Blogs
Discover expert insights, practical tips, and proven strategies to simplify asset management, navigate market shifts, and make smarter mineral decisions.
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June 11, 2026
When One Royalty Check Becomes Two
How in-kind production decisions change how revenue flows and increase the need for portfolio visibility.
By: Bradley Wolfe
May 6, 2026
From Paper Trails to Portfolio Clarity | Why Visibility Matters in Mineral Ownership
SS&C MineralWare helps mineral owners turn disconnected records into a foundation for better decisions.
By: Pete O’Brien
April 8, 2026
Seeing the Full Picture: Transforming Mineral Management
A legacy of mineral stewardship at the University of Oklahoma Foundation.
By: Andy Knox
March 4, 2026
From Manual to Modern | Mineral Management Firms
In Part One of our Simplifying Mineral Management series, we explore how mineral management firms can streamline operations and compete more effectively.
By: Pete O’Brien
February 4, 2026
A Platform Built for What’s Next in Mineral Management
Complexity often accompanies fast-paced change, but it’s also where smart solutions have the greatest impact. For mineral owners, new technologies, emerging partners, and generational shifts are reshaping how assets are managed and monetized.
By: Andy Knox
January 7, 2026
Scaling Mineral Operations with Confidence
For more than four decades, James Garner has been a fixture in the U.S. mineral and land management space. Starting as a field landman, Garner transitioned to managing client mineral portfolios and ultimately built Garner Minerals, a small, family-owned firm that now owns over 500 mineral properties in eight states.
By: Andy Knox
December 3, 2025
The In-House Illusion | Why Building Your Own Mineral Management Software Rarely Pays Off
In a tech-driven world, building your own mineral management software can seem like an obvious choice. With AI tools and in-house developers at your disposal, creating a custom solution tailored to your organization feels innovative and potentially cost-saving.
By: Sam Katigan
November 25, 2025
Modernizing Fiduciary Mineral Management
Bravera Wealth serves clients throughout North Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota. With deep roots in trust management and fiduciary oversight, the firm has steadily expanded its mineral management capabilities.
By: Andy Knox
October 1, 2025
Scaling Smarter | How Mineral Managers Win Against More Competition
Mineral management is booming as oil and gas royalties generate steady returns. A new generation of entrepreneurs and fiduciaries are entering the space, but opportunity comes with complexity.
By: Pete O’Brien
September 25, 2025
Turning Complexity into Opportunity
Why trust firms should embrace mineral asset management.
By: Bradley Wolfe
September 9, 2025
Antiquated mineral management systems are costing institutions millions in lost revenue, audit penalties, and client attrition. As one trust officer told us: "I lose sleep over these numbers." It’s a frustration we frequently hear from prospective clients.
By: Pete O’Brien
April 17, 2025
Managing Complexity in Multi-Asset Trusts
A single trust can hold farmland in Kansas, surface and mineral rights in Texas, non-participating royalty interests in Oklahoma, and overriding royalty interests in North Dakota—and that’s just the start. As portfolios diversify, trustees are juggling more asset classes, data, and demands than ever before.
By: Sam Katigan
December 3, 2024
Unlocking the Hidden Value of Mineral Rights with Advanced Technology
Managing mineral rights is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of land ownership. The hidden wealth beneath the surface—whether it's oil, gas, or other valuable resources—can be a powerful financial asset, but only if it's properly managed.
By: Sam Katigan
September 18, 2024
For nearly a century, HighGround Advisors has advanced the life-transforming work of nonprofits, and those who support them, by protecting, strengthening, and growing the assets entrusted to them.
By: Andy Knox
February 16, 2023
End the Suspense - How Oil and Gas Investors Can Recover Millions in Suspended Funds
If your clients own oil and gas mineral rights, are they getting paid everything they are owed? Are they aware of all the drilling activity in their interests? Do the operators of those wells even know it’s your clients that own the rights and where to find them?
By: Pete O’Brien
August 18, 2022
Drilling Down - Tracking Hard-to-Value Oil and Gas Assets
Diversification is a good thing. Most investors hear the word and think of different dividend-paying and growth equities, fixed-income, some alternatives or derivatives added to the mix, real estate, and cash. Diversification should optimize returns and mitigate risk in any sector or asset class.
By: Pete O’Brien
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