Sell Your Mountrail County, North Dakota Mineral Rights for Cash
Selling My Mineral Rights buys mineral rights, oil and gas rights and royalty interests across Mountrail County, from Stanley to New Town, Parshall, Plaza, Ross and White Earth. Send your legal description or a royalty statement and get a written offer in 3 to 5 business days.
We buy producing Bakken royalties, unleased minerals, overriding royalties and inherited fractions. No commissions, no fees, and if your family holds an old royalty deed that was never recorded, we look at whether it still counts.
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MINERAL RIGHTS & ROYALTIES
What could your mineral rights be worth?
Tell us a little about your interest. Get a free, no-obligation review from Selling My Mineral Rights.
Quick answer: We buy Bakken royalties, unleased minerals and inherited interests across Mountrail County, where the modern Bakken boom began. A written offer usually follows within 3–5 business days, with no fees or commissions.
Free, no-obligation review: Selling My Mineral Rights evaluates producing and non-producing mineral rights, royalty interests, and inherited or fractional interests in Mountrail County, North Dakota. You can request an offer without paying fees or committing to sell.
The Modern Bakken Boom Started in Mountrail County
In February 2006 EOG Resources bought the 38,200-acre Parshall prospect from geologist Michael Johnson and a partner and drilled the No. 1-36 Parshall beside a 1981 dry hole. Extremely high pressure kept the lateral to about 1,600 feet, but with what the North Dakota Geological Survey describes as the first multi-stage fracture treatment in the Bakken, the well came in at 463 barrels a day and became the discovery well of the Parshall field. Parshall reached a million barrels a month by August 2008, and the neighboring Sanish field followed in 2010.
The geology helps explain why. The Bakken reaches its maximum thickness, about 160 feet, just east of the Nesson Anticline in western Mountrail County, and in the Sanish field the formation sits a little under 10,000 feet down. Mountrail produced about 81 million barrels of oil in 2025, about 19% of the state’s total, and ranks third for gas. Its output peaked in 2014, so many Mountrail royalties now come from older, declining wells.
The leading operators have changed hands. By July 2026 oil volumes, Chevron, which acquired Hess in 2025, was the largest operator in the county, followed by Chord Energy (including the former Whiting wells at Sanish), Slawson at Big Bend, EOG and Hunt Oil at Parshall, ConocoPhillips through Marathon Oil, Devon and Continental.
Mountrail is also where the Dakota Access Pipeline begins, at the Stanley Tank Terminal in the county. Part of Mountrail lies within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, including New Town and Parshall, and the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation’s headquarters is just west of New Town.
What We Check on a Mountrail County Interest
- Chain of title in the Mountrail County Recorder’s records in Stanley, searched through the county’s own online vault; Mountrail stopped submitting to NDRIN in 2018.
- Unrecorded or late-recorded royalty deeds in the family chain.
- Every unit’s wells, their age and decline, and whether newer long laterals overlap older units.
- Whether the tract is fee or Fort Berthold trust land.
- Operator succession from Hess to Chevron and from Whiting to Chord.
- Lease terms, deductions, late-payment interest owed, and your decimal.
Where Mountrail County Mineral Records Are Kept
The Mountrail County Recorder works from the courthouse at 101 North Main Street in Stanley. Mountrail stopped submitting records to the statewide NDRIN network in October 2018, so online searches go through the county’s own vault. Well files, spacing orders and production data are held by the Department of Mineral Resources in Bismarck.
Mountrail County, North Dakota Mineral Rights FAQs
Can I sell my oil and gas rights in Mountrail County, North Dakota?
Yes. Whether you want to sell your oil rights, sell your gas rights, or sell your oil and gas royalty rights together, in Mountrail County they are all mineral or royalty interests, and we buy them for cash. That includes the full mineral estate, royalty and overriding royalty interests, unleased acreage and fractional shares inherited from family. If your interest covers only certain depths or formations, we value exactly what you own.
How much are my mineral rights worth in Mountrail County?
It depends on the age and decline of the wells in your units, whether newer wells have been or will be drilled, and your lease and decimal. Many Mountrail wells date from the early boom years, so a long, steady decline is common; a recent statement or legal description lets us value what is actually being produced.
Our wells were drilled between 2006 and 2010. Are they still worth anything?
Usually, yes. Early Parshall and Sanish wells declined steeply in their first years, but many keep producing at lower rates, and some units have had newer wells added since. We value the remaining production, not the early peak.
We found an old royalty deed that was never recorded. Does it count?
It may. In Trulson v. Meiers (2019), a Mountrail County case, a 1982 royalty deed was never notarized and not recorded until 2008. The district court found it was never delivered, but the North Dakota Supreme Court reversed, holding that a presumption of delivery applied. A North Dakota attorney can advise whether and how to record an old deed.
Our check still says Hess. Who pays us now?
Chevron completed its acquisition of Hess in July 2025. State records can still show Hess Bakken Investments II as the operator, and your account should have transferred with the wells. If payments stopped, we can help trace where the account went.
Can we collect interest on late royalties?
North Dakota requires royalties within 150 days after oil or gas is marketed after which the operator owes 18% annual interest. Claims still have time limits: in Dorchester Minerals v. Hess (2024), an unleased owner’s claim for statutory interest in Mountrail County was held time-barred. Raise late payments promptly.
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Get a Free, No-Obligation Offer
Send a legal description, a check stub, a division order or an old deed. We will identify the units and wells affecting the tract, check the chain for unrecorded instruments, and provide a written cash offer when the interest is marketable.
Records and Sources We Use
We use records from the Mountrail County Recorder and well and production records from the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources, including its county oil production records. Parshall history comes from the North Dakota Geological Survey, the Dakota Access route from the North Dakota Public Service Commission’s 2016 order, and case law from Trulson v. Meiers (2019) and Dorchester Minerals v. Hess (2024).
Last reviewed October 2026. Sources: NDIC county production data (2025) and July 2026 monthly production report; North Dakota Geological Survey Misc. Series 96 and Geologic Investigations 59 and 93; North Dakota Public Service Commission Case PU-14-842. This page provides general information, not legal or tax advice. A qualified North Dakota attorney or CPA should advise you about your facts.
Header photo: Amoeba1029 / Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
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Why Mineral Owners Contact Us
No Fees or Commissions
There is no cost to request an offer, and we cover normal closing costs.
A Simple Process
Share the information you have. We research the interest and explain the offer clearly.
No Obligation
You decide whether selling fits your goals. There is no pressure to accept.
How the Offer Process Works
- Tell us about your mineral rights. Send the owner name, county, and any lease, well, or royalty information you have.
- We review the interest. Our team researches ownership, production, and nearby activity.
- Receive a cash offer. We explain the offer and answer your questions.
- Choose what works for you. If you accept, we coordinate the paperwork and closing.
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