Sell Mineral Rights in Toole County, Montana

Toole County is not Williston Basin at all. This is the Sweetgrass Arch, and the Kevin-Sunburst dome discovered in 1922 makes it the oldest major oil field in Montana. Production comes from shallow Madison Sunburst sand, the Cut Bank sand, Sawtooth and Swift at the Ferdig unit, and Bow Island gas, with the Border Red Coulee field straddling the Canadian line.

It is also the most extreme stripper county we work in. Roughly 1,000 wells produce out of about 7,800 drilled, which is the highest well density on our list, and monthly production works out to roughly a third of a barrel a day per well. Oil has fallen from around 913,000 barrels in 1986 to about 173,000 in 2025.

A century of splitting has produced the most fragmented mineral title in Montana, and an operator base scattered across dozens of one and two well companies, including individuals and Hutterite colonies. Northwestern Corporation holds gas storage rights in the area, which can encumber a mineral estate separately from production and is worth establishing before a sale.

We are one of very few buyers who will look at interests this small. No minimum, all closing costs paid, and if there is money sitting in operator suspense we will tell you how to claim it and you keep it whether or not you ever sell to us.

What produces here

Madison, Sunburst sand

The Kevin-Sunburst dome, discovered in 1922 and Montana's oldest major field.

Cut Bank sand

Shallow production across the Sweetgrass Arch.

Sawtooth and Swift

Including the Ferdig Swift Unit.

Bow Island

Shallow gas, with the Border Red Coulee field straddling the Canadian line.

Straight answers for Toole County owners

My Toole County royalty is tiny. Will anyone buy it?

We will. Toole County has roughly 1,000 producing wells out of about 7,800 drilled, and monthly county production works out to something on the order of a third of a barrel per day per well. These are the smallest interests we see anywhere, and most buyers have a minimum transaction size and simply will not respond. We have no minimum, we run our own title, and we pay all closing costs.

Why is Toole County title so complicated?

Because it is the oldest oil country in Montana. The Kevin-Sunburst dome was discovered in 1922, so leases and severances here date to the early 1920s and the minerals have been split many times over across a century. On top of that the operator base is fractured into one and two well companies, several of which are individuals or Hutterite colonies. Curative work here should be assumed heavy, and we budget for it rather than discounting your price for it.

What is a gas storage right and does it affect my minerals?

Northwestern Corporation holds gas storage rights in this area, and storage can encumber a mineral estate independently of production. In practice it means a formation may be committed to storage rather than available for production, and the rights can sit with a different party than your oil and gas lessee. It is worth establishing what is committed and to whom before you sell, and we check it as part of our title work.

Sell your Toole County mineral rights.