Sell Your Mineral Rights & Oil and Gas Royalties for Cash
We buy mineral rights and producing royalty interests from landowners in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Louisiana, and New Mexico. Free, no-obligation cash offers — no fees, no commissions, no pressure.
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MINERAL RIGHTS & ROYALTIES
What could your mineral rights be worth?
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Thinking About Selling Your Mineral Rights?
If you own oil and gas mineral rights or a royalty interest in the Appalachian Basin, you already know the feeling: a check arrives some months and not others, the amount swings with commodity prices you have no control over, and you’re left wondering whether the asset would simply be worth more to you as cash in hand today. You’re not alone in asking — thousands of landowners across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia sell their mineral rights or royalty interests every year, whether because they inherited a fractional share they never asked for, they’re settling an estate among multiple heirs, or they’ve simply decided that a lump-sum payment serves their financial goals better than years of unpredictable royalty income. We buy mineral rights and royalty interests directly, with no brokers standing between you and your money, and we focus exclusively on the Utica and Marcellus Shale region — which means our offers are grounded in real knowledge of your specific county, not a generic nationwide formula.
Select Your State
Ohio
Utica Shale mineral rights — Belmont, Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe & Noble counties.
Pennsylvania
Marcellus Shale mineral rights — Washington, Greene, Bradford, Susquehanna, Warren & Butler counties.
West Virginia
Marcellus & Utica Shale mineral rights — Wetzel, Tyler, Marshall, Doddridge, Monongalia, Ritchie & Harrison counties.
Louisiana
Haynesville Shale mineral rights — DeSoto, Caddo, Red River, Bossier & Lincoln parishes.
New Mexico
Delaware & San Juan Basin mineral rights — Lea, Eddy, San Juan, Rio Arriba & Harding counties.
Why Sell With Us
No Fees or Commissions
You keep 100% of the offer we make — we cover all closing costs, always.
Fast, Simple Closings
Most transactions close in 30–45 days once we agree on a price.
Regional Basin Expertise
We specialize in mineral owners across Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Louisiana & New Mexico — not a nationwide call center.
What Are Mineral Rights and Royalty Interests?
Mineral rights are the legal right to the oil, natural gas, coal, and other subsurface resources beneath a piece of property, and they can be owned entirely separately from the land itself — a lot of owners are surprised to learn their family holds mineral rights on a property they don’t even live on or ever have. When mineral rights are leased to an operator, the mineral owner typically retains a royalty interest: a percentage of the revenue from oil and gas production, paid out as wells produce.
There’s an important distinction between a few related terms you may encounter: a non-participating royalty interest (NPRI) is a royalty carved out of the mineral estate without the right to negotiate lease terms; an overriding royalty interest (ORRI) is a similar royalty carved out of a working interest instead; and a working interest means bearing a share of drilling and operating costs in exchange for a larger share of production. Most individual landowners hold mineral rights or royalty interests rather than working interests, and both are what we specialize in buying.
The Appalachian Basin: Utica & Marcellus Shale Overview
Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia sit on top of two of the largest natural gas formations in North America: the Marcellus Shale and the deeper Utica Shale. Both became commercially viable in the mid-to-late 2000s and early 2010s once horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technology matured, triggering more than a decade of sustained development across the tri-state region. In Ohio, the Utica Shale runs through distinct windows — dry gas, wet gas with natural gas liquids, and an oil window — concentrated in counties like Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, and Guernsey. In Pennsylvania, the Marcellus Shale dominates, with some southwestern counties also carrying deeper Utica potential beneath it. In West Virginia, the two formations often stack directly on top of one another in the north-central counties and Northern Panhandle, giving many tracts genuine dual-formation development potential.
Major operators across the region — including EQT Corporation, Antero Resources, Ascent Resources, Encino Energy, Range Resources, CNX Resources, and Expand Energy — continue drilling extended-reach horizontal wells, often two to three miles long, from multi-well pads that can produce from dozens of wellbores at a single surface location. That sustained activity is part of why demand for Appalachian Basin mineral rights has remained resilient even through periods of softer commodity pricing.
Get a Free Valuation for Your Mineral Rights
How Much Are My Mineral Rights Worth?
There’s no single per-acre number that applies across the Appalachian Basin, no matter what you might see quoted online. Valuing mineral rights and royalty interests means looking at several factors together: current production (if any), remaining reserves and where a well sits on its decline curve, nearby permitting and drilling activity, your specific lease terms if you’re already leased, current commodity prices, and your exact net mineral acres or decimal interest if your ownership is fractional — which is extremely common among owners who inherited a shared interest. Two neighboring tracts can be worth very different amounts depending on which well they’re pooled into and when that well was drilled, which is exactly why we provide a free, personalized valuation rather than a generic published estimate.
Should I Sell or Keep Leasing My Mineral Rights?
It’s the question every mineral owner eventually asks, and it doesn’t have a one-size-fits-all answer. Holding onto your mineral rights or royalty interest means staying exposed to production decline, operator decisions, and swings in oil and natural gas prices — all of which are entirely outside your control. Selling converts that ongoing uncertainty into a lump sum you control today, which can make sense if you’re paying down debt, want to diversify out of a single concentrated asset, are settling an estate among multiple heirs, or simply prefer certainty over the possibility of higher payments somewhere down the road. We walk through these trade-offs with every seller at no cost and with zero pressure to accept an offer — our goal is for you to make the decision that’s actually right for your situation.
How the Process Works
1. Tell Us About Your Minerals
Submit the short form below with your state, county, and any lease or well details you have.
2. We Research Your Position
Our team reviews county records, division orders, and current drilling activity near your property.
3. You Receive a Fair Cash Offer
Usually within 3–5 business days, with zero obligation to accept.
4. Fast, Free Closing
If you accept, we handle the paperwork — you get paid, typically in 30–45 days.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why sell instead of keeping my royalties?
A lump-sum sale converts uncertain future income — subject to production decline, commodity prices, and operator decisions — into cash you control today.
Is there any cost or obligation?
No. Valuations are free and offers come with zero obligation to accept.
Do you buy fractional or inherited mineral interests?
Yes. Many of our sellers inherited a shared or fractional interest and aren’t sure what it’s worth — we can work with individual heirs directly.
What states do you buy in?
We currently buy mineral rights in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Louisiana, and New Mexico, covering the Utica, Marcellus, Haynesville, Delaware, and San Juan Basin regions.
How long does the process take?
Most transactions close within 30–45 days once you accept an offer.
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Where We Buy Mineral Rights
We purchase oil and gas mineral rights and royalty interests in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Louisiana, and New Mexico, with a focus on the Utica, Marcellus, and Haynesville Shale plays and the Permian and San Juan Basins.