# Sell Mineral Rights in Richland County, IL | Berlin > Sell Richland County, IL mineral rights: Clay City Consolidated, Olney and Parkersburg royalties near Olney, Noble and Claremont. Free valuation, work shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/illinois/richland-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 · Illinois · Richland County ## Sell your Richland County mineral rights. Olney, Noble, Claremont: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Richland County, the east end of Clay City Consolidated and the Olney and Parkersburg fields. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Richland County is a legacy county. Pure Oil and Union Oil of California drilled the Olney and Clay City leases in the 1930s and 1940s, the ISGS database now shows about 1,270 unplugged oil producer records here against 1,840 plugged, and the royalty owners we hear from are usually holding a small fraction of a lease that has changed hands more than once and still pays something every quarter. **What produces here.** The Illinois Petroleum Resources Board puts Richland County at 178,599 barrels for calendar 2025, down from 193,790 in 2024. The oil comes from the east end of Clay City Consolidated, shared with Clay and Wayne counties, and from Parkersburg Consolidated, Olney Consolidated, Olney South, Calhoun Consolidated, Berryville Consolidated, Stringtown, Schnell and Amity South, with pay in the Ste. Genevieve, Salem, Cypress, McClosky, Ullin and St. Louis. The operators you will see on checks and in the county records include Elysium Energy, Citation Oil and Gas, Bunn and Bunn Oil, Murvin Oil, Calvert Drilling, JKL Oil and Tri-State Production and Development, the last two of which completed oil wells here in 2025 according to the ISGS well database. New permits are rare: the IDNR weekly logs show none in 2025 and two in 2026, Murvin Oil's Deck 1 injection well in the Rosiclare on April 14 and the Kermicle-Black 3 to the Salem at 3,300 feet on August 7, 2026, in Township 5 North, Range 10 East in the north end of the county. 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 Illinois](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/illinois/). Formations & Plays ## What produces here ### Clay City Consolidated, Olney and Parkersburg The east end of Clay City Consolidated, discovered in 1937, plus Parkersburg Consolidated, Olney Consolidated and Olney South, Calhoun Consolidated, Berryville Consolidated, Stringtown, Schnell and Amity South. ### Ste. Genevieve, Salem, Cypress and McClosky The Valmeyeran carbonates and Chester sands that carry the county, with the Ullin and St. Louis below; the 2026 permits are a Salem well at 3,300 feet and a Rosiclare injector. Counties ## Communities we see in Richland County title Olney Noble Claremont Parkersburg Wherever your tract sits in Richland 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 the [Illinois overview](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/illinois/). ### Inherited Illinois 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 Illinois, what heirs should do](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/illinois/). [What Illinois mineral rights are worth](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/illinois/), information only, with this month's activity. [Unclaimed Illinois royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/unclaimed-royalties/illinois/): where the money goes and how an heir claims it. ### The Illinois mineral owner's guide Everything a Illinois 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 Illinois guide](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/guide/illinois/) Questions ## Straight answers for Richland County owners What are mineral rights worth in Richland County? It depends on the wells and units actually touching your tract, their decline, and your decimal, and in Richland County that almost always means a legacy Pure Oil lease or a small waterflood that has paid for generations, so county averages mislead. Illinois publishes no well-level production, so your check stubs and division orders are the record. We value off them and show the work, free. Do I have to probate my parent's Richland County minerals? Usually, if they were in your parent's name. Illinois treats severed minerals as real estate, and the small estate affidavit under 755 ILCS 5/25-1 reaches personal property only and cannot be used at all if the decedent owned any Illinois real estate. An out-of-state parent generally needs an ancillary probate in Richland County. On a committed purchase we coordinate and pay for the probate or ancillary proceeding ourselves. My family's Richland County royalty checks stopped years ago. Where did the money go? Probably to the Illinois State Treasurer. Under the unclaimed property act, 765 ILCS 1026, mineral proceeds including royalties, bonuses and delay rentals are presumed abandoned after three years and turned over under the last name and address the operator had. The interest is still yours and the money is claimable. We search the Treasurer's records free as part of every valuation. 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 Richland 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 - [Selling mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-mineral-rights/) and [selling oil and gas royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-oil-and-gas-royalties/), with the real process and timeline - [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 Richland 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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