Not ready to sell? We lease minerals too.

Selling is not the right move for every owner, and we say so all over this site. If your minerals sit where drilling is coming, sometimes the smartest thing you can do is lease: collect a cash bonus per acre today, keep ownership, and collect a royalty on everything produced under the lease. Berlin leases minerals for its own account in the areas we know well.

What does a fair mineral lease look like?

A paid-up lease, meaning the full bonus is paid at signing with no annual rentals to chase. A competitive royalty for the area, commonly 3/16 to 1/4 in active Oklahoma plays. A primary term of three years, sometimes with an option to extend that pays you again. And clean language on the things that quietly cost royalty owners money later, above all the deductions clause that determines whether post-production costs come out of your checks. We put our terms in writing and encourage you to compare them against anyone else's, because a lease you understand is the only kind worth signing.

How is leasing different from selling?

A lease is a rental with an upside: you are paid a bonus for the primary term, and if a producing well results, the lease holds as long as production continues and pays your royalty throughout. Selling converts everything, certain and uncertain, into cash today. Owners with strong nerves and good locations often lease; owners who prefer certainty, need liquidity, or hold small scattered fractions often sell. There is no universally right answer, and we will tell you honestly which side of that line your situation falls on, even when it costs us a deal. Our article on the seller's dilemma walks through the tradeoff.

Already got a lease offer from someone else?

Bring it to us before you sign. Lease offers price your minerals for the operator's convenience, and the first number is rarely the best number. Text a photo of it through our free lease offer check and we will tell you the same business day whether the offer is fair for your township, whether we would beat it, or whether it is a good one you should take.

What areas do you lease in?

The same country we buy in: Oklahoma first, and selectively in the other states on our where we buy map. If a landman is active in your township, odds are we know why, and that knowledge works for you when we bid.

Send your county, legal description if you have it, and any offer you are weighing through the free valuation form, or call or text 918-984-1645. You will get the owner, a real bonus number where we are buying leases, and a straight answer where we are not.