About MineralWise.com

Welcome – We’re glad you’re visiting. MineralWise is an educational brand of KED Interests focused on citizen oil & gas mineral owners in America. We provide consulting, advice, and intelligence to America’s mineral owners.

America’s mineral owners negotiate daily with Oil and Gas Companies, receiving millions of dollars in bonus and royalty payments. Our services provide knowledge and understanding to this relationship.

Principal Owner – Kenneth E. DuBose is past President of Cheyenne Minerals Inc., an independent oil and gas producer operating in Texas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi. CMI operations sold to Anadarko late 90’s. He began his career with ARCO Oil & Gas in Houston TX performing oil & gas reservoir studies. As natural gas deregulation approached the industry in the late 80’s, Mr. DuBose directed development of natural gas storage projects along the U.S. Gulf Coast with Tejas Power Corp. Following a public exit, he was a founding member of U.S. Minerals, (acquired by Novistar, a unit of Torch Energy in 1999) a provider of internet based education for America’s oil & gas royalty owners. As the internet revolutionized the business landscape, The Mineral Rights Forum was created and launched in 2009.

Mr. DuBose holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from Mississippi State University, later pursuing graduate studies in business at Baylor University. Mr. DuBose has served on various industry steering committees, non-profit boards, and is a life member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the American Association of Professional Landmen, as well as a Registered Investment Advisor.  He writes on topics of oil and gas investing, wealth management and personal finance, having appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger’s, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Houston Business Journal The Legal News and Financial Advisor magazine.