMSA 1978 §7-29-4), so the total production-tax drag on a royalty is meaningfully higher than on the Texas side — a difference a buyer nets out. Second, development is administered by the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division, which can compulsorily pool an unleased tract into a spacing unit after notice and hearing (NMSA 1978 §70-2-17), so an unleased owner in an active area is likely to be developed on the Division's terms rather than left out.
For non-producing New Mexico acreage, value reflects the probability and timing of drilling — highest in the Eddy and Lea core where operators hold the surrounding units and have permits and rigs nearby, and discounted on the margins. There is no single price per acre for New Mexico minerals: value depends on where in the basin your tract sits, whether it is fee, your net mineral acres, producing status, and oil and gas prices. ARB buys New Mexico mineral rights, royalties, NPRI, ORRI, and non-operated working interests directly, as a principal — producing or non-producing, including inherited and fractional interests. A free, written valuation shows the number and the reasoning behind it, with no fees, no commission, and no obligation to sell.
The Oil Conservation Division (OCD), within EMNRD, permits wells and enforces oil and gas rules; the Oil Conservation Commission handles rulemaking and review. NM Oil Conservation Division (NMSA §70-2-4)
New Mexico’s Oil and Gas Severance Tax is 3.75% of taxable value (1.875% for qualified enhanced-recovery oil); separate school, conservation, and ad valorem production taxes stack on the same production, so the all-in burden is materially higher (roughly 8%). NMSA 1978 §7-29-4
New Mexico has compulsory pooling: where owners have not agreed, the OCD pools the spacing unit after notice and hearing on just and reasonable terms, with a non-consent risk charge capped at 200% of that owner’s share of drilling and completion costs. NMSA 1978 §70-2-17
No dormant-mineral act. Severed mineral interests are durable, heritable real property that does not lapse for non-use; unclaimed royalty payments are handled under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, which does not extinguish the mineral estate. No dormant minerals act; cf. NMSA ch. 7, art. 8A (unclaimed property)
General information sourced to statute, not legal advice; laws change, so confirm current New Mexico law with the linked source or a qualified attorney.
The most active and in-demand New Mexico counties where ARB buys mineral rights and royalties.
The most active permit filers in New Mexico (trailing 90 days, as of June 13, 2026). Your royalty check often arrives under a payor name that differs from the operator — the aliases below are the names to look for on your stub. Receiving checks from one of these? Get a free valuation.
Royalty checks tied to Permian Resources-operated New Mexico wells commonly arrive under: Permian Resources Operating LLC, Centennial Resource Development, Colgate Energy.
Royalty checks tied to EOG Resources-operated New Mexico wells commonly arrive under: EOG Resources, Inc..
Royalty checks tied to Mewbourne Oil-operated New Mexico wells commonly arrive under: Mewbourne Oil Company.
Royalty checks tied to ExxonMobil-operated New Mexico wells commonly arrive under: XTO Energy, Pioneer Natural Resources, Exxon Mobil Corporation.
Royalty checks tied to Devon Energy-operated New Mexico wells commonly arrive under: Devon Energy Production Company.
Royalty checks tied to Avant Operating-operated New Mexico wells commonly arrive under: Avant Operating LLC, Avant Natural Resources.
Full payor-name directory · Find your operator from your check stub
Yes. American Royalty Buyers is a direct buyer of New Mexico mineral rights, royalties, NPRI, ORRI, and non-operated working interests — producing or non-producing, including inherited or complex title. ARB actively buys in 28 New Mexico counties, including Chaves County, Eddy County, Lea County, Roosevelt County.
Submit your information through our valuation form or call (817) 778-9532. ARB delivers a written, no-obligation offer — typically within five business days — handles all title and closing work at no cost to you, and pays by wire at closing. There are no fees or commissions.
It depends on your net mineral acres, whether the acreage is producing, the formations and operators beneath it, and current commodity prices — there is no single per-acre price. The reliable way to learn your number is a free, no-obligation valuation built from your specific New Mexico acreage, which ARB provides with the reasoning explained.
No. ARB is a direct buyer — there are no fees, commissions, or deductions. The offer amount is what you receive, and ARB covers title research, curative work, and closing costs.
From inquiry to closing typically takes four to six weeks. You receive a no-obligation offer within about five business days, then ARB handles title and curative work before funding your lump-sum payment by wire.
Do not sign or return anything right away. First, confirm exactly what you own — your net mineral acres, royalty decimal, and which wells or units are involved. Second, verify the buyer: check whether they are a direct buyer or a broker who intends to flip the deal, and read the purchase agreement for the effective date and any deductions. Third, get at least one competing written offer so you have something to measure the first one against. Unsolicited offers on New Mexico minerals are often opening bids rather than best-and-final, and a second valuation from American Royalty Buyers is free and carries no obligation to sell.
Unsolicited letters and calls offering to buy New Mexico mineral rights are common, and the first number is rarely the best one. Before you sign anything: read the offer carefully, confirm exactly what you own, verify who the buyer is, and get a second written offer to compare against. ARB will give you one at no cost and with no obligation to sell.