Girvin Ranch

Location shown to the county; exact access shared after a qualified inquiry.

Land & Resources

Working land, documented beneath.

Working land, documented conventional prospect work, and energy potential. Surface, minerals, royalties, and the right to lease, in one hand.

The Position

On the shelf, not in the deep basin.

Open, working West Texas land in Mitchell County, on the Eastern Shelf of the Permian Basin. The rigs went west to the deep basin. This shallower country was passed over, and the shallower column is what makes a single vertical well reasonable here.

The Surface

The surface has a working history. The subsurface has a documented one.

The ranch ran cattle and crops through the 1990s, and the family still works it on a small scale. Scale, position, and road access are relevant to long-term land, water, caliche, and energy discussions.

Geology

The targets are documented, not hoped for.

Geological and prospect work associated with the property identifies conventional targets on the Eastern Shelf of the Permian Basin: the Strawn Formation, the Upper to Middle Cisco, and the Middle to Upper Wolfcamp. The work describes stacked pay reachable with a single vertical well, structural and stratigraphic trapping, and proven production in the adjacent Nena Lucia field area.

The setting has history behind it. Mitchell County holds the first commercial oil well drilled in West Texas, in 1920, and the county has produced ever since. The materials behind this summary are available to qualified parties as prior interpretations for independent diligence, not reserve certifications.

SURFACE WOLFCAMP MIDDLE TO UPPER CISCO SHELF-EDGE SANDS, REEF CARBONATES STRAWN SANDSTONE, UP TO 200 FT ONE VERTICAL WELL · STACKED PAY

Schematic. Order of the documented targets per the prospect work on file. Depths and thicknesses are in the technical materials, shared on request.

SettingEastern Shelf
TargetsStrawn · Cisco · Wolfcamp
AnalogNena Lucia field
ConceptStacked pay, vertical well
Detail

Up to 200 feet of sandstone at the top of the Strawn.

Strawn

The prospect work describes a coarsening-upward sandstone sequence up to 200 ft thick at the top of the Strawn, with high resistivity, structural positioning near the Nena Lucia field, and prior production in the area. Prior interpretation, for independent diligence.

Cisco

The work targets high-saturation shelf-edge sandstones and reef carbonates in the Upper to Middle Cisco, with shale seals and structural and stratigraphic trapping. The same caveat applies.

Wolfcamp

The prospect work targets multiple saturated intervals in the Middle to Upper Wolfcamp within structural and stratigraphic traps. Regionally the Wolfcamp is a major Permian Basin producer; regional estimates do not apply directly to the ranch.

Operators have asked about the water and caliche before.

Historical commercial discussions involving the ranch referenced potential use of groundwater and caliche for construction and operations. Those discussions were non-binding and did not become a completed lease.

Any future use, availability, quality, volume, pricing, or permitting must be independently verified and documented through a formal agreement. The ranch is served by regional highways and internal ranch roads; specific access, utilities, and site details are discussed with qualified parties after an inquiry.

The Region

The region already proved what is down there.

The regional literature cited in the prospect work (Hentz, Ambrose, and Hamlin, 2017; West Texas Geological Society) describes the Eastern Shelf as under-exploited relative to the deep basin: shallower targets, conventional vertical drilling, and lower development cost.

Hydrocarbons at two levels

The record documents hydrocarbons at both shallow (less than 3,500 ft) and deeper (more than 7,000 ft) levels across the Eastern Shelf, reflecting the changing geometry of the shelf system through time.

Fault zones and stratigraphic traps

Thickness changes of 1,000 to 2,000 ft in Pennsylvanian and Permian rocks occur across the north-to-south fault zones bounding the shelf. Stratigraphic wedge geometries along the shelf edge create conditions suited to hydrocarbon confinement.

The producing fields either side

Two major fields anchor the central Eastern Shelf slope: the East Howard County and Ridge field to the west, and the Jameson Strawn and Nena Lucia field to the southeast. The literature notes the areas between them were passed over during less favorable economic conditions and still contain oil.

A century of Mitchell County production

The first commercial oil well in West Texas was drilled at the Westbrook field of Mitchell County in 1920, the first discovery of oil in Permian-aged rocks. Hundreds of millions of barrels have been produced from the county since.

Rights & Energy

One family holds every right you need.

The family holds the surface rights, the mineral rights, the royalty rights, and the right to lease across its properties. Exploration, drilling, water use, caliche extraction, and energy development are negotiated with a single owner, on one table.

Open land, road access, and one signature.

The ranch sits in a region with visible, active wind energy development. Open land, road access, and unified ownership make the ranch a candidate for qualified wind and solar conversations. Resource assessment, interconnection, and permitting remain matters for independent diligence.

There is one point worth stating plainly for developers. On much West Texas acreage the minerals are severed, which leaves a third party holding rights behind the surface you are leasing. Here they are not. The family holds the surface and the minerals together, so a wind or solar developer negotiates both with the same owner. This describes ownership, not legal advice, and qualified parties should run their own title work.

Infrastructure

The infrastructure is already on the property.

Three-phase and single-phase electrical service is available on the north side of the property. An existing 8-inch north-south pipeline crosses the ranch with available capacity, operated by Energy Transfer, formerly Sunoco. Line access, tariffs, and capacity commitments are matters between qualified parties and the operator.

PowerThree-phase and single-phase
Pipeline8-inch, north to south
OperatorEnergy Transfer
CapacityAvailable, per operator
Materials

Qualified parties get the files.

A prepared technical brief, the underlying maps and prospect materials, and the record of past commercial discussions are available upon request, after an inquiry and an appropriate understanding. Send an inquiry describing your organization, intended use, timeline, and relevant experience.

Disclaimer

All geological, resource, production, water, and economic information on this site is historical, regional, preliminary, or informational unless expressly stated otherwise. Nothing on this website constitutes a reserve report, an engineering opinion, a securities offering, investment advice, a production guarantee, a water availability guarantee, or a legal representation of mineral ownership. Qualified parties should conduct independent legal, geological, engineering, environmental, and commercial due diligence. Full disclaimer