# Sell Mineral Rights in Pickens County, AL | Berlin Royalties > Sell Pickens County, AL mineral rights: Coal Fire Creek and Chicken Swamp Branch royalties near Carrollton, Aliceville and Reform. Free valuation, work shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/alabama/pickens-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 · Pickens County ## Sell your Pickens County mineral rights. Carrollton, Aliceville, Reform, Gordo: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Pickens County, the busiest conventional corner of the Black Warrior Basin. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Pickens County is where the conventional Black Warrior Basin is still being worked. Land and Natural Resource Development keeps permitting new tests in old fields, so the forced integration notices and division orders keep arriving in mailboxes from Carrollton to Aliceville, usually addressed to someone who inherited the interest and has never seen the lease. **What produces here.** Pickens County produced 2,602 barrels of oil and 35 million cubic feet of gas in August 2026 from 126 wells, led by Coal Fire Creek Gas, the Chicken Swamp Branch Oil Unit, Magby Creek, Buncomb Creek, Lubbub Creek, and Woolbank Creek. The operators you will see on checks and in the county records include Land and Natural Resource Development, which ran 113 of those wells, Jabsco Oil Operating, Black Snake Petroleum, and Hughes Eastern. The 2026 activity is all Land and Natural Resource Development: the Cunningham 16-12 in Coal Fire Creek Gas, permitted in February 2026 as a Pottsville A test and producing by July; the Cunningham 16-12 No. 2, permitted in March 2026 for a Benton sand completion and waiting on a rig; and the Prater 21-10 No. 1 in the Chicken Swamp Branch Oil field, permitted August 18, 2026 and preparing to drill as of October. Jabsco's Booth 29-2 No. 1 wildcat re-entry, tested through 2024 and 2025, was being plugged in October 2026. 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 ### Coal Fire Creek Gas Stacked Pottsville, Benton, Carter, Fayette, and Lewis sand gas in the north end of the county, still being permitted into new zones by Land and Natural Resource Development. ### Chicken Swamp Branch Oil Unit A Pottsville A sand oil unit of about sixty wells, the largest single royalty source in the county. ### Buncomb Creek, Magby Creek, Lubbub Creek, and Woolbank Creek Smaller Carter, Lewis, and Pottsville gas fields scattered across the county, most of them operated by small Alabama companies. Counties ## Communities we see in Pickens County title Carrollton Aliceville Reform Gordo Wherever your tract sits in Pickens 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 Pickens County owners What are mineral rights worth in Pickens County? It depends on the wells and units actually touching your tract, their decline, and your decimal, and in Pickens County that ranges from a forty-year-old Carter sand gas well to a unit that just got a new permit, 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 most Pickens County wells sit in the reduced tiers. How long do I have to respond to an Alabama forced integration order? Thirty days after actual drilling begins, or before total depth is reached, whichever comes first. The clock runs off the spud, not the order, so an owner can receive an order and have the real deadline arrive months later without further notice. Unleased owners who do not elect keep a protected 3/16 royalty free of costs, and the risk charge is 150 percent. Pickens County owners get these orders more than most: the Board granted forced pooling with risk compensation on the Cunningham 16-12 unit in February 2026. 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 Pickens 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 Pickens 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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