West Texas

Jeff Bezos: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Land Report Editors

No. 28 Jeff Bezos 420,000 acres (Up 20,000-acres) In 2018, urban acreage was front-page news, thanks to Amazon HQ2. The race to land the giant company’s second headquarters became a mainstay of business journalists coast to coast. Who knew that…

Court Approves Sale of West Texas Ranch at $1,007 per Deeded Acre

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Judge Mark Mullin of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas approved the sale of the KC7 Ranch to Paul Foster of El Paso for $32.5 million. The 37,847-acre property, which sits 190 miles east of El…

The Scharbauer Family

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Eric OKeefe

In our inaugural Land Report 100 (right), Midland’s Scharbauers ranked No. 78 with 113,532 acres. It was the highest the family would ever rank on our list. The reason, of course, had nothing to do with the prominent West Texans.…

Tagged with: Alysheba, Scharbauer Family, West Texas
Posted in Equestrian, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas

Land Report 100er: D.K. Boyd

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Long before there was The Social Network, there was D.K. Boyd, pictured here with mentor Ted Gray (left) and wife T.J. (center). Passionate about property rights, Boyd places great value on shared knowledge. “It’s kind of the old cowboy approach…

Tagged with: D. K. Boyd, Frying Pan Ranch, Land Report 100, New Mexico, West Texas
Posted in 2011 Spring, Feature

Energen Moves Into the Permian Basin

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Eric OKeefe

Birmingham-based Energen Corp. (EGN) announced the purchase of more than 40,000 acres in West Texas from SandRidge Energy (SD) in Loving, Reeves, Ward, and Winkler counties. Energen says it has identified 62 potential drilling sites in the 3rd Bone Spring…

Tagged with: mineral rights, oil & gas, South, West Texas
Posted in Minerals, Regional News, South, Texas

Going Off the Grid

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Eric OKeefe

Four miles from the nearest road. No electricity. No running water. Not even cell phone service. No matter. “It took me more than a year to find this place,” Chet Morrison says as he gestures toward the larger-than-life views…