Sell your Harrison County mineral rights.

Harrison County is one of the most productive counties in Ohio and one of the more complicated to value, because the Utica changes phase inside the county line. The west sits in the oil and condensate window, the east in the wet to dry gas window. Harrison produced roughly 2.0 million barrels of oil and 92 million Mcf of gas in a recent quarter, third in the state in both. Anyone quoting a Harrison County average is telling you about a county, not about your section.

EOG's $5.6 billion acquisition of Encino Acquisition Partners closed in 2025 and converted EAP Ohio to EOG Ohio, changing the payor on thousands of division orders. If your checks stopped or changed format, that is the first thing to check. EOG Ohio now runs roughly 302 active wells, with Ascent Resources Utica at about 214.

Ohio develops the Utica mainly through unitization under R.C. 1509.28, requiring consent of owners of at least 65 percent of the land area, and Ascent obtained multiple orders across Short Creek and Athens townships in 2026. If you are unleased or a minority owner, the terms set for nonconsenting owners in that proceeding are what you live with, and they are easier to influence beforehand.

Extensive strip mined coal lands leave reclamation era deeds and coal severances in the chain, and Dormant Mineral Act disputes are frequent. Under R.C. 5301.56 and the Marketable Title Act, both confirmed as independent routes in West v. Bode, an unrecorded severed interest here is genuinely at risk. Record a claim to preserve before you think about selling.