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Educational guides, regulatory updates, product announcements, and industry analysis from the AGR team.

How to Read & Audit Your Royalty Statement: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn to decode every line of your oil and gas royalty statement, identify common errors, and recover underpaid revenue with this comprehensive audit guide.

AGR Revenue Team · Oil & Gas Revenue Specialists

Apr 10, 2026

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educational11 min read

Suspense Accounts Explained: Why Your Royalties Are Held & How to Resolve Them

Understand why oil and gas companies hold royalty funds in suspense, the most common reasons, resolution timelines, and how to recover your money before escheatment deadlines.

AGR Revenue Team·Apr 7, 2026

educational16 min read

Interest Decimal Accuracy: How Small Calculation Errors Become Big Revenue Loss

Why interest decimal precision matters in oil and gas royalty payments, how rounding errors compound over time, and strategies to verify and maintain accurate ownership decimals.

AGR Research Team·Apr 5, 2026

regulatory9 min read

Texas Escheatment Compliance for Oil & Gas: The NAUPA Filing Deadline

A complete guide to Texas unclaimed property reporting for oil and gas operators, including dormancy periods, NAUPA filing requirements, due diligence obligations, and penalty avoidance.

AGR Revenue Team·Apr 3, 2026

educational15 min read

Evaluating Mineral Rights: Production Trends, Decline Curves & Reserve Forecasting

How to evaluate mineral rights acquisitions using production decline curve analysis, reserve estimation techniques, and economic forecasting for informed investment decisions.

AGR Research Team·Apr 1, 2026

educational19 min read

Catching Operator Errors: A 5-Point Manual Reconciliation Checklist

A practical five-point checklist for manually reconciling royalty statements against operator reports, catching common calculation errors, and verifying payment accuracy.

AGR Research Team·Mar 28, 2026

educational12 min read

Understanding Division Orders: Why Your Decimal Interest Matters

Learn what division orders are, how your decimal interest is calculated, and why verifying your NRI is critical to ensuring accurate royalty payments in oil and gas.

AGR Revenue Team·Mar 28, 2026

educational11 min read

Common Operator Payment Errors: Volume Discrepancies & Unit Conversion Mistakes

Discover the most frequent operator payment errors in oil and gas royalties, from production volume mismatches to unit conversion mistakes, and learn how to catch them.

AGR Revenue Team·Mar 25, 2026

educational16 min read

From Suspense to Cash: Step-by-Step Resolution Process for Held Royalties

A comprehensive guide to resolving suspended royalty payments, from identifying root causes to clearing title defects and releasing held funds to rightful owners.

AGR Research Team·Mar 25, 2026

regulatory15 min read

Division Order Due Diligence: Verifying Title & Ownership Before Distributions

How to verify title chains, validate ownership interests, and conduct thorough division order due diligence before distributing royalty payments in oil and gas operations.

AGR Research Team·Mar 22, 2026

educational12 min read

What Are Deductions in Oil & Gas Royalties? Gathering, Processing & Transportation

Understand the types of post-production deductions taken from your oil and gas royalty checks, which ones are legitimate, and how to challenge unauthorized charges.

AGR Revenue Team·Mar 21, 2026

regulatory17 min read

The Complete Escheat Checklist: Due Diligence, Dormancy & State Reporting

A step-by-step escheatment compliance checklist covering dormancy triggers, due diligence requirements, NAUPA II filing standards, and state-specific reporting deadlines for oil and gas operators.

AGR Research Team·Mar 18, 2026

educational12 min read

Royalty Underpayment Detection: How to Verify You're Being Paid Correctly

A practical guide to detecting underpaid oil and gas royalties, from cross-referencing production data to benchmarking pricing and identifying unauthorized deductions.

AGR Revenue Team·Mar 18, 2026

regulatory10 min read

Introduction to Joint Interest Billing (JIB) for Non-Operators

A comprehensive guide to Joint Interest Billing in oil and gas, covering COPAS standards, common JIB line items, audit rights, and how non-operators can protect their interests.

AGR Revenue Team·Mar 14, 2026

regulatory12 min read

Unclaimed Property Management in Oil & Gas: Avoiding Dormancy Penalties

How oil and gas operators can manage unclaimed property obligations, avoid dormancy penalties, and implement proactive suspense management to reduce escheatment liability.

AGR Revenue Team·Mar 10, 2026

regulatory12 min read

Severance Tax Withholding in Oil & Gas Royalties: What You Need to Know

Understand how severance taxes affect your oil and gas royalty payments, state-by-state tax rates, exemptions, and how to verify correct withholding on your check stubs.

AGR Revenue Team·Mar 7, 2026

educational14 min read

How to Value Mineral Rights: Income Approach vs. Comparable Sales

Learn the two primary methods for valuing oil and gas mineral rights — the income approach using decline curve analysis and the comparable sales method — and when to use each.

AGR Revenue Team·Mar 3, 2026

educational13 min read

Mineral Rights Due Diligence Checklist: Title Research, Lease Review & Encumbrance Analysis

A comprehensive due diligence checklist for mineral rights acquisitions covering title chain verification, lease analysis, encumbrance review, and production validation.

AGR Revenue Team·Feb 28, 2026

educational14 min read

Red Flags in Mineral Acquisitions: Title Defects, Lease Limitations & Litigation Risk

Identify the warning signs that can turn a mineral rights acquisition into a costly mistake, from title defects and restrictive lease terms to hidden litigation and environmental liability.

AGR Revenue Team·Feb 24, 2026

educational13 min read

Production Volume Verification: Matching Operator Reports to State Regulatory Data

How to cross-reference operator-reported production volumes against state regulatory databases to detect discrepancies and ensure accurate royalty payments.

AGR Revenue Team·Feb 20, 2026

educational13 min read

Royalty Payment Reconciliation Best Practices: Automation vs. Manual Processes

Compare manual and automated approaches to oil and gas royalty reconciliation, understand the trade-offs, and learn best practices for accurate revenue verification.

AGR Revenue Team·Feb 16, 2026

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Automated Royalty Reconciliation ROI: Cost Savings, Time Reduction & Error Prevention

A realistic ROI analysis of automated royalty reconciliation for oil and gas, covering labor savings, error reduction, faster detection, and improved compliance outcomes.

AGR Revenue Team·Feb 12, 2026

product11 min read

Breaking Down the Cost of Manual Royalty Accounting: Why Software Pays for Itself

An honest analysis of the hidden costs of manual royalty accounting in oil and gas — from labor and errors to compliance risk — and how to evaluate whether automation makes sense.

AGR Revenue Team·Feb 8, 2026