# Sell Mineral Rights in Athens County, OH | Berlin Royalties > Berlin Royalties buys Athens County, OH minerals: shallow conventional gas wells, around Athens and Nelsonville. Free valuation with the work shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/ohio/athens-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 · Athens County ## Sell your Athens County mineral rights. Athens, Nelsonville, Glouster, The Plains, Coolville: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Athens County, shallow gas country on the Utica's southern fringe. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Athens County is a university town surrounded by hills that used to be mined and are still, here and there, drilled. The coal is mostly gone; Buckingham Coal's mine north of Glouster is the last one. The gas wells are still there, several hundred of them, small and old and paying small and old royalties to people who in many cases left the county decades ago. **What produces here.** ODNR's 2025 annual production report shows 8,136 barrels of oil and 160,276 Mcf of gas from Athens County, with 802 wells reporting and 490 producing, none of them horizontal. Petro Quest had 150 producing wells and made 38,837 Mcf; River Valley Energy, Old South Oil, Bethel Oil and Gas, Bancequity Petroleum, East Union Resources, Stonebridge Operating and Angus Energy are the other names on checks. ODNR's 2026 quarterly horizontal report lists no Athens County wells. Whatever you own here, producing royalties, non-producing acreage, or an inherited fraction split among family, we will identify it from whatever paperwork you have, value it off the actual wells and activity, and show you the reasoning with the offer. Free, no obligation, and no pressure: if keeping it is the right answer, we will say so. Inherited it? Start with [inherited mineral rights in Ohio](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/ohio/). Formations & Plays ## What produces here ### Shallow conventional gas and oil wells About 490 Athens County wells produced in 2025, nearly all gas, and Petro Quest ran 150 of them. The county's own description is accurate: active wells in low numbers throughout. Counties ## Communities we see in Athens County title Athens Nelsonville Glouster The Plains Coolville Wherever your tract sits in Athens 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 start with how to [sell Ohio mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/ohio/). ### Inherited Ohio minerals? Whether you need a probate, the affidavit and transfer on death routes, the dormant mineral rules, and where unpaid royalties go: [inherited mineral rights in Ohio, what heirs should do](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/inherited-mineral-rights/ohio/). [What Ohio mineral rights are worth](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-rights-value/ohio/), information only, with this month's activity. [Unclaimed Ohio royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/unclaimed-royalties/ohio/): where the money goes and how an heir claims it. ### 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 Athens County owners What are mineral rights worth in Athens County? Modestly, and mostly on gas. Athens County made about 8,000 barrels of oil and 160,000 Mcf in 2025 from roughly 490 small wells, so a royalty here is usually tens of dollars a month from a Petro Quest or River Valley Energy well. There is no horizontal drilling in the county to change that. We value off the actual wells and show the work, free. Can I lose Ohio mineral rights I have not done anything with? Yes, two ways, and neither needs a court. Under the Dormant Mineral Act, R.C. 5301.56, a surface owner can reclaim a severed mineral interest that has had no saving event in 20 years by serving notice, and you then have 60 days to record a claim to preserve. Under the Marketable Title Act, 40 years after the surface owner's root of title with no recorded saving event, the interest can be extinguished with no notice at all; the Ohio Supreme Court confirmed in West v. Bode (2020) that both routes apply. If nothing has been recorded in your name in decades, record a claim to preserve before you do anything else. What is the Marketable Title Act and why does it matter for old mineral deeds? It is the quieter of Ohio's two dormancy statutes. Forty years after the surface owner's root of title with no recorded saving event, a severed mineral interest can be extinguished with no notice to you, and West v. Bode (2020) confirmed it operates independently of the Dormant Mineral Act. The defense is a recorded instrument inside each 40-year window. We pull the chain free and tell you whether yours is still alive. What does it cost me to sell? Nothing. Berlin pays all title work, document preparation, and recording costs. The offer you accept is the amount you receive. ## Before you sign anything in Athens 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 - [How to sell mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-mineral-rights/) and [how to sell oil and gas royalties](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/sell-oil-and-gas-royalties/), with the real process and timeline - [Who buys mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/who-buys-mineral-rights/), the five kinds of buyer compared, and [the companies that buy mineral rights](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/mineral-buyers/) and how to check them - [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 Athens 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? [Text a photo of a royalty check stub](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/text-your-check/) to [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) and our [preliminary offer](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/preliminary-offer/) puts a written number in front of you within about two business days. It holds for 7 while you decide. Your Name Phone Number Email Address Where are your minerals located? 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