For the office of the Commissioner of State Lands
Arkansas Royalty Recovery Overview
Delinquent mineral parcels currently administered by the Commissioner of State Lands, the oil & gas wells producing on them, and the estimated unclaimed royalty owed to the state or to surface owners under AR Code 26-37-314.
Source data
AOGC well + production database, AR DFA 2025 mineral appraisal guidelines, CAMP statewide parcels, COSL tax-lien register.
Delinquent mineral parcels
58,374
Total tax-lien amount
$12.2M
Oldest delinquency
201
Counties covered
55
Producing wells indexed
7,105
Operators
145
Named oil/gas fields
3,454
Surface-owner matches
8,501
Top counties by tax-lien amount
Total delinquent mineral parcel tax due, by county. The full county set is searchable on the lookup page.
| County | Parcels | Tax due |
|---|---|---|
| CONWAY | 32,126 | $7.7M |
| CHICOT | 922 | $1.2M |
| SEBASTIAN | 11,829 | $607K |
| FRANKLIN | 545 | $503K |
| FAULKNER | 3,863 | $474K |
| OUACHITA | 815 | $314K |
| POPE | 3,216 | $288K |
| CALHOUN | 299 | $188K |
| CLEBURNE | 1,832 | $188K |
| DREW | 241 | $133K |
| SEARCY | 521 | $113K |
| NEVADA | 137 | $69K |
| VAN BUREN | 462 | $59K |
| CARROLL | 77 | $56K |
| NEWTON | 307 | $48K |
Estimated unclaimed royalty
$42.3M/yr
Sum of estimated annual royalty across the 8,501match rows, at $75/bbl & $2.50/Mcf with a 12.5% royalty fraction.
Total tax-lien purchase cost to recover all mineral parcels: $28.4M
Match confidence (wells)
- High202
- Medium150
- Well-name match493
Unclaimed royalty lookup
Search by surface owner, mineral owner, operator, county, or parcel ID. Wide-open relevance ranking.
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Drillable opportunities
State-controlled parcels ranked against producing fields, active wells, and lithium/bromine plays.
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State-lands × oil/gas overlay
Interactive map of state-owned parcels overlaid with active wells and named oil/gas fields.
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Methodology & caveats. Estimated annual royalty is a back-of-envelope figure derived from 2024 AOGC production data; actual royalty depends on division-order share and contract terms. Tax-lien data are scraped from cosl.org and last refreshed in the prototype's data pipeline. This site is a prototype prepared for evaluation, not an official register.