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By Brad Caponigro, Founder · Last updated
Per the state well registry. Per-county monthly volumes are not published for West Virginia; well counts and operator activity are the closest proxy for ongoing production.
| Operator | Parent | Ticker | HQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQT Corporation | — | Private | — |
| CNX Resources | — | Private | — |
Public-company tickers link to investor relations. Private operators are marked as such and do not carry a ticker.
Recent permit activity: 9 new drilling permits in the last 24 months.
We also buy overriding royalty interests (ORRIs) and non-participating royalty interests (NPRIs) in Ohio County — common for tracts under leases held by major operators with carried-out royalty structures.
Yes. Ohio County is on our active buy list. We buy mineral interests, royalty interests, NPRI, and ORRI on both producing and non-producing tracts targeting the Marcellus and Utica formations.
The most active operators we track in Ohio County include EQT Corporation, CNX Resources. We regularly buy interests held under leases with these operators.
Ohio County sits in the Utica Shale, where the primary target is marcellus / utica. Here we underwrite the Marcellus and Utica formations.
Yes — 9 new drilling permits were filed in Ohio County in the last 24 months. Recent permit activity is one of the inputs we weigh when sizing an offer on undeveloped or PDP-only acreage.
Ohio County (Wheeling area) sits in the northern panhandle along the Ohio River, with Marcellus and Utica/Point Pleasant horizontal development in rural townships. EQT, Tug Hill, and Olympus Energy have operated programs there. The geology is similar to northern Marshall County and southern Pennsylvania — wet-gas window, stacked-pay potential — but surface constraints around Wheeling and the urbanized river corridor limit pad siting in some areas.
The northern panhandle's long border with Pennsylvania and Ohio means many tracts have title chains that reference cross-state instruments and out-of-state record indexes. WV's default mineral reservation rules apply, but specific tracts may have had instruments recorded in PA or OH that affect the WV title. We do the cross-state title work as part of underwriting where it's relevant.
Yes, often. A non-producing mineral interest in an active drilling area has option value: if the operator drills the unit, the interest becomes producing royalty without further negotiation. Value is a function of remaining inventory in the area, the operator's permit pipeline, the lease terms (held by production from elsewhere? open?), and prevailing bonus rates. We send written offers on non-producing interests just as readily as producing ones; the math is genuinely different but it isn't zero.
Closings on Ohio County mineral rights typically take 7 to 30 days from the date you accept our offer, depending on title complexity. We handle county-level title work, PSA drafting, mineral deed preparation, and notary coordination at our expense.
Just a tract description (abstract or survey, section/township/range, or a legal description from your deed) and any recent royalty check stubs if the interest is producing. You do not need to gather deeds or title opinions up front.
Ohio County sits in the Utica Shale, where operators are targeting marcellus / utica. Activity is led by names like EQT Corporation, CNX Resources, and new drilling continues to shape the play across the Marcellus and Utica formations.
If you hold mineral rights, royalty interests, NPRI, or ORRI anywhere in the county, we'd like to put a written offer in front of you. Every offer we send is funded from our own balance sheet — there's no auction, no broker markup, and no third-party capital waiting to approve the deal.
Ohio County is a selective buying area — we consider interests here on a case-by-case basis depending on tract location and lease status.