# Sell Mineral Rights in Washington County, CO | Berlin > Sell Washington County, CO mineral rights: Denver Basin J Sand oil and Niobrara gas near Akron and Otis. Free valuation, work shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/washington-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 · Colorado · Washington County ## Sell your Washington County mineral rights. Akron, Otis, Anton: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Washington County, the eastern flank of the Denver Basin, J Sand oil and Niobrara gas. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Washington County is old Denver Basin oil country: hundreds of small J Sand and D Sand wells scattered across the wheat ground around Akron, paying small checks to a lot of families, plus a quiet layer of Niobrara gas on top. It is not Weld County and it never will be, but it is one of the few places on the eastern plains where a small operator is still getting new plans approved. **What produces here.** ECMC production reports for June 2026 show Washington County at 18,940 barrels of oil and 53,940 Mcf of gas from 299 wells reporting production, oil from the J Sand and D Sand and gas almost entirely from Smith Energy's Niobrara wells. The operators you will see on checks and in the county records include Impetro Resources, Smith Energy, Fritzler Resources, Grand Mesa Operating, St. Croix Operating, Copper Land Resources, Chaco Energy and Investment Equipment. St. Croix Operating is the active driller: its Buckhorn 1 permit was approved December 24, 2024, its Sage oil and gas development plan was approved by the ECMC on August 12, 2026, and a Sage 2 drilling permit was filed November 4, 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 Colorado](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/colorado/). Formations & Plays ## What produces here ### J Sand and D Sand oil Dozens of small Cretaceous sand fields on the east flank of the Denver Basin, most of them found before 1982, when the Colorado Geological Survey counted 129 active fields in the county, and still pumping as stripper wells for Impetro, Fritzler and a long list of small operators. ### Niobrara chalk gas Shallow biogenic gas from the Niobrara, the same play that runs across Yuma County, operated here almost entirely by Smith Energy from about 150 low-rate wells. ### St. Croix Operating development plans A string of ECMC-approved oil and gas development plans since 2022 (Horseshoe, Revenant, Dune, Prairie Ridge, Buckhorn, Longknife, Sage) chasing new conventional oil around Akron. Counties ## Communities we see in Washington County title Akron Otis Anton Cope Wherever your tract sits in Washington County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown. Nearby ## Other Colorado counties we buy in [Adams County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/adams-county/)[Arapahoe County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/arapahoe-county/)[Archuleta County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/archuleta-county/)[Baca County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/baca-county/)[Bent County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/bent-county/)[Boulder County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/boulder-county/)[Broomfield](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/broomfield-county/)[Cheyenne County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/cheyenne-county/)[Dolores County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/dolores-county/)[Elbert County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/elbert-county/)[Fremont County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/fremont-county/)[Garfield County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/garfield-county/)[Huerfano County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/huerfano-county/)[Jackson County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/jackson-county/)[Kiowa County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/kiowa-county/)[Kit Carson County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/kit-carson-county/)[La Plata County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/la-plata-county/)[Larimer County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/larimer-county/)[Las Animas County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/las-animas-county/)[Lincoln County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/lincoln-county/)[Logan County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/logan-county/)[Mesa County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/mesa-county/)[Moffat County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/moffat-county/)[Montezuma County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/montezuma-county/)[Morgan County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/morgan-county/)[Phillips County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/phillips-county/)[Prowers County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/prowers-county/)[Rio Blanco County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/rio-blanco-county/)[Routt County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/routt-county/)[Weld County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/weld-county/)[Yuma County](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/yuma-county/) We buy in every Colorado county, including ones without a page here. See the [full county index](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/counties/), or start with how to [sell Colorado mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/colorado/). ### Inherited Colorado 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 Colorado, what heirs should do](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/colorado/). [What Colorado mineral rights are worth](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/colorado/), information only, with this month's activity. [Unclaimed Colorado royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/unclaimed-royalties/colorado/): where the money goes and how an heir claims it. ### The Colorado mineral owner's guide Everything a Colorado 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 Colorado guide](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/guide/colorado/) [Every oil and gas operator in Colorado](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/operators/colorado/), with contact information, refreshed from the state regulator. Free to search, and useful whether or not you ever sell anything. Questions ## Straight answers for Washington County owners What are mineral rights worth in Washington County? It depends on the wells and units actually touching your tract, their decline, and your decimal, and in Washington County that ranges widely, so county averages mislead. We value off the actual wells and activity and show the work, free. How does Colorado severance tax hit my royalty? Colorado's severance tax is graduated from 2 percent to 5 percent of gross income, with a credit for the ad valorem property tax paid at the well and a stripper exemption for oil wells producing under 15 barrels a day. Operators normally withhold it, and royalty owners file their own Colorado severance returns. Can I be force pooled in Colorado? Only after owners of more than 45 percent of the mineral interests to be pooled have joined the application, under SB 19-181, which gives an unleased owner far more leverage than in Oklahoma or Texas. A nonconsenting owner receives a 13 percent royalty on gas or 16 percent on oil during the operator's cost recovery, and the operator may not use a nonconsenting owner's surface. 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 Washington 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 Washington 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? OklahomaTexasNew MexicoLouisiana ArkansasKansasNorth DakotaMontana WyomingColoradoUtahCalifornia West VirginiaOhioPennsylvaniaKentucky MichiganMississippiAlabamaIllinoisIndianaAlaska Sand/Gravel/AggregateOther / Not sure County (if known) A few optional questions that speed up the valuation 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 When would you like this done? Select an option This month This quarter No timeline, just researching Anything else? (optional) Get My Free Valuation No cost, no obligation, and we never share your information.