Acquisitions and Divestitures (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, Brigham Minerals entered into a number of individually insignificant acquisitions of mineral and royalty interests from various sellers in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, and North Dakota, as reflected in the table below. The change in the oil and natural gas property balance is comprised of payments for acquisitions of minerals, land brokerage costs and capitalized general and administrative expenses that were funded with borrowings under its Owl Rock credit facility, our revolving credit facility and proceeds from the IPO.



	Assets Acquired				Cash Consideration Paid
(In thousands)	Evaluated		Unevaluated		Cash Consideration Paid
Twelve months ended December 31, 2019	$	140,025	$	78,093	$	218,118
Twelve months ended December 31, 2018	$	115,589	$	81,367	$	196,956

The following costs were incurred in oil and natural gas producing activities:



	For the Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2019		2018		2017
Acquisition of properties
Unevaluated	$	78,093	$	59,460	$	50,224
Evaluated	140,025		137,496		51,862
Total	$	218,118	$	196,956	$	102,086