LAND RECORDS. MINERAL KNOWLEDGE. BRIGHTER TOMORROWS.
Wyoming Mineral & Royalty Owners Handbook
An open-access library of mineral ownership, leasing, title, production, revenue, geological research and estate-planning guidance—beginning in Wyoming.
Explore the Mineral Owner’s Library
Practical pathways across the ownership lifecycle, from the first deed to the final royalty reconciliation.
01 / OWNER RESOURCES
Mineral Ownership
Understand deeds, reservations, surface and mineral estates, and fractional interests.
02 / OWNER RESOURCES
Leasing & Title
Navigate leases, assignments, title opinions, negotiation, and curative.
03 / OWNER RESOURCES
Division Orders & Revenue
Learn how production proceeds are distributed and why decimals change.
04 / OWNER RESOURCES
Estate Planning
Preserve mineral interests across generations and ownership changes.
05 / OWNER RESOURCES
Mineral Valuation
Evaluate cash flow, future potential, risk, and mineral-buyer offers.
06 / OWNER RESOURCES
Fiduciary Guidance
Resources for trustees, conservators, executors, and beneficiaries.
WYOMING · GEOLOGY, LEASING & PRODUCTION
Wyoming Oil & Gas Guidance
Explore the Powder River, Wind River, Bighorn and Greater Green River basins; understand mineral ownership, lease terms, drilling units, title records and royalties.
The Wyoming library has 32 canonical topics, with official authorities linked and research-status disclosures maintained alongside each guide.
SPECIALIZED ASSET CONSULTING
Land, minerals, royalties and business interests
West Sussex Energy Partners provides consulting for owners, estates, trusts, fiduciaries, attorneys and professional advisers dealing with assets that require land, title, mineral, contractual, ownership or business experience.
Understand the asset. Establish the ownership. Evaluate the alternatives. Define the path forward.
Consulting
Minerals and royalties, land and real property, business interests, ownership reconstruction and legacy assets.
Estate & Trust Services
Specialized-asset support for existing fiduciaries, plus selective personal fiduciary assignments where the assets fit Christopher M. Sullivan’s experience.
The public mineral-owner library remains free and separate from professional engagements.
Our Work & Wyoming Heritage
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Research before decisions
Find primary-source statutes, conservation orders, court decisions, government land records and practical explanations. The public guides are free to read.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Independent owner guidance
Separate consulting services can assist with records, title-research organization, royalty accounts and mineral asset inventories. Engagement terms are handled independently of public education.
HISTORY ARCHIVE
Sussex and the Davis story
West Sussex preserves the history of Wyoming settlement, oilfield development and family mineral interests, clearly distinguishing documented records from historical research leads.
Featured from the Library
UNDERSTANDING YOUR MINERALS
Mineral deeds and ownership
Trace interests, reservations, and the chain of title.
LEASING & DEVELOPMENT
How oil and gas leases work
Understand bonuses, royalties, development clauses, and risk.
FEDERAL MINERALS
Units and communitization
Understand federal tracts, agreements, and production allocation.
