Cadiz, Hopedale, Scio: the county where the Utica flips from oil to gas inside its own borders, third in Ohio in both oil and gas, and the middle of a very large payor change.
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.
Strongly oil weighted in the western part of the county.
The eastern part of the county. Harrison produced roughly 2.0 million barrels of oil and 92 million Mcf of gas in a recent quarter, third in Ohio in both.
Wherever your tract sits in Harrison County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown.
We buy in every Ohio county, including ones without a page here. See the full county index or the Ohio overview.
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 guideThe things owners here most often wish they had read first. All free, none of it gated.
Free, no obligation, and no pressure. We reply within one business day, usually faster.
Prefer the phone? Call or text 918-984-1645 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 puts a written number in front of you within about two business days and holds it still for 7 while you decide.