# Sell Mineral Rights in Sandoval County, NM | Berlin > Sell Sandoval County, NM mineral rights: Mancos and Gallup oil near Cuba and Counselor, allotted and fee minerals. Free valuation, work shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/new-mexico/sandoval-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 · New Mexico · Sandoval County ## Sell your Sandoval County mineral rights. Bernalillo, Rio Rancho, Cuba: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Sandoval County, in the southern San Juan Basin Mancos oil play. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Sandoval County is where the San Juan Basin's second act is playing out. The Mancos and Gallup horizontal wells drilled south of Counselor since 2013 turned an old gas basin back into an oil basin, and the people with the most at stake are Navajo allottees and the families holding fee minerals around Cuba and Lybrook, most of whom have never had the arithmetic shown to them. **What produces here.** Southern San Juan Basin oil, nearly all of it horizontal Mancos and Gallup. The play opened with Encana's Lybrook H36-2307 in Section 36, Township 23 North, Range 7 West, and the BLM's July 2025 reasonable development forecast says basin oil has tripled since 2013 with about 90 percent coming from the Mancos and Gallup subplay, 78 million barrels cumulative through January 2025, and future wells expected to be horizontal. MineralAnswers put the county at about 8,200 barrels of oil equivalent a day in May 2026, roughly 140,000 barrels and 649 million cubic feet for the month. Operators include DJR Operating (the Lybrook, North Alamito, Gallo Canyon and Venado Canyon units), Enduring Resources (South and West Escavada, South Lybrook), Logos Operating, Hilcorp, and Dugan Production. The BLM scheduled Notice of Staking onsites with DJR and Enduring on November 9, 2026 for a ten-well pad in Section 28, Township 25 North, Range 12 West, and with Hilcorp on November 10, 2026, so drilling is continuing into 2027. 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. If your interest is an allotment, we work through the BIA lease, the unit agreement and the Land Titles and Records Office in Albuquerque, where allotment title actually lives. Inherited it? Start with [inherited mineral rights in New Mexico](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/new-mexico/). Formations & Plays ## What produces here ### Mancos and Gallup horizontal oil The horizontal play that tripled San Juan Basin oil since 2013, producing from the Gallup sandstone of the lower Mancos at about 5,100 to 5,400 feet around Lybrook and Counselor. ### Fruitland coal and Mesaverde gas The basin's legacy gas, held by old units and paying small, long-lived royalties. ### Federal, Navajo allotted, Jicarilla Apache, and state minerals Four different mineral owners under one county, each with its own leasing office, royalty rate, and probate rules. Counties ## Communities we see in Sandoval County title Bernalillo Rio Rancho Cuba Counselor Wherever your tract sits in Sandoval 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 New Mexico mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/new-mexico/). ### Inherited New Mexico 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 New Mexico, what heirs should do](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/new-mexico/). [What New Mexico mineral rights are worth](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/new-mexico/), information only, with this month's activity. [Unclaimed New Mexico royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/unclaimed-royalties/new-mexico/): where the money goes and how an heir claims it. ### The New Mexico mineral owner's guide Everything a New Mexico 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 New Mexico guide](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/guide/new-mexico/) Questions ## Straight answers for Sandoval County owners What are mineral rights worth in Sandoval County? It depends on the wells and units actually touching your tract, their decline, and your decimal, and in Sandoval County that ranges widely, so county averages mislead. We value off the actual wells and activity and show the work, free. Who actually owns the minerals in Sandoval County? It depends on the tract, and in the Chaco country it is usually not the surface owner. Federal minerals are leased by the BLM Farmington office, Navajo allotted minerals are held in trust and leased through the BIA, Jicarilla Apache minerals belong to the tribe, and state trust minerals are leased by the State Land Office. Private fee minerals exist but are the minority. The June 2023 Chaco withdrawal closed about 336,000 federal acres in San Juan, Sandoval and McKinley counties to new federal leasing for 20 years; it did not apply to allotted, private, state or tribal minerals, and the BLM opened an environmental assessment in July 2026 on revoking or shrinking the buffer. If you hold an allotment, we read the BIA lease and the unit, not the county records. How fast does a New Mexico operator have to pay me? Under the Oil and Gas Proceeds Payment Act, NMSA 70-10-3, first payment is due within six months after the first day of the month following first sale, then within 45 days after the end of the month the operator is paid. Late payment after the payor has your information carries an 18 percent per year penalty under 70-10-5, excused for good-faith reliance on a New Mexico title opinion, title doubt, refusal to sign a reasonable division order, or a balance under $100. 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 Sandoval 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 Sandoval 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.