Black Stone Minerals, L.P.

Black Stone Minerals owns underground rights to oil and natural gas reserves across the United States. Instead of drilling the wells themselves, they own the mineral interests, which means they receive payments when oil and gas companies extract oil and natural gas from their land. The company holds these rights across approximately 16.9 million acres spread across 41 states. Black Stone Minerals was founded in 1876 and is based in Houston, Texas.