AI-assisted royalty audits

You earned the royalties. Make sure you're paid for them.

Owner First Royalty audits oil & gas statements line by line — finding underpayments, deductions, and missed volumes operators rarely correct on their own. Free review. We only earn when you recover.

No upfront costContingency-basedConfidential review
The problem

Royalty statements are designed for operators, not owners.

Industry studies estimate 11–20% of royalty payments contain errors. Most owners never catch them — because checking would take a CPA, a landman, and a petroleum engineer working together.

Hidden deductions

Post-production costs quietly carved out of every check — often without a clear lease basis.

Mis-reported volumes

Underreported gas, NGLs, or condensate that never make it onto your statement.

Pricing manipulation

Affiliate sales and below-market index pricing that reduce the value you're paid on.

Statements built to confuse

Inherited interests, dozens of wells, monthly codes that change — most owners never reconcile them.

How it works

Four steps, zero risk to you.

From upload to recovery, we handle the technical work so you don't have to.

  1. 01

    Share your statements

    Upload 12–24 months of check stubs and division orders. Five minutes. Encrypted end-to-end.

  2. 02

    AI-assisted audit

    Our models reconcile volumes, prices, deductions, and decimal interests against public records and benchmarks.

  3. 03

    Expert review

    A senior analyst verifies every finding and prepares a documented underpayment report — yours to keep.

  4. 04

    Recovery — we pursue it

    We negotiate with the operator on your behalf. You approve the outcome. You pay a percentage only on dollars recovered.

Why Owner First

The only firm where the owner comes first.

We exist because mineral owners — especially heirs who never asked to own royalty interests — deserve the same scrutiny operators apply to their own books.

AI does the heavy lifting

What used to take weeks of manual reconciliation runs in minutes — so we can review thousands of line items, not a sample.

Built for individual owners

Big firms chase institutional clients. We work with mineral owners earning $2K–$1M annually, especially inherited interests.

Aligned on outcomes

Contingency-based. No retainers, no hourly bills, no surprise invoices. If we don't recover, you don't pay.

Your data stays yours

Statements are encrypted, never sold, and used only for your audit. Plain-English reporting you actually own.

By the numbers

Built on the math, not the marketing.

We're an early-stage firm — so we lead with what the industry actually documents, not curated testimonials. As audits close, results will be published here with owner permission.

11–20%
Industry-cited error rate in royalty payments
$0
Upfront cost. We're paid only on recoveries.
12–24 mo
Statement window typically reviewed
1 business day
Average response after you request an audit

Curious if you're being underpaid?

A free 15-minute audit gives you a clear answer — and a documented report either way.

FAQ

Common questions, answered plainly.

Encrypted intake
TLS in transit, encrypted at rest.
Owner-controlled
You approve every action we take.
Contingency-aligned
Our fee depends on your recovery.
Senior review
Every finding signed off by an expert.

Recover what's already yours.

Start with a free, no-obligation audit. You'll have clear answers within weeks — and you only pay if we recover money for you.