# Sell Mineral Rights in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | Berlin Royalties > Selling mineral rights in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania? Berlin buys Marcellus and deep Utica royalties around Greensburg, Latrobe, Murrysville. Free valuation. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/pennsylvania/westmoreland-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 · Pennsylvania · Westmoreland County ## Sell your Westmoreland County mineral rights. Greensburg, Latrobe, Murrysville: one of the few Pennsylvania counties with real deep Utica development, on top of one of the oldest gas fields in the country. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Westmoreland County is one of the more interesting places in Pennsylvania to own minerals, because two things are true at once: it sits outside the Marcellus wet gas sweet spot, and it is one of the few Pennsylvania counties with genuine deep Utica development. CNX, EQT, XPR Resources, Olympus Energy, Huntley and Huntley, Snyder Brothers, and Infinity Natural Resources are all active, and deep Utica wells in southwest Pennsylvania have been reported outperforming Marcellus on rate of return. That makes the depth and formation language in your lease the highest value question on your tract. An older Marcellus era instrument may or may not capture the Point Pleasant, and an interest with unencumbered deep rights is worth materially more. We read it first. The county also carries an enormous conventional history. The Murrysville gas field, discovered in 1878, is one of the oldest commercial gas fields in the country, and roughly 9,700 wells have been drilled here against only about 380 active. Century old leases and reservations remain of record. Two title traps recur. Pittsburgh seam coal severances are pervasive, and under U.S. Steel v. Hoge coalbed methane belongs to the coal owner rather than the gas owner. And underground gas storage is common in western Pennsylvania, which can encumber a formation independently of production. Suburban parcel fragmentation also produces many small cotenancy interests. We buy those, with no minimum. Send the lease and a deed. Formations & Plays ## What produces here ### Marcellus, lean to dry gas Productive but explicitly outside the wet gas sweet spot, which sits west in Greene and Washington. ### Deep Utica, dry gas Genuinely developed here, which is rare in Pennsylvania. Infinity Natural Resources lists deep dry Utica across Westmoreland, Armstrong, and Indiana, and CNX and Olympus affiliated operators have drilled it in the Westmoreland to Allegheny corridor. ### Upper Devonian and shallow conventional An enormous historic well population, roughly 9,700 wells drilled against only about 380 active. Counties ## Communities we see in Westmoreland County title Greensburg Latrobe Murrysville New Kensington Jeannette Export Wherever your tract sits in Westmoreland 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 [Pennsylvania overview](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/pennsylvania/). ### The Pennsylvania mineral owner's guide Everything a Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania guide](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/guide/pennsylvania/) Questions ## Straight answers for Westmoreland County owners Does my Westmoreland County lease cover the deep Utica? This is the question worth the most money in this county, and it is not rhetorical. Westmoreland is one of very few Pennsylvania counties with genuine deep Utica development, and deep Utica wells in southwest Pennsylvania have been reported outperforming Marcellus on rate of return. Whether an older Marcellus era lease captures the Point Pleasant depends on the depth and formation language in your specific instrument. We read it before quoting, because an interest with unencumbered deep rights is worth materially more than one without. My deed reserves coal. Who owns the coalbed methane? Under United States Steel Corp. v. Hoge, decided by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1983, coalbed methane in place belongs to the owner of the coal, not to the owner of the oil and gas. That is a genuine ownership trap and it is distinct from the Dunham Rule. Westmoreland is Pittsburgh seam coal country with pervasive 19th century coal severances, so this comes up regularly. It is worth having someone read the reservation language rather than assuming. There is a gas storage field near me. Does that affect my minerals? It can. Pennsylvania DEP counts 48 active underground gas storage fields across 26 counties, and storage is a recurring issue in western Pennsylvania. Storage rights can commit a specific formation and can sit with a different party than your oil and gas lessee, encumbering the mineral estate independently of production. We check for it in the title work rather than assuming your rights are clear. ## Before you sign anything in Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County minerals are worth. 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