# Sell Mineral Rights in Washington County, Ohio | Berlin Royalties > Selling mineral rights in Washington County, Ohio? Berlin buys legacy conventional and non-producing mineral interests around Marietta, Belpre, Beverly, Lowell. No minimum. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/ohio/washington-county/ Publisher: Berlin Royalties, a veteran-owned oil and gas mineral and royalty buyer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, buying for its own account since 2014. Call or text 918-984-1645. License: free to quote and cite with attribution to Berlin Royalties and a link to the source URL. Where We Buy · Ohio · Washington County ## Sell your Washington County mineral rights. Marietta, Belpre, Beverly: America's oldest continuously producing oil district outside Titusville, with 17,800 wells drilled and almost nothing producing today. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Washington County is where American oil history is, and where Ohio's shale play is not. The Macksburg field was one of the first oil fields in the United States, producing from the 1860s, and roughly 17,800 wells have been drilled in this county over the century and a half since, the largest historic count of any county we cover anywhere. What produces today is negligible: about 1,100 barrels and 241,900 Mcf in a recent quarter, a rounding error in Ohio terms. The Utica is present but marginal at this depth and maturity and is essentially undeveloped. We put that first because Washington County gets marketed against Monroe and Belmont and it should not be. If someone is pricing your Marietta area minerals on Utica comparables, ask them which wells they mean. What is here is a very old, very fragmented conventional estate: 19th century leases still of record, royalty fractions in tiny denominators, and an enormous idle and orphan well population that Ohio's plugging program continues to work through. We buy small conventional interests with no minimum and we pay all closing costs, and we will tell you when an interest is not worth the cost of the paperwork. The more urgent point is protective. With that much history and that many severances, Washington County has a large population of dormant severed interests exposed to both the Dormant Mineral Act and the Marketable Title Act, which West v. Bode confirmed operate independently. If nothing has been recorded in your family's name in decades, record a claim to preserve. That advice costs us deals and it is still the right advice. Formations & Plays ## What produces here ### Historic conventional The Macksburg field, one of the first oil fields in the United States, dating to the 1860s, plus Berea, Clinton, and Cow Run sands. ### Utica and Point Pleasant Present but marginal at this depth and maturity, and essentially undeveloped. What little modern gas exists trends dry to lean. Counties ## Communities we see in Washington County title Marietta Belpre Beverly Lowell Macksburg New Matamoras Wherever your tract sits in Washington County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown. 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See the [full county index](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/counties/) or the [Ohio overview](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/ohio/). ### The Ohio mineral owner's guide Everything a Ohio owner needs in one place: who owns what under state law, how royalties must be paid and by when, what a buyer can and cannot deduct, the tax treatment of a sale, and the deadlines that quietly cost people their minerals. Free, and no sign-up. [Read the Ohio guide](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/guide/ohio/) Questions ## Straight answers for Washington County owners Is Washington County part of the shale play? Effectively no, and we will say so rather than letting you price it that way. The Utica here is marginal at this depth and maturity and is essentially undeveloped. Roughly 17,800 wells have been drilled historically, the largest count of any county we cover, against quarterly output of about 1,100 barrels and 241,900 Mcf, which is a rounding error in Ohio terms. Do not let anyone price Washington County against Monroe or Belmont. My family has a tiny old royalty here from the 1800s. Is it worth anything? Possibly a small amount, and we are one of very few buyers who will look at it. This is America's oldest continuously producing oil district outside Titusville, and the title reflects it: 19th century leases still of record, royalty fractions in very small denominators, and a large idle and orphan well population. We buy small conventional interests with no minimum and pay all closing costs, and we will tell you honestly when an interest is not worth the paperwork. What should I do about my Washington County minerals if they are not producing? Protect them first, then decide. Ohio's Dormant Mineral Act at R.C. 5301.56 lets a surface owner reclaim a severed interest after 20 years with no savings event, and the Marketable Title Act can extinguish an interest missing from a 40 year root of title chain. West v. Bode confirmed both apply independently. With 17,800 wells drilled and a century and a half of severances, Washington County has a very large population of exactly the kind of dormant interest those statutes reach. A recorded claim to preserve costs a recording fee and is the direct answer. ## Before you sign anything in Washington County The things owners here most often wish they had read first. All free, none of it gated. - [How mineral rights are valued](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/), including the rule of thumb people quote and why it is usually wrong - [Selling mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-mineral-rights/) and [selling oil and gas royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-oil-and-gas-royalties/), with the real process and timeline - [The Pugh clause](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/pugh-clause/), the single most valuable sentence you can negotiate into a lease - [What a farm out is](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/farmout-agreements/), and why your operator suddenly changed - [The rule of capture](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/rule-of-capture/), and why a neighbor's well can legally drain your minerals - [Non-participating royalty interests](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/non-participating-royalty-interest/), if your deed carved one out - [Executive rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/executive-rights/), if somebody else signs the lease that binds your minerals - [Surface owner rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/surface-owner-rights/), if you own the ground and someone else owns what is under it - [Questions to ask a buyer](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/questions-to-ask/) and [what happens if you want out after signing](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/can-i-back-out-of-a-mineral-rights-sale/) Free Valuation ## Find out what your Washington County minerals are worth. Free, no obligation, and no pressure. We reply within one business day, usually faster. Prefer the phone? Call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) and you will get Stephen, the owner, not a call center. If we miss you, we text back the same day. In a hurry? Our [preliminary offer](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/preliminary-offer/) puts a written number in front of you within about two business days and holds it still for 7 while you decide. Your Name Phone Number Email Address Where are your minerals located? OklahomaTexasNew MexicoLouisiana ArkansasKansasNorth DakotaMontana WyomingColoradoUtahCalifornia West VirginiaOhioPennsylvaniaKentucky MichiganMississippiAlabamaAlaska Sand/Gravel/AggregateOther / Not sure County (if known) Interest type Select an option Minerals and Royalties Working Interest Overriding Royalty Interest An Entity (LLC, Partnership, Trust) Not Sure Are you currently receiving royalty checks? 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