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Last updated: August 2026
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Buckhead Energy acquires mineral rights and royalties throughout Ohio. We have extensive experience in the Utica Shale and provide comprehensive valuations.
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Ohio minerals run on two clocks. Eastern Ohio's Utica/Point Pleasant shale — Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Guernsey, Jefferson, and Monroe counties — hosts some of the most productive dry-gas wells in America, developed by a concentrated set of large operators led by Ascent Resources, EOG Resources, Encino Energy, Gulfport Energy, and Antero Resources. The rest of the state carries a century of shallow conventional wells that still pay modest royalties. Two Ohio-specific rules shape ownership here more than geology: the Dormant Mineral Act, and statutory unitization. Whether you are weighing what your Ohio mineral rights are worth or looking for who buys them, value is set by your specific tract's production and lease terms — not a statewide average — and Buckhead Energy is a direct buyer of both Utica and legacy conventional interests.
The Utica core runs down Ohio's eastern edge: Belmont and Monroe for dry gas, Carroll and Harrison for liquids-rich production, Guernsey and Jefferson in between. Every county page carries live permit, DUC, and producing-well counts refreshed monthly.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management) permits and tracks wells. Ohio also allows operators who control a large majority of a proposed unit to apply for statutory unitization — so eastern-Ohio owners may receive unitization notices rather than conventional lease offers.
Ohio's Dormant Mineral Act allows severed minerals that go unused for roughly two decades — no production, no recorded lease, claim, or transfer — to be deemed abandoned and reunited with the surface. If you hold severed Ohio minerals, keeping the interest active in the county record is not paperwork trivia; it is how you keep the asset. An attorney can confirm your status quickly.
Between the Utica counties and central Ohio runs one of America's oldest oil and gas provinces — tens of thousands of shallow vertical Clinton-sandstone and Knox wells across Stark, Tuscarawas, Muskingum, Licking, Knox, and Wayne counties, many drilled decades ago and still paying small royalties. These fractional legacy interests are fully marketable, and we buy them.
Ohio levies a modest severance tax on production, royalty income is subject to state income tax, and producing minerals can draw county ad valorem tax. Inherited interests carry a stepped-up federal basis. Confirm specifics with a CPA.
Most-active counties: Belmont County · Monroe County · Harrison County · Carroll County · Guernsey County · Jefferson County · Noble County · Columbiana County · Stark County · Tuscarawas County
Send a direct buyer your deed or inherited paperwork and, if the wells pay, a recent royalty check stub — it identifies your operator and decimal interest. Buckhead Energy evaluates Ohio interests free, Utica shale or legacy conventional, and returns a written no-obligation offer, typically closing in 30-45 days with title work handled and paid for.
Eastern Ohio's Utica counties support some of the strongest gas-weighted mineral values in Appalachia — but value is set by your specific tract: producing units versus undrilled acreage, your decimal and lease terms, and the operator running the area. There is no honest per-acre average; a written offer priced on your county's live activity is the real answer.
Frequently, yes. Ohio's Clinton-sandstone belt holds tens of thousands of shallow vertical wells that keep paying modest royalties decades after drilling — and the fractional, inherited interests behind them are fully marketable even when the checks are small. A written offer prices the whole tail at once, which is often more useful than years of small checks and their paperwork.
Severed Ohio minerals that sit unused for roughly twenty years — no production, lease, or recorded activity — can be deemed abandoned and revert to the surface owner under Ohio's Dormant Mineral Act. Recording a claim to preserve the interest is a routine cure, and any recent lease or royalty activity generally keeps the interest alive. This is education, not legal advice — an Ohio oil and gas attorney can confirm your standing quickly.
It depends on where the interest sits. Eastern Ohio's Utica/Point Pleasant units — Belmont, Monroe, Harrison, Carroll, Guernsey, Jefferson — are gas-weighted and can be substantial, while shallow Clinton-belt interests to the west pay modest legacy royalties. There is no honest statewide per-acre average: value comes from whether your tract is in a producing unit or undrilled acreage, your decimal interest and lease terms, and the operator developing the area. A free written offer priced on your county's live drilling activity is the real answer, not a rule of thumb.
Direct mineral buyers purchase Ohio oil, gas, and royalty interests outright — from Utica shale units in the eastern counties to fractional legacy Clinton-belt interests statewide. Buckhead Energy is a direct buyer, not a broker: we evaluate your interest for free, put a no-obligation offer in writing, pay the title and closing costs, and typically close in 30-45 days. Selling to a direct buyer avoids the commission an intermediary or listing service takes out of your proceeds.
Yes. Eastern Ohio's Utica production is overwhelmingly natural gas, and you can sell your mineral or royalty interest — which carries the gas rights along with any oil and NGLs — to a direct buyer. If the minerals are already leased, the buyer takes the interest subject to the existing lease and the future royalty follows. A free written offer values the whole interest, gas-weighted, based on your unit's live production.
The eastern-Ohio Utica play is developed by a concentrated group of operators — Ascent Resources (the largest Utica producer), EOG Resources (the most active driller across Carroll, Harrison, and Noble counties), Encino Energy (EAP Ohio), Gulfport Energy, Hilcorp Energy, and Antero Resources are among the most active, with Infinity Natural Resources adding recent Guernsey activity. Which operator runs your unit affects development pace and royalty timing; our county pages track the live permit, DUC, and producing-well activity behind each.
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Ground-truth your Ohio minerals against current, dated, sourced market data before you decide to sell:
As of , Ohio shows 305 recent drilling permits and 3 drilled-but-uncompleted (DUC) wells, with Ows Acquisition Co. LLC the most active operator. Source: TX RRC / OK OCC well-header & permit records, aggregated by Buckhead Energy. Refreshed monthly.
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Tools and dated, sourced data for Ohio mineral owners:
Buckhead Energy purchases mineral rights in all Ohio counties. Click any county below for specific information.
Buckhead Energy buys mineral and royalty interests in 1 named Ohio oil & gas fields — each with well counts, active operators, and its counties.
Key Ohio oil & gas statutes that affect mineral owners, each linked to the official text. Educational only — not legal advice; statutes change, so confirm the current version and consult a qualified attorney for your situation.
Regulator: Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management (ODNR DOGRM)
Ohio Dormant Mineral Act: R.C. §5301.56
Unitization (used far more than pooling for the Utica): R.C. §1509.28
Compulsory pooling: R.C. §1509.27
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