Resources for Texas mineral owners

A short list. Only things we think a Texas mineral or royalty owner would actually use.

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Books

Royalties Within Reach: A Handbook for Mineral Rights Owners

Paperback

A plain-language handbook written for owners rather than lawyers: leases, division orders and reading your check.

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Oil and Gas Law in a Nutshell

Paperback, John Lowe

The standard short law-school overview of oil and gas law. Dense, but the best one-volume reference for what lease clauses mean.

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Negotiating Oil and Gas Leases: A Book for Land Owners

Kindle eBook, Mike May

For owners who have a lease offer on the table: the terms worth negotiating before you sign.

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Understanding Your Mineral Rights and Oil Royalties – Right Now

Kindle eBook

A quick primer on royalties, ownership and leasing if you have just inherited minerals.

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Tools for the land

Garmin eTrex 22x handheld GPS

Garmin

Rugged handheld GPS that runs on AA batteries. Useful for walking a tract and finding a well site from the latitude and longitude on an RRC permit.

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DeLorme Texas Atlas & Gazetteer

Paper atlas, 2022 edition

Large-format topographic maps of the whole state with a latitude/longitude grid, county lines and back roads. Works where phones do not.

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Films

Giant (1956)

Blu-ray

Texas ranch land, an oil strike and family money across a generation. The classic Texas oil film.

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There Will Be Blood

Blu-ray (US edition)

An oilman buying up mineral rights from landowners. Worth watching before you answer an unsolicited offer.

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