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There is no piece of paper that identifies the owner of real property. In Monopoly, you get a deed, and if you hold that deed, then you own that piece of property, such as Park Place. Same with a car title. In real life, you get a deed, but you record that deed. After recording that deed, you can throw that deed away, burn it, lose it, etc. Doesn’t matter. Then somebody runs title like Todd said. After running title, the landman will do an ownership report or an attorney will do a title opinion. But that’s it. That report will show who owns the property. (You might own some mutual funds, but you don’t hold any stock certificates. It is in the mutual funds’ office records.)
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No website showing ownership of mineral rights. If you own the surface, you can generally find the ownership on the assessor’s website.
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This one is a little bit more complicated. You can check the well records of the corporation commission against your legal description to see if there are any wells still producing. Based on the locations of these legal descriptions, I suspect there is no production.