Our approach
We show our math.
A mineral offer is four questions answered honestly: what do you own, what is it producing, what’s likely to come, and what is that worth in today’s dollars. Here’s how we answer each one — and why we put the answers in writing.
The valuation
Four questions, answered in order.
Institutional underwriting, explained at the kitchen table. Nothing below requires a petroleum engineering degree — just patience, which we have.
What do you own?
Every valuation starts at the courthouse, not the calculator. We trace the title chain to confirm your net mineral acres, your royalty rate, and any leases or reservations riding along with them — many owners are surprised by what we find, in both directions.
You don’t need to know any of this to start. A county and a family name is enough; we do the digging at our own cost.
What’s producing today?
A well doesn’t produce evenly — it produces a lot early, then less every year, on a long tail. That’s why your royalty check shrinks, and it’s also why last month’s check is a poor guide to value.
We model each well from public production data and fit a decline curve to it, so the value of your producing royalty reflects the whole curve — not a single good (or bad) month.
What’s likely to be drilled?
Undrilled potential is where mineral offers most often go wrong — in both directions. We look at permits on file, rigs working nearby, how your operator has developed similar units, and how much room is left in yours.
We only pay for upside we genuinely believe in, and our written offer shows you which part of the number is producing value and which part is potential — so you can judge each on its own.
What’s it worth in today’s dollars?
Future barrels get two haircuts: the futures market’s price for oil and gas delivered years from now, and a discount rate for the time and risk between now and then.
Both assumptions appear on the face of our offer. If another buyer quotes you a bigger number, ask them for the same sheet — the difference is almost always hiding in these two lines.
The honest part
Why a deal can make sense for both sides.
No magic, just arithmetic — and it cuts both ways.
A dollar of royalty arriving fifteen years from now is not worth a dollar today — it has to be discounted for time, price risk, and the chance the wells underperform. The rate you discount at depends on who you are.
An institution that owns thousands of wells across a dozen basins can afford to wait out the swings, so it discounts future barrels gently. A family with one county, a handful of wells, and real plans for the money usually — and rationally — discounts them harder. That gap is the honest reason a lump sum today can be worth more to you than the tail is, while the tail is still worth buying for us.
It’s also the honest reason holding is sometimes right. If you don’t need the cash, can stomach the price swings, and your acreage still has drilling ahead of it, the tail is yours to keep — and we’ll say exactly that when it’s true.
See it with your own numbers
Our Hold vs. Sell Comparator puts the two paths side by side — your monthly royalty and its decline against a lump sum today — with the discount rate on a slider so you can watch what it does to the answer. Hypotheticals, not forecasts; no email required.
Try the comparatorIn writing
What our written offer always includes.
If you remember one thing from this page: never accept a mineral offer that won’t show you its assumptions.
- The price — one number, in dollars, not a teaser range.
- The net mineral acres and decimal interest we calculated for you.
- The split between producing value and undrilled potential.
- The price deck and discount rate behind the number.
- No expiration countdown. The offer stands while the facts stand.
Want to see the steps between a first call and that sheet of paper? Walk through our process.
No pressure, ever
Whenever you’re ready — even if that’s never.
Bring us a check stub or just a county name — we’ll show you the math on what you own, whether or not you ever sell.
No automated calls. No mailers with sight drafts. No follow-up unless you ask for it.
Rather talk to a person? (970) 444-7374or email hello@eldoradomp.com