Sell Your Greene County, Pennsylvania Mineral Rights for Cash

In Greene County, the Coal Owner May Own Some of the Gas

Greene County combines substantial Marcellus development with a long history of underground coal mining. Coal and oil-and-gas estates may have been severed at different times by different instruments, so the words in the title chain matter.

Pennsylvania’s Dunham Rule generally presumes that a private deed using only the word “minerals” did not include oil or natural gas. That presumption has allowed many families to retain gas even where a coal company holds an older mineral reservation.

Coalbed gas is treated differently. In United States Steel Corp. v. Hoge (1983), a Greene County case and the first of its kind in the nation, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that gas contained within a coal seam belongs to the coal owner while it remains in the coal. Marcellus gas in non-coal strata is not coalbed gas, and the Supreme Court’s Butler decision left the Dunham presumption in place for that separate estate.

For a Greene County owner, the practical questions are what each severance instrument covers and which formation is being valued. We do the title work before quoting a number.

Those title questions sit on top of some of the most productive acreage in the state. In the Independent Fiscal Office’s 2024 report, Greene County ranked second in Pennsylvania with 1,149 billion cubic feet of shale gas, 15.6% of the state total, so getting the coal-versus-gas question right can be worth a great deal.

Common Questions

Can I sell my oil and gas rights in Greene County, Pennsylvania?

Yes. Whether you want to sell your oil rights, sell your gas rights, or sell your oil and gas rights together, in Greene County they are all mineral rights, and we buy them for cash. That includes the full mineral estate, oil and gas reserved separately from other minerals, royalty interests, and fractional shares inherited from family. If your deed or lease covers only certain depths or formations, we value exactly what you own.

How much are my mineral rights worth in Greene County?

First we confirm what you own, whether gas, coal, coalbed methane or a combination, because in Greene County the title often decides the answer before the wells do. For Marcellus gas you do own, value follows the unit’s wells, your lease and your decimal in one of Pennsylvania’s top producing counties.

A coal company has held a reservation over our land since the 1890s. Do we own the gas?

Possibly. If the private deed says only “minerals” without naming oil or natural gas, Pennsylvania’s Dunham Rule creates a presumption that the gas was not included. The wording, evidence of intent, and any coalbed-gas issue still need to be reviewed.

Is coalbed methane the same as my Marcellus gas?

No. Gas contained within a coal seam is treated differently from gas produced from the Marcellus formation. The two interests may be owned by different parties under the same acre.

Does longwall mining under my land affect my gas royalty?

Not ordinarily as a direct royalty calculation, but mining, support, and subsidence agreements can complicate the title record. A Pennsylvania attorney should advise on any surface or subsidence dispute.

Are there commissions, closing costs, or hidden fees?

No. There is no broker commission, appraisal fee, title-search cost to you, or listing expense. We pay the recording fees and the cost of preparing the deed. The written offer is the amount paid to you, less any existing liens or unpaid taxes against the interest.

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