A comprehensive guide to Mississippi mineral rights — counties, formations, operators, CO2 EOR, inheritance, and selling guidance.
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Mississippi is one of the most consequential mature-field oil-producing states in the United States. The state's mature/EOR field portfolio — concentrated in southeast Mississippi (Wayne, Jasper, Clarke, Jones counties) plus selected positions across south Mississippi — is built on long-life waterflood and CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) units; see the Mississippi drilling activity report for statewide context. Much of the state's mature-field activity centers on Denbury Onshore Jackson Dome CO2 EOR floods, with Highmark Energy Operating, Tellus, Formentera, Venture, Durango, and other operators rounding out the operator landscape.
Wayne County — Eucutta East, Yellow Creek West and East, and the two Diamond field units
Jasper County — Denbury Jackson Dome CO2 floods (Heidelberg East and West, Soso)
Clarke County — mature-field units (Pachuta Creek, Junction City, Davis)
Jones County — mature-field units (Laurel, Reedy Creek)
Yazoo County — Tinsley field (Highmark Energy)
Lincoln County — Brookhaven field (Denbury)
Lamar County — Baxterville field (Tellus)
Perry County — Glazier field (Venture)
Greene County — Sand Hill North (Thomas A Blanton)
Adams County — Cranfield (Durango; first MS CO2 flood)
Smackover Formation — dominant Jurassic carbonate
Lower Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (LTMS) — emerging unconventional shale
Hosston Sandstone — Lower Cretaceous oil and gas
Norphlet Sandstone — deep Jurassic gas (Mississippi coast)
Selma Chalk — Upper Cretaceous fractured chalk
Denbury Onshore — Jackson Dome CO2 floods (Heidelberg, Eucutta East, Brookhaven, Soso)
Tellus Operating Group — Yellow Creek West, Baxterville
Highmark Energy Operating — Tinsley
Venture Oil & Gas — Reedy Creek, Glazier
Mississippi Mineral Rights Inheritance Guide
Mississippi Affidavit of Heirship
Mississippi Dormant Mineral Statutes
Mississippi CO2 Floods Overview
Jackson Dome & the NEJD CO2 Pipeline
ExxonMobil Acquisition of Denbury — Mississippi Implications
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