Patent-to-present title runsheets, certified Mineral Ownership Reports (MOR), heirship curative documentation, and GIS abstract mapping across major producing basins.
From dusty county record basements to boardroom acquisition closings, our title landmen deliver unambiguous ownership clarity.
Complete, unbroken chains of title built directly from county deed records, grantee/grantor index books, and sovereign state/federal land patents. Zero skipped gaps.
Exhaustive mineral, surface, and executive right calculations. Every fractional decimal is traced and cross-referenced with exact tract legal acreage.
Surgical resolution of title defects prior to drilling title opinion (DTO) delivery. We track missing heirs across generations and cure muniments of title.
Interactive ESRI GIS shapefiles and spatial polygons tied directly to Texas GLO abstracts, BLM PLSS section grids, and county parcel geometries.
Rapid competitive intelligence and open acreage identification across target prospects. Know who holds what depths before negotiations commence.
Complete surface diligence, right-of-way (ROW) easement title, road access verifications, and solar/BESS surface waiver agreements.
Configure your acreage, basin, and deliverable specifications to calculate instant field man-hour estimates, research fee schedules, and recommended crew sizing.
*Excludes third-party certified county clerk statutory copy stamp fees billed at direct invoice cost with zero markup.
Every file moves through our 5-stage verification methodology designed to eliminate drilling title surprises and curative holdups.
We anchor every runsheet back to original sovereign patents (Texas General Land Office, BLM General Land Office, or state grants). We cross-reference Grantor/Grantee tract indices and tract books.
Every conveyance, mineral deed, oil & gas lease, royalty transfer, right-of-way, and mortgage is pulled, scanned in high resolution, and indexed by recorded volume and page.
Our title specialists compute exact undivided mineral fractional interests, non-participating royalty deductions (NPRIs), executive rights, and leasing burdens into clean ownership schedules.
We pinpoint broken chains, unprobated estates, unreleased expired liens, or ambiguity in legal descriptions. We draft tailored Affidavits of Heirship and curative instruments.
We deliver your completed runsheet, tabulated MOR, high-res PDF bundle, and GIS polygons ready for immediate examination by title attorneys or acquisition closing teams.
Review standard formats delivered to examining title attorneys, division order analysts, and acquisition managers.
| Mineral Owner | Interest Type | Fraction | Decimal | Net Mineral Acres | Lease Status / Royalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Minerals LP | Fee Mineral (Executive) | 1/2 | 0.50000000 | 320.0000 | Leased to Permian Operator LLC (25.00%) |
| Pecos Royalty Trust | Non-Participating Royalty (NPRI) | 1/16 of 8/8 | 0.06250000 | Burden on Sterling | Fixed term expires 2034 |
| Heirs of T. R. Callahan | Undivided Mineral | 1/4 | 0.25000000 | 160.0000 | Open (Affidavit of Heirship required) |
| Blackwood Energy Group | Mineral & Working Int. | 1/4 | 0.25000000 | 160.0000 | Unleased (Working Interest owner) |
Insights on courthouse workflows, title standards, and deliverable specifications.
A Title Runsheet is an organized, chronological listing of all legal instruments recorded in county deed, probate, and lien records that affect a specific parcel of real property from sovereign patent down to the present day. It serves as the foundation for examining attorneys to render Drilling or Division Order Title Opinions.
A Mineral Ownership Report (MOR) takes those raw instruments and interprets them mathematically into an ownership spreadsheet. It calculates each party's exact gross acreage, fractional undivided mineral interest, net mineral acres (NMA), non-participating royalty interests (NPRI), and leasing status.
While third-party subscription databases are convenient, they frequently omit historic patent-era deed books, misspell handwritten grantor names, or omit probate dockets, unindexed misfiled easements, tax foreclosure suits, and district court judgments. Relying solely on online indexes poses severe title risk on capital-intensive wells. Our landmen physically verify the original deed room index books to ensure 100% adverse conveyance integrity.
Our senior title analysts apply established state case law (such as the Duhig v. Peavy-Moore doctrine in Texas and related mineral overconveyance principles across Oklahoma and Louisiana). When a grantor warrants title to a fraction while attempting to reserve minerals that exceed their actual ownership, our MOR flags the resulting warranty breach and calculates the exact adjusted interest that passes to the grantee.
We provide ESRI Shapefiles (.shp, .dbf, .shx, .prj), Google Earth KMZ/KML packages, and GeoJSON files. Every polygon is attributed with tract legal description, Texas GLO abstract number, county appraisal district (CAD) parcel ID, gross acreage, calculated NMA, and current leasing operator.
Yes. We routinely execute mutual NDAs prior to file transfer. For multi-tract M&A transactions or lease acquisition blitzes, we deploy experienced teams on 48 hours' notice to review data rooms, audit competitor title files, and flag critical fatal title defects before earnest money deposits go hard.
Submit your prospect details, target county, and tract count. We review county clerk availability and respond with a formal engagement proposal and crew allocation within 4 business hours.