Sell Your Barnett Shale Mineral Rights

Selling Barnett Minerals in Fort Worth and North Texas

The Railroad Commission of Texas lists Tarrant, Johnson, Denton, Wise, Parker and Hood among the counties in the productive area of the Barnett Shale. This page brings those six counties together as a starting point for owners considering a sale.

The regulator designates the productive portion of the formation as the Newark, East (Barnett Shale) Field. That field name can help connect the formation to the field shown in your well or lease records.

Reference: Railroad Commission of Texas: Barnett Shale. For formation background, read the Barnett Shale mineral rights guide.

Before Requesting an Offer

Identify the county, tract and interest described in your records. A mailing address alone does not identify the minerals being offered for sale.

Keep the well or lease name with the corresponding royalty statement. County activity provides regional context; it cannot establish production or ownership for your particular tract.

Compare the interest described, proposed purchaser, costs and conditions in each written offer. An attorney can review transaction documents; a CPA or tax attorney can address tax questions.

Keep a copy of each offer together with the records it refers to. Questions about the minerals described in a deed belong with a qualified attorney.

County Activity Around the Barnett

These are county-wide figures across all formations, not Barnett-only totals. They do not establish tract-level production, ownership or a price for any interest, and a permit is not a promise that a well will be drilled. Only counties with current records appear below.

Across the 6 counties shown (Tarrant, Johnson, Denton, Wise, Parker, Hood): 35,641 wells on record, 23,719 wells that have produced, and 139 wells with a permit date in the trailing 24 months. Totals add only the published county figures; a county shown as <3 is not included.

Source: Buckhead Energy analysis of commercial well-data records compiled from state regulatory filings.

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