Mineral rights management software that reconciles every royalty check to the decimal you actually own
Mineral rights management is the work of tracking ownership in the subsurface estate, the leases that burden it and the revenue it produces, tract by tract and check by check. The Bureau of Land Management alone administers 700,000,000 acres of subsurface mineral estate over 245,000,000 acres of surface, and the Office of Natural Resources Revenue disbursed $16.45 billion in fiscal year 2024. Neurobird holds the tract, the decimal interest, the division order and the check detail together.
Neurobird Mineral Rights Management in short
- Record ownership per tract: legal description, net mineral acres, interest type and the instruments behind it
- Post operator check detail against the tract and the well so gaps and changes surface
- Track lease primary terms, shut in deadlines and division order responses as dated actions
- 700,000,000 Acres of subsurface mineral estate administered by the Bureau of Land Management, more than any other agency, against 245,000,000 acres of surface land. Bureau of Land Management, what we manage
- $16.45 billion Total disbursed by the Office of Natural Resources Revenue in fiscal year 2024 from production on federal and tribal lands and offshore, including $4.29 billion to 33 states. ONRR, fiscal year 2024 disbursement release
- Pricing runs 45 to 320 US dollars per month across 3 tiers. Early access is free.
What mineral owners, trusts and land administrators actually deal with
Why it stays broken
Mineral ownership was designed to be permanent and ends up being fragmented. A tract split 6 ways in 1974 is split 40 ways by 2026, the deeds sit in 4 county courthouses, and the payment record arrives as PDFs in 9 different layouts. Nothing joins what you own to what you were paid.
A decimal off by 0.0001 on a well making 300 barrels a day leaks money every month and never announces itself.
Since 1982, the Department has disbursed over $387 billion in mineral leasing revenues.
How mineral ownership and royalty actually work
Useful if you have inherited minerals or administer them for a family. Each source links out.
Acres of subsurface mineral estate administered by the Bureau of Land Management, more than any other agency, against 245,000,000 acres of surface land.
Bureau of Land Management, what we manageTotal disbursed by the Office of Natural Resources Revenue in fiscal year 2024 from production on federal and tribal lands and offshore, including $4.29 billion to 33 states.
ONRR, fiscal year 2024 disbursement releaseThe federal onshore royalty rate set by statute in 2022, up from the 12.5% that had stood since 1920, which changes the arithmetic on every new federal lease.
Bureau of Land Management, oil and gas leasingPercentage depletion for oil and gas is limited and phased by section 613A, so a royalty owner's tax position depends on production volumes as well as on dollars received.
Cornell Law School, 26 U.S. Code 613AMineral leasing revenue disbursed by the Department of the Interior since 1982, a scale that explains why division orders and decimal interests are audited rather than assumed.
ONRR, statisticsNeurobird Mineral Rights Management Compliance Platform
Hold the ownership as data: tract, net mineral acres, interest type, lease and operator. Then every line of check detail has something to be reconciled against.
- 1Record ownership per tract: legal description, net mineral acres, interest type and the instruments behind it
- 2Post operator check detail against the tract and the well so gaps and changes surface
- 3Track lease primary terms, shut in deadlines and division order responses as dated actions
- 4Produce the volumes and dollars your accountant needs without rebuilding the year
What changes with Neurobird Mineral Rights Management?
The same work, read left to right: how it runs today, and how it runs once the record is in one place.
| Today | With Neurobird Mineral Rights Management |
|---|---|
| Ownership fragments with every generation, so a tract split 6 ways in 1974 is split 40 ways by 2026 and nobody holds the current picture | Record ownership per tract: legal description, net mineral acres, interest type and the instruments behind it |
| Every operator formats check detail differently, so a changed decimal or a missing month is invisible until somebody adds up a year by hand | Post operator check detail against the tract and the well so gaps and changes surface |
| Lease expirations, shut in payments and division order responses all carry dates that only matter once you have already missed them | Track lease primary terms, shut in deadlines and division order responses as dated actions |
Who is this for?
Same tracts, three different exposures.
You just received minerals
You have a folder, some check stubs and no idea what is actually owned. You need the picture assembled once so it is not rebuilt every generation.
