Two people can own forty mineral acres apiece in Lea County, New Mexico, sit under the same Wolfcamp bench, and open envelopes that differ by a factor of three. Often the explanation has nothing to do with the rock. It is the land grid — whether the sections around yours are private, state trust or…
If you own a royalty interest in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, there is a fair chance the wells paying you were drilled before you were born. That is not a weakness to apologize for — it is the most important fact about what your interest is worth. Valuing a mature San Juan Basin interest…
If you own mineral rights in New Mexico’s Permian Basin region, the first question is usually: what are they actually worth? Unlike a lot of the country, New Mexico’s answer often comes with genuinely large numbers attached — but the range is wide, and knowing where your interest falls in it depends on a specific…