Doggett Land Services is an oil and gas land services firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, with a practice focused primarily on the Permian Basin and across Texas and New Mexico. We do mineral title examination, chain of title research, heirship documentation, curative work, and mineral ownership reports. If you need to know who owns the minerals, what the title looks like, or how to get into pay, that’s what we do.
We work directly with mineral owners, heirs, attorneys, and energy companies. Whether you just inherited an interest and don’t know where to start, or you’re an operator who needs title run on 40 sections in Lea County by next month, we can help.
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What We Do
We spend most of our time in county clerk records, tracing mineral ownership back through decades of deeds, probates, and conveyances. The goal is always the same: figure out who owns what, document it, and make sure our clients can act on it.
Our land services include:
- Title examination and curative
- Mineral ownership reports
- Chain of title research
- Heirship documentation and affidavits
- Lease analysis and negotiation support
- Royalty payment resolution
- Due diligence for acquisitions and divestitures
We handle projects from a single tract in Midland County to multi-county title work across the Permian Basin and beyond. If the scope is bigger than a two-person shop can handle, we bring in additional landmen we’ve worked with and trust.
Who We Work With
Most of our clients fall into a few categories.
Mineral owners and heirs who have inherited an interest and need help understanding what they own, getting into pay, or evaluating a purchase offer. Many of these clients have never dealt with mineral rights before. We walk them through it.
Attorneys handling probate, estate administration, or real estate transactions that involve mineral interests. We provide the title research and ownership documentation that attorneys need to advise their clients or prepare title opinions.
Energy companies and operators who need title run, curative cleared, or ownership verified before drilling or acquiring leases. We’ve worked projects across the Permian Basin, the Delaware Basin, and into southeastern New Mexico.
Why Doggett Land Services
Here’s the reality of the land services market. The landmen who are best at title examination and mineral ownership research tend to work in-house for large operators. They’re salaried, they work on that company’s projects, and they’re not available to you.
That leaves a gap. Individual mineral owners, estate attorneys, and smaller operators often end up working with whoever is available, not whoever is best. Product quality varies widely in this business, and a bad title opinion or a missed conveyance can cost real money.
We built Doggett Land Services to fill that gap. The quality of work we deliver is the same level you’d get from a senior in-house landman at a major operator, but available to anyone who needs it. We don’t cut corners, we don’t rush title, and we don’t hand off your project to someone we haven’t vetted.
If you have questions about your mineral rights, need title work done, or just want to talk through a situation before making a decision, give us a call or send us a message. We’re straightforward, and the first conversation is always free.