# Sell Mineral Rights in Monterey County, California | Berlin Royalties > Selling mineral rights in Monterey County, California? Berlin Royalties buys Salinas Basin royalties around Salinas, King City, San Ardo and countywide. Fair offers, valuation shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/california/monterey-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 · California · Monterey County ## Sell your Monterey County mineral rights. San Ardo, King City, Bradley: roughly 680 producing wells, essentially all of them heavy oil operated by two companies. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Monterey County production is concentrated almost entirely at San Ardo, where Chevron and California Resources operate between them. It is a two-operator county, which makes the paperwork simple and the leverage limited. Steam-driven heavy oil has an unusually long life, and that tail is the part of a Monterey royalty that gets underpriced. 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 [Salinas Basin page](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/basins/san-joaquin/) for how the play as a whole is valued. Formations & Plays ## What produces here ### San Ardo heavy oil The Aurignac and Lombardi sands at San Ardo, a large heavy oil field produced by steam injection. ### Monterey Formation The source rock and, in places, the reservoir. Counties ## Communities we see in Monterey County title Salinas King City San Ardo Bradley Wherever your tract sits in Monterey County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown. Nearby ## Other California counties we buy in [Fresno County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/california/fresno-county/)[Kern County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/california/kern-county/)[Kings County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/california/kings-county/)[Los Angeles County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/california/los-angeles-county/)[Orange County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/california/orange-county/)[Santa Barbara County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/california/santa-barbara-county/)[Ventura County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/california/ventura-county/) We buy in every California county, including ones without a page here. See the [full county index](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/counties/) or the [California overview](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/california/). Questions ## Straight answers for Monterey County owners What are mineral rights worth in Monterey County? It turns on your section rather than on the county. Monterey County has roughly 678 producing wells, and the difference between a tract inside an active unit and a quiet tract is large. Send what you have and we will tell you which one you own, with the arithmetic shown, free. Who operates in Monterey County? The largest producing positions belong to Chevron with roughly 329 producing wells, California Resources Corporation with roughly 274 producing wells. That matters more than owners expect: each operator has its own check schedule, its own suspense practices, and its own appetite for drilling, and a family interest here frequently sits under more than one of them. Our operator directory has contact information for each. Do you buy small or inherited fractional interests? Yes. Inherited fractions are a specialty, including the small interests other buyers ignore, and we cure title problems at our cost. There is no minimum. Free Valuation ## Find out what your Monterey 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. Your Name Phone Number Email Address Where are your minerals located? OklahomaTexasNew MexicoLouisiana ArkansasKansasNorth DakotaMontana WyomingColoradoUtahCalifornia West VirginiaOhioPennsylvaniaKentucky MichiganMississippiAlabamaAlaska Sand/Gravel/AggregateOther / Not sure County (if known) Interest type Select an option Minerals and Royalties Working Interest Overriding Royalty Interest An Entity (LLC, Partnership, Trust) Not Sure Are you currently receiving royalty checks? Select an option Yes No I Used To But They Stopped Not Sure Have you received offers for your minerals before? Select an option Yes No What best describes your situation? Select an option I'm ready to sell now I'm exploring my options I'm just curious what they're worth Anything else? 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