NechesLand acquires oil and gas leases on behalf of natural gas production in the Haynesville Shale and Deep Bossier formations across eight East Texas counties — Anderson, Cherokee, Freestone, Houston, Leon, Madison, Robertson, and Trinity.
We’re not a call center. We’re working landmen with deep ties to the Neches River basin — you can call us, write us, or meet us at the courthouse.
A landman is the professional who researches mineral title in public records, finds the rightful owners of oil and gas interests, and negotiates the leases that let those interests produce. The role has existed in Texas since the first East Texas boom in the 1920s.
At NechesLand we work as principal — meaning when we present a lease offer, we are ourselves the lessee. We’re not a broker shopping your minerals to an unnamed third party. We focus tightly on eight East Texas counties so we know the courthouses, the families, and the landscape.
We negotiate and acquire oil and gas leases directly from mineral owners and their heirs. Standard Texas form leases. Bonus paid up front; royalties on production.
We pull deeds, probate, and tax records county-by-county to establish chain of title. Our cost, not yours — whether or not the records lead to a lease.
We resolve gaps in title — missing heirs, unrecorded deeds, old probates — through affidavits of heirship, stipulations, and corrective filings recorded in the proper county.
Beyond our own East Texas leasing program, we staff and manage land projects for operators, royalty companies, and private equity sponsors — full business process outsourcing from early title through leasehold protection.
Experienced landmen and project managers on call — field, in-house, or hybrid. We own the schedule, the budget, and the deliverable.
Runsheets, mineral ownership reports, curative memos, and field leasing — the chain of title from the deed records to a signed lease.
iLandMan, Quorum Land, P2 Tobin, and the rest of the stack — configured, loaded, and reported. Plus division orders and leasehold protection.
We work tightly within Anderson, Cherokee, Freestone, Houston, Leon, Madison, Robertson, and Trinity counties — the East Texas crescent where the Haynesville and Deep Bossier formations meet the surface watersheds of the Neches and Trinity rivers.
Seat: Palestine · Frankston, Elkhart
Seat: Rusk · Jacksonville, Alto, Wells
Seat: Fairfield · Teague, Wortham
Seat: Crockett · Grapeland, Lovelady, Kennard
Seat: Centerville · Buffalo, Jewett, Marquez
Seat: Madisonville · Midway, Normangee
Seat: Franklin · Calvert, Hearne, Bremond
Seat: Groveton · Trinity, Apple Springs
Because the courthouse records in one of the eight East Texas counties we work suggest a relative of yours — or you — owns mineral rights under a tract that sits above the Haynesville Shale or Deep Bossier gas formations. Receiving a letter doesn’t obligate you to anything; it just means we’d like to start a title research conversation at no cost to you.
No. Title research is on us — whether or not the records lead to a lease offer. We pay the courthouse copy fees, the runsheet labor, and any curative work required to clear up a chain of title.
On the mineral-owner side we work as principal — meaning when we send a lease offer, NechesLand is the named lessee. We’re not shopping your minerals to an unnamed third party. (We do also run a full-service land broker business for operators — that’s a separate side of the house.)
Eight East Texas counties between the Neches and Trinity rivers: Anderson, Cherokee, Freestone, Houston, Leon, Madison, Robertson, and Trinity. We know the courthouses, the families, and the landscape.
Every offer comes to you in writing, by mail, on a standard Texas oil and gas lease form. You see the bonus paid up front, the primary term, the royalty fraction, and any depth or surface protections. You have time to read it, ask questions, or have an attorney review it. Nothing is signed by phone or email.
That’s a common situation — mineral interests often pass quietly through estates over generations. Tell us a little about a relative you think may have owned land in any of the eight counties. Start a free title search and we’ll let you know what the records show.
Tell us a little about a relative you think may have owned land or minerals in any of these eight counties. We’ll research the title at no cost and let you know what we find. If the records confirm an interest, we may follow up with a written lease offer.
No fees. No obligation. Nothing to sign.