FOR ILLINOIS RESIDENTS
We help Illinois residents sell inherited Oklahoma mineral rights in SCOOP, STACK, Anadarko Basin, and other areas. A common inheritance for Midwest families with Dust Bowl roots.
Get Your Free ValuationOklahoma has been producing oil and gas for over a century, creating generational wealth through mineral rights that have passed through families. If you're an Illinois resident who inherited Oklahoma minerals, you're part of a historical pattern that connects the Midwest to Oklahoma's oil fields.
Illinois has a particularly strong connection to Oklahoma mineral ownership. During the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, thousands of Oklahoma families migrated to Chicago and other Illinois cities seeking industrial work. Many kept their Oklahoma land and mineral rights, passing them down through generations. Today, their descendants in Illinois often inherit these assets.
Managing Oklahoma minerals from Illinois can be challenging:
Understanding Oklahoma's unique mineral laws and pooling rules
Dealing with force pooling notices and elections from 700+ miles away
Tracking production across SCOOP, STACK, and legacy areas
Filing Oklahoma income tax returns while also paying Illinois taxes
We buy minerals throughout Oklahoma. The state's geology supports multiple productive plays:
South Central Oklahoma Oil Province in the Woodford and Springer formations. Counties: Grady, Stephens, Garvin, Carter, McClain.
Sooner Trend, Anadarko, Canadian, Kingfisher area. Counties: Canadian, Kingfisher, Blaine, Dewey, Custer.
One of the deepest sedimentary basins in North America. Multiple stacked pay zones across western Oklahoma.
Eastern Oklahoma natural gas play. Counties: Pittsburg, Latimer, Coal, Hughes, Haskell.
The connection between Illinois and Oklahoma mineral rights has deep historical roots. During the 1930s Dust Bowl, Oklahoma experienced severe drought and economic hardship. Thousands of families migrated north to industrial cities like Chicago, seeking work in factories, steel mills, and meatpacking plants.
Many of these families retained ownership of their Oklahoma land and mineral rights, even as they built new lives in Illinois. Three or four generations later, their descendants—many of whom have never been to Oklahoma—find themselves inheriting mineral interests in counties they've never heard of.
If this describes your situation, you're part of a common pattern. Converting these distant inherited assets to cash is often the practical choice for Illinois families.
Oklahoma has some of the strongest compulsory pooling (force pooling) laws in the country. If an operator wants to drill a well and you haven't voluntarily leased, they can pool your minerals through the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Understanding your options when you receive a pooling notice is important.
When you sell your Oklahoma minerals, you transfer all future pooling decisions to the buyer. This can be a relief for Illinois owners who don't want to navigate these complex decisions from hundreds of miles away.
County, section/township/range, current production
Production data, permits, development potential
No travel to Oklahoma required
Wire transfer or certified check
We'll research your Oklahoma mineral rights and provide a written offer. No obligation, no cost.
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Top 5 U.S. oil producer
Top 5 U.S. gas producer
77 counties
~35,000 active wells
Many Illinois families inherited Oklahoma minerals from ancestors who migrated during the 1930s Dust Bowl but kept their land.