Independent Forensic Auditing
Recover what you're owed from oil and gas royalties
We specialize in forensic auditing for mineral rights and royalty owners in the Green River and Bakken formations. Our AI-native audit engine brings your division orders, JIBs, production data, and revenue statements together in one place — and finds the underpayments hiding in the gaps between them.
Every document is analyzed by a local AI model on our own hardware. Nothing goes to the cloud — the loop is closed, so your data can't leave it.
Sample Audit Summary
Bakken Formation, ND
Our Services
Comprehensive royalty auditing for mineral owners
We pair rigorous forensic accounting with an AI-native royalty recovery tool that reads your division orders, JIBs, production data, and revenue statements as one — so nothing slips through the gaps between them.
Production Verification
Cross-reference operator-reported volumes against state records, run tickets, and third-party data sources to identify discrepancies.
Pricing Analysis
Audit posted prices, deductions, and market differentials to ensure royalty calculations align with lease terms and market conditions.
Lease Compliance Review
Examine lease agreements for proper application of royalty rates, deduction caps, and calculation methodologies.
Recovery Support
Provide comprehensive documentation and expert analysis to support negotiations or legal proceedings for royalty recovery.
Privacy & Security
Your records never leave our hardware
Royalty records are sensitive financial documents, and we treat them that way. Our entire audit pipeline runs on a local AI model on our own hardware — no cloud APIs, no third-party services, no external calls.
Local model, local hardware
Analysis is performed by an AI model running entirely on machines we own and control. Your documents are never uploaded to a cloud AI provider or handed to a third-party processor.
A closed loop by design
Data moves in one direction: from your records into your audit report. There is no outbound connection anywhere in the pipeline, so there is no path for your data to leave.
Confidential end to end
Division orders, JIBs, production data, and revenue statements stay between you and us. Findings are delivered directly to you and shared with no one else.
Because the loop is closed, data exfiltration isn't a policy promise — it's an architectural impossibility.
Areas of Focus
Deep expertise in key North American basins
Our team maintains specialized knowledge of the regulatory environment, operator practices, and common audit findings in these prolific formations.
Bakken Formation
One of the largest continuous oil accumulations in the United States. Complex horizontal drilling operations and multi-well pad developments create opportunities for production allocation errors and reporting discrepancies.
Active Wells
15,000+
Daily Production
1.1M BBL
Primary Product
Light Crude
Green River Formation
Contains some of the richest oil shale deposits in the world. The complexity of processing arrangements and varying extraction methods requires careful audit attention to ensure proper royalty accounting.
Estimated Resource
3T BBL
Basin Area
25,000 mi²
Primary Product
Oil Shale
Our Process
A methodical approach to royalty recovery
Royalty underpayments hide in the gaps between siloed documents. Our methodology closes those gaps — bringing every record into one dataset and putting an AI-native audit engine to work on it, guided by established forensic accounting standards.
Initial Review
We begin with a complimentary review of your royalty statements and lease documents to identify potential areas of concern and estimate recovery potential.
Gather the Siloed Records
Upon engagement, we collect the documents that never talk to each other: division orders, joint interest billings (JIBs), raw production data, and itemized revenue statements — supplemented by state regulatory filings and third-party sources.
Unify the Data
We normalize every record into a single cross-referenced dataset. Underpayments that are invisible in any one document become obvious when the sources are read side by side.
AI-Native Forensic Analysis
Our royalty recovery engine — a local AI model running entirely on our own hardware — reconciles reported versus actual production, verifies pricing and deductions, and checks every calculation against your lease terms.
Findings & Recovery
We deliver a comprehensive audit report documenting each discrepancy with supporting evidence, then assist with operator negotiations and provide expert testimony if needed. Our work product is designed to withstand legal scrutiny.
Get in Touch
Request a complimentary royalty review
Share some basic information about your mineral interests and we'll provide an initial assessment of potential recovery opportunities at no cost.
Contact
Austin Fay
austin@btrail.io
Phone
(512) 820-7033
Office
Bismarck, North Dakota