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By Brad James, Founder · Production data through Dec 2024
Production data through Dec 2024
as of Dec 2024
as of Dec 2024
as of Dec 2024
as of Dec 2024
as of Dec 2024
Over the twelve most recent reported months, Doddridge County wells produced about 467,223 barrels of oil and 304.3 million Mcf of gas — an average of 1,277 barrels and 831,554 Mcf per day. That output comes from roughly 4,479 active wells, with 34 permitted locations on file. Monthly volumes have held in a steady band over the past year. Operators filed 34 drilling permits in the county over the trailing 24 months.
467,223 barrels of oil, Jan 2024 → Dec 2024
304,348,613 Mcf of natural gas, Jan 2024 → Dec 2024
Rates shown as barrels of oil per day and Mcf of natural gas per day, computed from monthly totals reported to WV DEP. Jan 2023 through Dec 2024. Download CSV · See methodology · All county data.
| Month | Oil (Bbl) | Gas (Mcf) |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2023 | 29,051 | 25,474,240 |
| Feb 2023 | 64,530 | 24,922,656 |
| Mar 2023 | 51,687 | 26,824,957 |
| Apr 2023 | 44,049 | 27,238,403 |
| May 2023 | 38,938 | 29,624,892 |
| Jun 2023 | 34,063 | 28,428,387 |
| Jul 2023 | 70,853 | 30,306,920 |
| Aug 2023 | 90,529 | 31,797,897 |
| Sep 2023 | 93,097 | 30,814,939 |
| Oct 2023 | 79,009 | 31,376,166 |
| Nov 2023 | 69,791 | 29,495,477 |
| Dec 2023 | 66,832 | 29,880,292 |
| Jan 2024 | 55,046 | 28,719,572 |
| Feb 2024 | 41,887 | 26,036,866 |
| Mar 2024 | 43,941 | 27,063,309 |
| Apr 2024 | 33,639 | 25,157,348 |
| May 2024 | 35,068 | 25,516,195 |
| Jun 2024 | 34,988 | 23,403,638 |
| Jul 2024 | 42,239 | 25,907,465 |
| Aug 2024 | 52,175 | 26,780,217 |
| Sep 2024 | 36,664 | 25,063,301 |
| Oct 2024 | 31,712 | 23,592,703 |
| Nov 2024 | 31,386 | 22,704,334 |
| Dec 2024 | 28,480 | 24,403,666 |
| Operator | Parent | Ticker | HQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antero Resources | — | Private | — |
| EQT Corporation | — | Private | — |
| CNX Resources | — | Private | — |
Public-company tickers link to investor relations. Private operators are marked as such and do not carry a ticker.
Recent permit activity: 34 new drilling permits in the last 24 months.
We also buy overriding royalty interests (ORRIs) and non-participating royalty interests (NPRIs) in Doddridge County — common for tracts under leases held by major operators with carried-out royalty structures.
Yes. Doddridge County is on our active buy list. We buy mineral interests, royalty interests, NPRI, and ORRI on both producing and non-producing tracts targeting the Marcellus and Utica formations.
The most active operators we track in Doddridge County include Antero Resources, EQT Corporation, CNX Resources. We regularly buy interests held under leases with these operators.
Doddridge County sits in the Utica Shale, where the primary target is marcellus / utica. Here we underwrite the Marcellus and Utica formations.
Yes — 34 new drilling permits were filed in Doddridge County in the last 24 months. Recent permit activity is one of the inputs we weigh when sizing an offer on undeveloped or PDP-only acreage.
Yes. Doddridge County is one of our top-tier acquisition areas. We can usually turn an offer around in 48 hours and we will compete on price for tracts inside the active development area.
Antero Resources operates a large, contiguous block in Doddridge County and adjoining counties, with both Marcellus and Utica/Point Pleasant horizontal programs. Antero's integrated operations (gathering, processing, NGL marketing through Antero Midstream) mean realizations and deductions follow a relatively consistent pattern across owners. We underwrite based on Antero's actual unit-level production and the specific lease language; the operator's scale doesn't change the mineral owner's underlying economics, but it does make the cash flow more predictable.
Doddridge sits in the rich-gas window where condensate and NGLs lift realizations meaningfully above dry-gas pricing. Both the Marcellus and the Utica/Point Pleasant are economic targets, and stacked-pay development is common on units that have been drilled in the last several years. A Doddridge County royalty interest in an active unit typically has different economics than a similar interest in a dry-gas Susquehanna or Bradford unit; we underwrite against actual recent realizations from the unit, not a county or state average.
West Virginia's 2018 cotenancy statute (HB 4268, §37B-1) lets a 75% supermajority by undivided share authorize development on a tract over a minority objection, with statutory notice and opportunity-to-lease procedures. In a county where a single operator holds large contiguous positions like Antero in Doddridge, the statute is most often invoked to integrate small holdout interests into existing units. For sellers, the practical effect is that even fragmented tracts move forward if the supermajority is on board, and our underwriting reflects whether the procedure has been used on a specific unit.
Closings on Doddridge County mineral rights typically take 7 to 30 days from the date you accept our offer, depending on title complexity. We handle county-level title work, PSA drafting, mineral deed preparation, and notary coordination at our expense.
Just a tract description (abstract or survey, section/township/range, or a legal description from your deed) and any recent royalty check stubs if the interest is producing. You do not need to gather deeds or title opinions up front.
Doddridge County sits in the Utica Shale, where operators are targeting marcellus / utica. Activity is led by names like Antero Resources, EQT Corporation, CNX Resources, and new drilling continues to shape the play across the Marcellus and Utica formations.
If you hold mineral rights, royalty interests, NPRI, or ORRI anywhere in the county, we'd like to put a written offer in front of you. Every offer we send is funded from our own balance sheet — there's no auction, no broker markup, and no third-party capital waiting to approve the deal.
Doddridge County is one of our highest-priority acquisition areas. Top-tier operators are running active drilling programs here and we're making offers on both producing and non-producing tracts.
Monthly production has held within a normal band over the last year, suggesting steady development without a recent completion wave.