Dorchester Minerals LP (NASDAQ: DMLP) is an oil and natural gas royalty partnership that owns and manages mineral interests, royalty interests, and net profits interests across multiple U.S. basins. It makes money by collecting royalty and net profits interest payments from operators who drill and produce oil and gas on acreage where Dorchester holds the underlying mineral rights, bearing no drilling or operating costs itself. The partnership grows its asset base through non-taxable contribution and exchange agreements, issuing common units to acquire mineral and royalty acreage from third parties. Recent acquisitions include approximately 1,485 net royalty acres in Colorado (closed March 28, 2024) and approximately 1,204 net royalty acres in Weld County, Colorado (closed September 30, 2024), both in exchange for common units. Additional acreage was acquired from Carrollton Mineral Partners and affiliated entities on September 30, 2024. Dorchester distributes substantially all available cash to unitholders, structured as a master limited partnership. The fiscal year covered by the source 10-K filing ended December 31, 2025, filed February 24, 2026.

Revenue model

Royalty and net profits interest income from oil and natural gas production on mineral acreage owned by the partnership. Dorchester bears no capital expenditure or operating cost obligations; revenue is a contractual share of production proceeds paid by the operator.

Products and services

Mineral interests, royalty interests, and net profits interests in oil and natural gas properties. The partnership does not operate wells or produce hydrocarbons directly.

Customers and end markets

Operators and working-interest owners who drill and produce oil and natural gas on acreage where Dorchester holds mineral or royalty rights. End markets are crude oil and natural gas commodity markets.

Value-chain role

Passive mineral and royalty interest owner sitting upstream of the operator. Receives a contractual revenue share from production without participating in drilling, completion, or operating activity.

Geographic exposure

United States. Documented acreage as of FY2025 filing includes positions in Colorado (Weld County and two additional counties) and Texas (Permian Basin, including Glasscock County, via Carrollton Mineral Partners affiliates acquired September 30, 2024).

Source: SEC 10-K, filed 2026-02-24

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