Patent ID: 8249994

Claim:
A system for managing mineral interest, comprising: a computer; at least one database for storing oil and gas mineral interest data associated with an area of land, said oil and gas mineral interest data including deed records relating to deeds relating to oil and gas mineral interests associated with the area of land, lease records relating to leasing of oil and gas mineral interests associated with the area of land, and well records associated with wells drilling on the oil, and gas mineral interests associated with the area of land; at least one server for enabling generation of a graphical user interface in a web browser at a plurality of locations over an open network, the graphical user interface enabling creation and editing of the deed records, lease records and well records stored in the at least one database from the plurality of locations over the open network, the graphical user interface further enabling viewing of deed records, lease records and well records from the plurality of locations over the open network, wherein the at least one server provides a view of a mineral interest via the graphical user interface which shows a relationship between at least one instance of a deed record, at least one instance of a lease record, and at least one instance of a well record; a deed management page provided by the at least one server enabling a user to generate new deed records and edit existing deed records stored in the at least one database as part of the oil and gas mineral interest data; a lease management page provided by the at least one server enabling a user to generate new lease records and edit existing, lease records stored in the at least one database as part of the oil and gas mineral interest data comprising at least one of royalty data and land description data; and a well management page provided by the at least one server enabling a user to generate new well records and edit existing well records stored in the at least one database as part of the oil and gas mineral interest data.