You administer for several owners
You answer to beneficiaries who want to know why a check changed. You need statements you can explain line by line.
You hold minerals at scale
Hundreds of tracts across counties and operators. You need consistency and reconciliation, not one person who knows where everything is.
How does Neurobird Mineral Rights Management work?
Record the ownership once
Legal description, net mineral acres, royalty or working interest and the instruments that created them, per tract, per county.
Load the check detail
Operator revenue statements post against the tract and the well, so a missing month or a quietly changed decimal becomes visible.
Watch the dates
Primary terms, shut in payments, pooling elections and division order responses each carry a date somebody has to act on before it passes.
The tract, as your administrator would hold it
A working preview. Tick a line to attach it to the tract record.
| Requirement | Status | Next due | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lease expiry, 3 year primary term | current | in 42d | |
| Depletion figures for the return | due soon | in 9d | |
| Division order, Section 14 T2S R6E | current | in 120d | |
| Pooling notice, 640 acre unit | overdue | 3d late | |
| Royalty check detail, March run | current | in 64d |
Tick a requirement to file evidence against it.
Mineral rights management software questions, answered
Key terms
- What is mineral rights management?
- Mineral rights management is the work of tracking ownership in the subsurface estate, the leases that burden it and the revenue it produces, tract by tract and check by check. It matters because mineral ownership is severed from the surface, fragments through inheritance, and pays through documents written by whoever is operating the well.
- What is a division order?
- A statement from the operator setting out the decimal interest it intends to pay you on a particular well. Signing it does not amend your lease, but it does confirm the number the operator will use, which is why the decimal has to be checked against your net mineral acres and the unit size before it is signed.
Why do royalty checks change without warning?
New wells enter a unit, a unit is redefined, an operator changes, a well is shut in, deductions for gathering and processing shift, or a title issue puts you in suspense. Any of those changes the number, and almost none of them arrive with an explanation.
How do I know my decimal interest is correct?
You calculate it: net mineral acres divided by unit acres, multiplied by your royalty rate, adjusted for any depth or lease burdens. If your own arithmetic and the division order disagree, one of them is wrong and it is worth finding out which before 3 years of production go by.
Does this file my taxes?
No. It produces the tract level volumes, revenue and deduction detail your accountant needs, including what is required to work out depletion. The return itself stays with your preparer.
Why we are building this
Mineral ownership is one of the few assets where the owner has almost no visibility into what they own. The deeds are in courthouses, the production data is the operator's, and the only regular contact is a check with a decimal on it.
Most owners never check that decimal, because checking means calculating net mineral acres against a unit and comparing it to a statement in a format that changes. So errors persist quietly, sometimes for decades.
We would rather build this with owners and administrators who have actually tried to reconcile a year of statements. Tell us how you do it, and where we have got it wrong.
Where the requirement comes from
Public sources on federal minerals, royalty rates and how revenue is accounted for.
- Bureau of Land Management, what we manage The scale of the federal subsurface estate, 700,000,000 acres, and how it relates to surface ownership.
- Bureau of Land Management, oil and gas leasing How federal leases are issued, held and terminated, including royalty rates and lease terms.
- ONRR, statistics Collections and disbursements of mineral revenue, the public record of what production actually pays.
- Cornell Law School, 26 U.S. Code 613A The statute limiting percentage depletion for oil and gas, which shapes what a royalty owner reports.
How much does Neurobird Mineral Rights Management cost?
Priced by the number of tracts held because that is the size of the record. Unlimited wells, operators and users on every tier.
- Tract and interest register
- Division order tracking
- Check detail entry
- Lease date reminders
- Email support
- Everything in Family owner
- Decimal interest calculation
- Missing month detection
- Owner statements
- Named contact
- Everything in Estate or trust
- Multi entity roll up
- Operator statement import
- Depletion ready extracts
- Onboarding included
Get free early access
If you own or administer minerals, tell us how you check a royalty statement today and how long it takes.
Straight answer on where this is: In development. Early access gets the working preview, a say in what ships first, and early access pricing. It does not get you a login today.
Prefer email? Write to office@neurobird.com and a person will reply. No autoresponder.