Hanford, Avenal, Kettleman City: a small county by well count, with roughly 156 producing wells and one dominant operator.
Kings County is small enough that almost no mineral buyer looks at it, which is precisely why owners here get no offers and assume there is nothing to have. There is production, it is long-lived, and we will tell you honestly what it is worth, including when the honest answer is not much.
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 units rather than off a county average, 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.
Well, rig and permit counts are sourced from Enverus and current as of August 2026. See our San Joaquin Basin page for how the play as a whole is valued.
The historic anticline field along the county's western edge.
The conventional section shared with the west side of the valley.
Wherever your tract sits in Kings County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown.
We buy in every California county, including ones without a page here. See the full county index or the California overview.
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Free, no obligation, and no pressure. We reply within one business day, usually faster.
Prefer the phone? Call or text 918-984-1645 and you will get Stephen, the owner, not a call center. If we miss you, we text back the same day.
In a hurry? Our preliminary offer puts a written number in front of you within about two business days and holds it still for 7 while you decide.