Mineral and Royalty Interests

A royalty interest pays you a share of production with no drilling costs and no leasing authority. Here's exactly how the payment math works.

Mineral rights are ownership of what's under the surface, separate from the land itself. Here's how they're created, leased, and how royalties flow from them.

An NPRI pays production royalties with zero say over leasing. Here's how it's created, why it confuses owners, and how it's valued and sold.

An ORRI is carved from the leasehold, not the mineral estate, and it lives or dies with that specific lease. Here's how the mechanics differ from an NPRI.

A working interest pays more per barrel but carries drilling costs and liability royalty owners never see. Here's the tradeoff explained plainly.

Owning the land and owning what's underneath it are legally separate in most states. Here's how the split works and why the mineral.