A family member wants to sell their 1/4 share of 1/32nd royalty interest in a 320 ac pooling unit with two producing wells - their share generates about $220.00 per month. I am interested in adding their share to what we already have but don’t know a fair value. Any thoughts?
IMO a fair value is paying whatever the market would pay for that. In other words, being the highest bidder. I would guess that you don’t want to buy them at the market price, as it’s going to seem really high.
This is the joy of minerals. Everyone will tell you to never sell them at the market price, but the same people would never ever buy them at market price. Because, well, people…shrug.
But if you give me the specific location, I’ll tell you what the market would pay and you can decide if fair seems cool or not.
There is no magical formula with the recent volatility in oil and gas prices. There are some very aggressive buyers in the market place today, but even they have become edgy on purchases. Best thing for your family member to do is contact 2 or 3 of these companies and request offers. They should just request an offer and not tell them the expected price. Once they have an offer, you can ask the family member for the option to purchase at the same price. Good luck.