# Sell Mineral Rights in Bibb County, AL | Berlin Royalties > Sell Bibb County, AL mineral rights: Gurnee coalbed methane royalties in the Cahaba coal field near Centreville and West Blocton. Free valuation, work shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/alabama/bibb-county/ Publisher: Berlin Royalties, a veteran-owned oil and gas mineral and royalty buyer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, buying for its own account since 2014. Call or text 918-984-1645. License: free to quote and cite with attribution to Berlin Royalties and a link to the source URL. Where We Buy · Alabama · Bibb County ## Sell your Bibb County mineral rights. Centreville, Brent, West Blocton: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Bibb County, the southern end of the Gurnee coalbed methane field in the Cahaba coal field. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Bibb County is the quiet end of the Cahaba coal field, where the Gurnee coalbed methane field that runs down from Shelby County thins out to its last few dozen wells. The wells are old, the operators have changed hands four or five times since the first ones were drilled, and the royalty checks are the kind that are easy to lose track of in an estate. That is the whole business here: small, steady gas royalties under names that need updating. **What produces here.** Bibb County produced 18.9 million cubic feet of coalbed methane and no oil in August 2026 from 67 Gurnee field wells, 51 operated by Urban Oil and Gas Group and 16 by Calera Gas. The field was drilled in Bibb County from 1989 into the 2000s by McKenzie Methane, Gurnee Gas, GeoMet, and CDX Gas before Urban took it over, and the last new permits were four Urban wells in June 2014. Shell Western's Scottsville coal degasification wells from 1989 to 1991 are plugged. Nothing has been permitted in the county since 2014, and the Board's last 50 permits as of early November 2026 included none in Bibb. Whatever you own here, producing royalties, non-producing acreage, or an inherited fraction split among family, we will identify it from whatever paperwork you have, value it off the actual wells and activity, and show you the reasoning with the offer. Free, no obligation, and no pressure: if keeping it is the right answer, we will say so. Inherited it? Start with [inherited mineral rights in Alabama](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/alabama/). Formations & Plays ## What produces here ### Gurnee coalbed methane The Cahaba coal field's gas, drilled from 1989 into the 2000s by McKenzie Methane, Gurnee Gas, GeoMet, and CDX, with the Bibb County end now operated by Urban Oil and Gas Group and Calera Gas; about 65 wells still reporting. ### Scottsville Shell Western's coal degasification unit of 1989 to 1991, long plugged. Counties ## Communities we see in Bibb County title Centreville Brent West Blocton Woodstock Wherever your tract sits in Bibb County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown. 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See the [full county index](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/counties/), or start with how to [sell Alabama mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/alabama/). ### Inherited Alabama minerals? Whether you need a probate, the affidavit and transfer on death routes, the dormant mineral rules, and where unpaid royalties go: [inherited mineral rights in Alabama, what heirs should do](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/alabama/). [What Alabama mineral rights are worth](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/alabama/), information only, with this month's activity. [Unclaimed Alabama royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/unclaimed-royalties/alabama/): where the money goes and how an heir claims it. ### The Alabama mineral owner's guide Everything a Alabama owner needs in one place: who owns what under state law, how royalties must be paid and by when, what a buyer can and cannot deduct, the tax treatment of a sale, and the deadlines that quietly cost people their minerals. Free, and no sign-up. [Read the Alabama guide](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/guide/alabama/) Questions ## Straight answers for Bibb County owners What are mineral rights worth in Bibb County? It depends on the wells and units actually touching your tract, their decline, and your decimal, and in Bibb County that means Gurnee coalbed methane wells that are twelve to thirty-five years old and producing a few hundred Mcf a month apiece, so county averages mislead. We value off the actual wells and activity and show the work, free. What taxes come off an Alabama royalty check? Alabama stacks two production taxes: the privilege tax, with an 8 percent headline rate that steps down to 6 percent for wells permitted after July 1, 1988 and 4 percent for oil wells at 25 barrels a day or less and gas wells at 200 Mcf a day or less, and a 2 percent production tax. Both come off before your royalty is figured, and every Gurnee well sits in the reduced tiers. My Bibb County royalty check is months late. Does Alabama owe me interest? Yes. Under Ala. Code 9-17-33, proceeds that are not paid on time carry interest at 12 percent a year. Operators rarely add it on their own, so we check the pay history on every interest we value and tell you if money is sitting in suspense under an old name. What does it cost me to sell? Nothing. Berlin pays all title work, document preparation, and recording costs. The offer you accept is the amount you receive. ## Before you sign anything in Bibb County The things owners here most often wish they had read first. All free, none of it gated. - [How mineral rights are valued](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/), including the rule of thumb people quote and why it is usually wrong - [How to sell mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-mineral-rights/) and [how to sell oil and gas royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-oil-and-gas-royalties/), with the real process and timeline - [Who buys mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/who-buys-mineral-rights/), the five kinds of buyer compared, and [the companies that buy mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-buyers/) and how to check them - [The Pugh clause](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/pugh-clause/), the single most valuable sentence you can negotiate into a lease - [What a farm out is](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/farmout-agreements/), and why your operator suddenly changed - [The rule of capture](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/rule-of-capture/), and why a neighbor's well can legally drain your minerals - [Non-participating royalty interests](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/non-participating-royalty-interest/), if your deed carved one out - [Executive rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/executive-rights/), if somebody else signs the lease that binds your minerals - [Surface owner rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/surface-owner-rights/), if you own the ground and someone else owns what is under it - [Questions to ask a buyer](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/questions-to-ask/) and [what happens if you want out after signing](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/can-i-back-out-of-a-mineral-rights-sale/) Free Valuation ## Find out what your Bibb County minerals are worth. Free, no obligation, and no pressure. We reply within one business day, usually faster. Prefer the phone? Call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) and you will get Stephen, the owner, not a call center. If we miss you, we text back the same day. In a hurry? [Text a photo of a royalty check stub](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/text-your-check/) to [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) and our [preliminary offer](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/preliminary-offer/) puts a written number in front of you within about two business days. It holds for 7 while you decide. Your Name Phone Number Email Address Where are your minerals located? 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