# Sell Mineral Rights in Jones County, MS | Berlin Royalties > Selling mineral rights in Jones County, Mississippi? Berlin Royalties buys minerals and royalties around Laurel, Ellisville and countywide: Ovett, Laurel, and the Jones County fields. Free valuation with the work shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mississippi/jones-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 · Mississippi · Jones County ## Sell your Jones County mineral rights. Laurel, Ellisville, Moselle: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Jones County, in the south Mississippi oil belt. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Jones County is the second-largest oil county in Mississippi and one of the few where operators are still drilling new vertical wells into old fields. Laurel's royalty owners are a large and scattered group, and most have never had anyone show them the arithmetic on what they own. **What produces here.** Jones County's 355 wells produced 141,307 barrels of oil and 104 million cubic feet of gas in October 2025 from Ovett, Laurel, Gitano, Glade Crossing, Parker Creek, and Reedy Creek. The operators you will see on checks and in the county records include Venture Oil and Gas, Acacia Operating, Formentera Operations, Pruet Production, and P.O.&G. Operating. The county still sees new wells: Venture Oil and Gas completed the Hamby 33-12 No. 3 in the Ovett field in October 2025 at about 70 barrels a day. 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 Mississippi](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/mississippi/). Drilling Activity · Updated 2026-11-02 ## What's happening in Jones County right now Active Rigs 0 Permits, Last 90 Days 3 Most active: VENTURE O&G, PRUET PRODUCTION Completions, Last 90 Days 0 New wells turned to sales in the county. County totals. Source: Enverus, as of 2026-11-02. Rigs are currently active; permits are those approved in the last 90 days; completions are wells reporting first production in the last 90 days, which lags by state. A zero does not mean nothing is happening, only that nothing was reported in that window. Activity like this is exactly what moves mineral value. If it is happening near you, find out what your interest is worth before you take anyone's offer. Formations & Plays ## What produces here ### Ovett, Laurel, and the Jones County fields Ovett, Laurel, Gitano, Glade Crossing, Parker Creek, and Reedy Creek: a dense legacy oil base with new drilling still finding pay. Counties ## Communities we see in Jones County title Laurel Ellisville Moselle Wherever your tract sits in Jones 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 Mississippi mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mississippi/). ### Inherited Mississippi 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 Mississippi, what heirs should do](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/mississippi/). [What Mississippi mineral rights are worth](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/mississippi/), information only, with this month's activity. [Unclaimed Mississippi royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/unclaimed-royalties/mississippi/): where the money goes and how an heir claims it. ### The Mississippi mineral owner's guide Everything a Mississippi 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 Mississippi guide](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/guide/mississippi/) Questions ## Straight answers for Jones County owners What are mineral rights worth in Jones County? It depends on the wells and units actually touching your tract, their decline, and your decimal, and in Jones County that ranges from legacy stripper royalties to active development, so county averages mislead. We value off the actual wells and activity and show the work, free. Does Mississippi take a severance tax out of my royalty? Yes. Mississippi's severance tax is 6 percent of value at the point of production on oil and on gas, with a reduced 1.3 percent rate for horizontal wells for 30 months or until payout, and 3 percent for CO2 enhanced recovery projects. It comes off before your royalty is figured. How long do I have to answer a Mississippi pooling order? Twenty days from the order, and the penalty for missing it is severe: a nonconsenting owner who does not elect can be charged a risk fee of 300 percent of the well costs out of production. Text us the order the day it arrives and we will walk you through the election, free. 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 Jones 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 Jones 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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