What a mineral deed offer is
A mineral deed offer is the cash figure on a cover letter that already includes a mineral deed. The buyer is not asking whether you want to lease. They are asking you to sell — usually forever — at their number, on their paper, by their Friday. That is why the envelope feels like a closing packet instead of a quote.
People search the phrase when the letter says “offer to purchase” and the attachment is a conveyance. If the form grants, bargains, and sells minerals, you are looking at a mineral deed offer, not an oil and gas lease. Mixing those up is how a bonus-sized check buys the whole estate.
Copies of the mineral deed offer — cover letter, deed pages, legal description, and the county — are enough to start. Do not notarize their form to “begin a conversation.” We buy minerals and match owners with buyers. We do not promise to beat every letter.
What is usually in the packet
- Cover letter — a dollar amount, net mineral acres they think you own, and a date that is usually their calendar, not a court fuse.
- Mineral deed — already filled in with their name as grantee. Read the granting clause, the fraction, and any depths they left blank.
- W-9 and wiring sheet — closing stationery. It does not make the mineral deed offer a fair price.
- A second form — sometimes a royalty deed or a lease in the same week. Treat each instrument on its own.
How to answer a mineral deed offer
Match the county and legal to the oil and gas map. Confirm whether you already receive royalty. Then send a holding reply if you need a week, and send the mineral deed offer here so we can try a cash offer, a buyer match, or a counter. If you already decided to sell, that is still the same form — start from sell my minerals with the letter attached.
Heirs get a mineral deed offer on undivided fractions more often than a clean tract. The NMA on the letter is the buyer’s working number. It is not a title opinion. See what to do when you inherit mineral rights if the interest is new to you, then send the packet anyway.
Mineral deed offer vs lease bonus
A lease bonus pays you to grant a term right to drill. A mineral deed offer pays you to convey the minerals (or a slice). After a mineral deed records, there is no primary term to wait out. Location still changes the number — Permian mail is not Haynesville mail — which is why locations and got an offer sit next to this page.
Let us counter or match this offer
Photos or PDFs of the letter and every deed or lease page, the county, and whether you get royalty now. We buy minerals and we match owners with buyers. We will try a counter on their number, or put you with a buyer who might. We do not promise to beat every letter — we do ask you to send it before you sign.