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Insights for acquisition professionals.

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Guides

Getting Started with Scout CRM

A walkthrough of setting up your first pipeline, importing owners, and working your first call list.

2026-04-15 · 2 min read

Mineral Rights 101

How to Value a Texas Mineral Package: A Working Framework

A landman's framework for pricing Texas mineral and royalty interests in 2026: interest types, multiples, $/NMA comps, and the questions that move the number.

2026-06-08 · 9 min read

Mineral Rights 101

Should You Sell Your Mineral Rights? An Honest Look

Cash now vs. decades of uncertain checks: the real case for selling minerals, what you give up, and how 2026 pricing factors in.

2026-06-06 · 8 min read

Market Analysis

Permian M&A in 2026: What It Means for Mineral Buyers

From Exxon-Pioneer to Devon-Coterra, consolidation rewired who controls Permian acreage. Here is how it changes owner outreach and chain work.

2026-06-05 · 8 min read

Market Analysis

State of Oil & Gas 2026: What It Means for Minerals

WTI near $100 on a Hormuz war premium, with the EIA expecting an easing toward $79 in 2027 as shut-in barrels return. Here is what the gap means for minerals.

2026-06-04 · 9 min read

Market Analysis

Why Oil Prices Are Rising in 2026, and Your Royalties

Iran, Hormuz, and OPEC+ pushed Brent to $138 in April. Here's the plain-English read and what it means for bonuses, royalties, and the buy/sell call.

2026-06-03 · 7 min read

Industry News

Chevron-Hess Arbitration: What the Guyana Ruling Means

Chevron beat Exxon's right-of-first-refusal claim and closed its $53B Hess deal. Here's what the ruling settled, and why operator lineage matters to owners.

2026-06-02 · 8 min read

Guides

From Permit to Deal: The Mineral Acquisition Workflow

How a TRRC permit becomes a closed mineral deal: the AOI list, the calls, and the four-stage pipeline from Under Negotiation to Closed.

2026-05-26 · 11 min read

Guides

Excel vs. a Mineral CRM: An Honest 2026 Cost Comparison

Where spreadsheets genuinely win, where they quietly cost you deals, and the team size where the line finally crosses.

2026-05-22 · 12 min read

Mineral Rights 101

Net Royalty Acres (NRA): The Metric Mineral Buyers Trade On

A net mineral acre tells you what you own. A net royalty acre tells you what it pays, standardized so two deals at different royalties are finally comparable. Here is the math, the worked example, and how a buyer builds an offer from $/NRA.

2026-05-19 · 10 min read

Mineral Rights 101

NMA vs NRI: A Landman's Quick Reference

Net mineral acres is ownership. Net revenue interest is cash flow. Confusing the two is the fastest way to overpay for a mineral package.

2026-05-12 · 9 min read

Market Analysis

Permian Basin Permit Trends: Q1 2026

What the latest TRRC filing data tells us about drilling activity in the Permian.

2026-04-10 · 2 min read

Guides

How to Migrate from Spreadsheets to Scout

Step-by-step guide for importing your existing owner data, deal history, and call logs.

2026-04-05 · 3 min read

Guides

Outreach Campaigns That Actually Get Responses

What we've learned about mail timing, the voicemails you leave yourself, and keeping a multi-touch cadence straight.

2026-03-28 · 2 min read

Guides

Chain of Title Research for Mineral Buyers

How to trace ownership from patent to present and what to watch for in the conveyance chain.

2026-03-20 · 3 min read

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