Monahans has been part of West Texas oil country since long before the current Delaware Basin boom, and that history shows up in how layered local mineral ownership tends to be.

Ward County, with Monahans as its largest town, sits on the eastern edge of the Delaware Basin, which means it's seen both older, shallower production and newer horizontal Wolfcamp and Bone Spring development depending on exactly where a tract sits. If you're holding a mineral or royalty interest tied to the Monahans area, we buy it directly and price it based on the actual well or unit involved, not a blanket county number.

Older Ward County production versus newer horizontal units

Some Monahans-area interests trace to older vertical wells with a long, slow decline, while others sit inside more recently drilled horizontal units still in an earlier, steeper part of their curve. Those two situations call for different underwriting approaches, and we identify which one applies to your specific interest before quoting.

Ward County's position on the basin edge also means development density varies more block to block than it does in the deep Delaware core, so offset activity near your tract matters more here than in some other counties.

What we ask for to get started

A recent division order or check stub is the quickest way to identify your well and unit. If your paperwork is incomplete, which is common with interests that have passed through several generations, we can trace ownership through Ward County Clerk records.

Fix the Property Line First

Every review begins with the county record, legal description, ownership fraction, lease position, producing status, wells, units, and paid decimal. Surface location can help find a tract, but it does not prove the mineral interest or participation in nearby development.

Place the Tract in the Producing Context

Formation, field, well vintages, spacing, operator acreage, offsets, permits, and development pace around a subject tract belong in separate evidence lanes. The property's own history carries more weight than activity that does not include the acreage.

Reconcile the Revenue Line

Statements, division orders, unit records, volumes, prices, taxes, deductions, downtime, adjustments, burdens, and decimal changes should reconcile before current revenue or remaining production is projected for the tract.

Write the Conveyance

The written purchase file should identify the right conveyed, county, legal description, fractions or acres, depths, products, wells, units, reservations, effective date, receivables, title standard, adjustment rights, funding, and recording sequence.

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Owner Questions for This Texas Property File

Resolve these owner questions before a Texas mineral purchase is reduced to a single dollars-per-acre number.

Is Monahans in the Delaware Basin or the Midland Basin?

Ward County sits on the eastern edge of the Delaware Basin. Some tracts near the boundary can behave more like transitional acreage, which is why we underwrite based on your specific well rather than the basin label alone.

How do older, slower-declining wells get valued compared to newer ones?

Older wells with a long, shallow decline are valued off their established production history. Newer horizontal wells still early in their curve require a closer look at offset performance to project the remaining decline accurately.

What happens when an owner'm not sure which well the owner's Monahans interest is tied to?

That's common, and we can identify it through your check stub, division order, or by researching Ward County Clerk and Railroad Commission records if you don't have paperwork on hand.

Do offset wells near Monahans affect the owner's offer even if the owner's well isn't new?

Yes. New drilling on nearby sections can extend or refresh interest in the surrounding area, and we factor that offset activity into the forward-value portion of an offer, even on tracts tied to older wells.

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Put This Interest on a Tract File

Send the county, property description, producing status, operator or well name, and the documents already available.