In the Central Basin Platform — direct buyer, no brokers, no fees
Yoakum County, on the Northwest Shelf and Central Basin Platform along the New Mexico line, is anchored by the Wasson field — one of the largest oil fields in the United States — and decades of San Andres carbonate production now under large-scale CO2 enhanced oil recovery.
Yoakum County produces from shallow San Andres and Grayburg carbonates of the Northwest Shelf, the reservoirs behind the giant Wasson field (Denver Unit). The San Andres here has been waterflooded and CO2-flooded for decades and includes residual-oil-zone potential, with Clearfork and Glorieta carbonates adding additional pay.
Occidental Petroleum operates the Wasson Denver Unit CO2 flood — one of the largest in the world — and other operators run San Andres and Clearfork projects across Yoakum County, supporting long-lived royalty income.
Wasson is one of the largest oil fields in the United States, producing from shallow San Andres carbonate. Its Denver Unit has been under large-scale CO2 enhanced oil recovery for decades, which can make associated royalty interests unusually long-lived.
Royalty interests tied to long-running San Andres CO2 floods like Wasson can produce steady income over very long timelines. ARB values each interest on its specific unit, operator, formations, and decimal.
ARB reviews public production data, your operator and formations, decimal interest, and nearby activity, then provides a free, no-obligation offer with no fee to you and no obligation to accept.
Based on state regulatory filings as of June 13, 2026, the operators with the most recent drilling permits in Yoakum County include Ring Energy (2 permits). If you receive royalty checks from any of these operators, that activity is a meaningful driver of what your Yoakum County mineral or royalty interest is worth. American Royalty Buyers tracks this county-level permit activity and can provide a free, no-obligation valuation of your specific interest.
Selling Yoakum County mineral rights to American Royalty Buyers takes four steps: (1) gather your most recent check stub, division order, or lease so you can describe your interest; (2) request a free valuation, in which ARB reviews your net mineral acres, the producing and permitted wells on your acreage in the Central Basin Platform, and current commodity prices; (3) review the written, no-obligation offer, typically delivered within five business days; and (4) if you accept, ARB handles the title research, curative work, and deed preparation, then funds your lump-sum payment by wire — usually within four to six weeks. ARB is a direct buyer: no broker, and no fees or commissions at any point.
Yoakum County produces from the Central Basin Platform . Explore the full basin hub for more on geology, operators, and selling your minerals.
Companies among the most active permit filers in Yoakum County (trailing 90 days, as of June 13, 2026). Receiving royalty checks from one of these? Get a free valuation.