Black Stone Minerals LP is an exploration company. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas and currently employs 113 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2015-05-01. The Company’s principal business is maximizing the value of its existing portfolio of mineral and royalty assets through active management. The company owns mineral interests in approximately 16.8 million gross acres. The company also owns nonparticipating royalty interests (NPRIs) in 1.8 million gross acres and overriding royalty interests (ORRIs) in 1.6 million gross acres. The firm owns mineral and royalty interests in 41 states in the continental United States, including all of the onshore producing basins. Many of these interests are in active resource plays, including the Haynesville/Bossier shales in East Texas/Western Louisiana, the Wolfcamp/Spraberry/Bone Springs in the Permian Basin, the Bakken/Three Forks in the Williston Basin, and the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas.
