Sell Billings County mineral rights
What Billings County mineral and royalty interests are worth, who buys them, and how to sell directly to a principal buyer with no commission. Every figure is an estimate subject to verification of your specific interest.
Last updated June 2026.
What are Billings County mineral rights worth?
Billings County, on the southern Williston Basin, produces from the Bakken and Three Forks at a moderate scale. Producing royalties are valued on the 36 to 72 times monthly royalty rule. Estimate, subject to verification.
Billings County, around Medora in the southwestern part of the North Dakota oil patch, sits on the southern Williston Basin and produces from the Bakken and Three Forks along with older conventional intervals. It is a moderate producer, smaller than the McKenzie and Dunn core to the north but with real, ongoing horizontal activity. For mineral owners that means a Billings County royalty typically pays a moderate, steady check, with value resting on existing production in a mature basin.
Billings County oil and gas activity
Public state commission records show 408 active oil and gas wells in Billings County out of 1,817 wells on record. The most recent drilling on record was spudded in 2024. These figures are pulled from the state oil and gas commission and are an activity snapshot, not a measure of any one owner's interest.
Top operators in Billings County
The most active operators in Billings County by well count, from the state commission. We name operators because the record is public; this is not an endorsement and implies no relationship.
- Whiting Oil And Gas Corporation (143 wells)
- Scout Energy Management LLC (137 wells)
- Petro-Hunt, LLC. (114 wells)
- Foundation Energy Management, LLC (113 wells)
- White Rock Oil & Gas, LLC (89 wells)
Producing formations in Billings County
The formations and pools that actually produce in Billings County, from the well records:
Producing royalties here are valued on the standard income multiple, roughly 36 to 72 times the average monthly royalty check. This is Williston Basin acreage off the Bakken core, so wells and checks tend to run smaller than McKenzie or Mountrail. This is an estimate, subject to verification, not an offer.
How Billings County minerals are valued
Producing interests anywhere are valued on a multiple of the income they pay: roughly 36 to 72 times your average monthly royalty check, the same as 3 to 6 times your annual royalty. Average your last three to six checks, then multiply. Where you land inside that band depends mostly on how fast your wells decline, plus the operator, royalty rate, and any undeveloped drilling upside. For the full method and a free on-screen estimate, see what are my mineral rights worth.
Who buys mineral rights in Billings County
Billings County owners hear from brokers, marketplaces, and direct buyers. A broker lists your interest and takes a commission, usually up to 6 percent of your proceeds. Ironwood Royalty is a principal buyer, which means the offer comes from us and there is no commission in the middle. We show you a value range before we ask for anything, explain the undeveloped upside instead of quietly keeping it, and never use a 72-hour deadline to rush a decision on a generational asset.
How to sell Billings County minerals
The order of operations is the same everywhere, and it protects you:
- Know your value range before you talk to any buyer.
- Ask every buyer to quote per net royalty acre so offers are truly comparable.
- Ask directly whether the offer accounts for undeveloped drilling upside.
- Confirm the price is firm and not subject to a quiet reduction during due diligence.
See the full walkthrough in how to sell mineral rights. If you inherited the interest, start with our guide for heirs, which covers recording title and the stepped-up basis that can make a near-term sale very tax-efficient.
Billings County is part of the Williston Basin. For the basin-wide value bands and the other counties we buy in, see the Williston Basin page.
Billings County mineral rights questions
- How much are Billings County mineral rights worth?
- Producing Billings County royalties are valued at roughly 36 to 72 times your average monthly royalty check. As southern-basin Bakken acreage, checks generally run between the core counties and the basin edge. This is an estimate, not an offer.
- Is there active drilling in Billings County?
- Billings County has real, ongoing Bakken and Three Forks activity, though at a smaller scale than the McKenzie and Dunn core. Most value sits in existing production in a mature basin, with the same income multiple applied to your check.
- Who buys mineral rights in Billings County, North Dakota?
- Ironwood Royalty buys Billings County mineral and royalty interests directly from owners as a principal buyer, valuing them on the income multiple with an honest range up front.
Activity data for Billings County: North Dakota NDIC / Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas Wells (ArcGIS public service) (pulled 2026-06-17) . Public record, used with attribution.
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