At the Mineral Rights Podcast, I only recommend resources that I’ve either created or use myself. These are some of the resources that I’ve found to be essential for making the most of your minerals and royalties for both the individual mineral owner as well as the mineral rights professional.
Most Recommended Products & Services
Education
Understand what you own. Gain the power to manage your minerals and royalties.
If you own or have inherited mineral rights or royalties, my Mineral Management Basics online course teaches mineral and royalty owners how to perform title research, locate properties on maps, analyze nearby drilling activity, organize important documents, and evaluate the oil & gas potential of their assets. Whether you’re new to mineral ownership or looking to become a more informed investor, this self-paced course gives you the tools and knowledge to make smarter decisions and avoid costly mistakes.
Services
Silverheels Investments & Consulting is owned by Matt Sands (host of this show) and provides mineral rights consulting and advisory services. We provide mineral valuations and appraisals and a myriad of other consulting services to meet the needs of mineral owners large and small. We specialize in oil and gas property evaluations and appraisals and customized consulting services. We also provide advisory services to help you through the process of buying or selling mineral rights for the best price. As mineral owners and industry experts, we equip you with information previously only available to industry professionals. We help you focus on what matters so you can have confidence in your decisions.
If you would like to understand what your mineral rights and royalties are worth, please contact us today for a free consultation.
Oil and Gas Data
If you own mineral rights or oil & gas royalties, WellDatabase gives you powerful access to the same well, production, permit, and mapping data used by industry professionals. Research your property, track nearby drilling activity, analyze production trends, and better understand the value of your minerals or royalty interests—all from an easy-to-use platform designed to help owners and investors make informed decisions with confidence.
Software
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Books
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (Penguin, 2014), a New York Times bestseller arguing that if we look at the whole picture, human flourishing requires that humanity use more fossil fuels not less. (WSJ review here.) The book has been widely praised as the most persuasive argument ever made for our continuing use of fossil fuels, winning Epstein the “Most Original Thinker of 2014” award from The McLaughlin Group.
Never Split the Difference by former FBI Hostage Negotiator Chris Voss is THE book on negotiation. Whether for your business or your personal life like negotiating a higher salary at work, negotiating the best Oil & Gas Lease or getting top dollar with the sale of a property, this book just works. “In this practical guide, he shares the nine effective principles―counterintuitive tactics and strategies―you too can use to become more persuasive in both your professional and personal life.”
The Prize has been called “the best history of oil ever written” by Business Week. Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize–winning “account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power has been extensively updated to address the current energy crisis”…and tells the epic tale of how the industry came to be.
Disclaimer
We are affiliates for some of these products and services, which means that if you click a link and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. You pay nothing extra; any commission we earn comes at no additional cost to you. Please understand that our recommendations are based on deep experience with and knowledge of these companies. We recommend them to mineral and royalty owners like you because they are genuinely helpful and useful, not because of the small commissions we receive if you choose to buy something. Please do not spend any money on these products or services unless you feel you need them or that they will help you.