Real ranges, the factors that actually move value, and the math buyers use. No email required to see it.
Most pages on this subject are written by marketers. This one is written by a buyer, which means we will tell you the same things we tell ourselves before we spend our own money.
Mineral value comes in two flavors. Producing royalties are valued off cash flow: buyers typically pay a multiple of your average monthly check, commonly in the range of 4 to 7 years' worth, adjusted for how fast the wells are declining, commodity mix, and what else could be drilled. Non-producing minerals are valued per net mineral acre based on location and activity: from under a hundred dollars an acre in quiet areas to several thousand in active plays, and more where drilling is imminent.
If someone quotes you a value without asking where your minerals are, they are guessing.
| Interest type | How it's valued | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Producing royalty | Multiple of average monthly check | 4 to 7 years' worth, adjusted for decline |
| Leased, non-producing | Per net mineral acre, driven by bonus activity | Roughly 1x to 3x recent lease bonuses |
| Unleased, near activity | Per net mineral acre, driven by permits and rigs | Several hundred to several thousand $/NMA |
| Unleased, quiet area | Per net mineral acre, option value | Under $100 to a few hundred $/NMA |
| ORRI | Like a producing royalty, discounted for lease risk | Slightly below equivalent royalty multiples |
These are honest orientation ranges, not offers. Your section's wells and activity set the real number.
Location is most of it. Two tracts a mile apart can differ several-fold in value depending on which drilling units they sit in and what the operator has planned. County averages are nearly useless; sections are what matter.
Activity nearby. Permits, rigs, and recent completions around your property are the strongest signal of near-term value. This is public data, and any serious buyer is reading it. So are we, daily.
Your decimal and your lease. A 3/16 royalty is worth more than a 1/8 on the same acreage. Unleased minerals near activity carry leasing upside. The exact decimal on your division order drives producing value directly.
Decline. New horizontal wells fall off steeply in their first years, then flatten. Buyers price the whole curve, which is why a big first-year check does not mean the value equals many years of it.
Operator quality. Who operates your wells affects everything from realized prices to whether promised development actually happens.
Take your last 12 months of royalty checks and average them monthly. A buyer paying "60 months" is offering five years of that average up front, in cash, and taking on the risk of prices, declines, and everything else. Whether that trade is good for you depends on your wells' decline, your alternatives for the cash, and your situation. Try it with your own numbers on our calculators, then ask us what multiple your specific wells deserve. We will tell you, with the work shown.
Every Berlin offer includes how we got the number: the wells and their decline, activity around you, your decimal, and the multiple or per-acre value we applied. You can take that reasoning to a competing buyer, your attorney, or your CPA. We price this way because it wins the long game: sellers who can check our work come back and send their neighbors.
Ranges are for websites. Your minerals have a specific value, and finding it costs nothing: send a check stub or a county name through the free valuation form, or call or text 918-984-1645. And if you want the whole education in one sitting, the free Oklahoma Mineral Owner's Guide covers valuation, pooling, division orders, and inherited minerals in eight plain-English chapters.
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