Will Longhorn Minerals look at mineral rights in any Texas county?

Yes, Longhorn Minerals will take a look at every Texas tract, including tracts in counties with little drilling today, but there is no guarantee that we will buy. We pull the public records and check what the wells around your tract are doing. If the minerals are a fit, we put an offer together. If they are not, we will tell you that honestly.

Do you buy small mineral interests in Texas?

Yes, we buy small mineral interests in Texas and treat them as seriously as large ones. A few net mineral acres or a modest royalty check still gets a real look and a straight answer from the owner of the company. As with any interest, an offer follows when the minerals are a fit.

Are Texas mineral rights regulated differently from other states?

Texas mineral rights are not regulated in a way that changes how a sale works. Leasing and royalty systems are largely similar across the United States, and the Railroad Commission of Texas oversees oil and gas drilling in the state. What differs in Texas is geology, drilling activity, and the number of active buyers.

Can you sell mineral rights in a quiet Texas county?

Yes, you can sell mineral rights in a quiet Texas county, although the value rests on potential rather than current production. Buyers look at whether the acreage is leased, permitted, or neither, and at what the closest producing wells are doing. In a quiet area, an offer is mostly a bet on future drilling.

Selling Mineral Rights in Texas?

Selling mineral rights in Texas turns your oil and gas interest into a one-time payment, and Longhorn Minerals buys mineral rights across the state. We give you a free, no-obligation valuation built on public records, well permits, and what the wells around you are doing. You talk directly with the owner of the company, whether you live in Texas or three states away.

How does selling mineral rights in Texas work?

Selling mineral rights in Texas typically follows the same order of steps as in any other state. Each step of selling mineral rights works the same here, including the documents and the mineral deed.

Most Texas sales close in 30 to 45 days from an accepted offer to a funded closing. A serious offer comes in writing as a purchase and sale agreement, which usually covers the purchase price, the lands being conveyed, and a due diligence period.

Title research and any curative work are done and paid for by the buyer. You may be asked to help with some of the documentation. You can also sell a percentage of your Texas mineral rights and keep the rest.

Where in Texas does Longhorn Minerals buy mineral rights?

Longhorn Minerals buys mineral rights in most pf the places in Texas: the Permian Basin, the Eagle Ford, East Texas in the Haynesville Shale, North Texas, and the Panhandle. Texas is the largest oil producing state in the country, with roughly 43% of U.S. crude oil and close to 30% of marketed natural gas in 2025, based on EIA data.

Drilling in Texas stays active. In every month from March through June 2026, the Railroad Commission of Texas issued more than 690 original drilling permits.

Where your acreage sits in Texas moves the value of your mineral rights in a big way. Buyers start from public records, well permits, production around your tract, and long-term oil and gas price averages, and the breakdown of what your mineral rights are worth shows how those inputs turn into a number.

The geology and drilling activity under each Texas region are what make two tracts in different parts of the state worth very different amounts.

West Texas mineral rights

West Texas mineral rights sit mostly in the Permian Basin, the busiest oil field in America. In 2025, the Permian region in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico produced 48% of all U.S. crude oil, about 6.6 million barrels a day.

On the Texas side, most new permits in 2026 went to Midland, Loving, Upton, Reeves, Glasscock, and Martin counties, according to the well data in our report on Permian Basin mineral rights.

South Texas mineral rights

South Texas mineral rights are tied mostly to the Eagle Ford, a shale play that produces natural gas and more oil than other traditional shale plays. The play runs roughly 400 miles across Texas and is about 50 miles wide, according to the Railroad Commission of Texas.

Eagle Ford production rose to 1.2 million barrels of oil a day in 2025. Drilling rigs, permits, and royalty values by county are covered in our look at the Eagle Ford Shale.

East Texas mineral rights

East Texas mineral rights often sit in the Haynesville/Bossier Shale, a formation that produces large amounts of natural gas from depths of more than 10,000 feet. The play covers East Texas and western Louisiana.

Because the Haynesville is a gas play, natural gas prices carry more weight in an East Texas valuation than oil prices do. Buyers use long-term price averages rather than the daily price, so a single strong or weak month for gas does not set your number.

North Texas mineral rights

North Texas mineral rights often sit in the Barnett Shale, one of the largest onshore natural gas fields in the United States. The productive part of the Barnett stretches west and south from Dallas across roughly 5,000 square miles, including Tarrant, Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.

Where your royalty checks come from older wells, the decline is usually flatter than on a brand-new horizontal well. Buyers typically apply a higher multiple to that steadier income, because modern horizontal wells have very steep decline curves.

Texas Panhandle mineral rights

Texas Panhandle mineral rights are often tied to the Granite Wash, a tight sand play in the Panhandle and western Oklahoma that produces both oil and gas. The Granite Wash area is about 160 miles long and 30 miles wide, at depths between 11,000 and 15,400 feet.

The Granite Wash has benefited from horizontal drilling methods developed for shale plays. For a Panhandle owner, the drilling around your acreage and whether your tract is leased, permitted, or neither say more about value than the name of the formation does.

Why sell your Texas mineral rights to Longhorn Minerals?

Selling your Texas mineral rights to Longhorn Minerals means you deal with one person through the whole sale: me, Gabriel Ferguson, the owner of the company. We're based in Austin, Texas, and we buy mineral rights here and across the country.

Many companies buy mineral rights in Texas. What you get with us:

A free, no-obligation valuation of your mineral rights
A direct purchase with no fees
A small interest treated as seriously as a large one
A straight answer, with no sales pressure, ever

If selling doesn't make sense for you, we'll tell you that honestly. Holding can be the better call for some owners, and it pays to weigh whether you should sell your mineral rights before you sign anything.

Can you sell Texas mineral rights from out of state?

Yes, you can sell Texas mineral rights from out of state, and many owners do. Mineral rights are often passed down through generations, so a lot of the owners we talk to live far from the county where their minerals sit.

You don't need to travel to Texas to close the deal. You sign the mineral deed in front of a notary and ship it back to the buyer, and payment follows proof of the signed deed and the shipment notification.

The documents a buyer may ask for are ones you likely already have: deeds, leases, and revenue statements. Most operators let you download royalty statements online through platforms like EnergyLink, and if you inherited the minerals, you may need probate paperwork or an affidavit of heirship.

Sell your mineral rights in Texas

To sell your mineral rights in Texas, start with a free, no-obligation valuation. We pull the public records, check what the wells around you are doing, and put an offer together if we are interested. Whether you sell or not, you keep everything we share with you.

Selling Mineral Rights in Texas