# Sell Mineral Rights in Licking County, OH | Berlin Royalties > Berlin Royalties buys Licking County, OH minerals: Clinton gas and oil, Knox Energy country, around Newark and Heath. Free valuation with the work shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/ohio/licking-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 · Licking County ## Sell your Licking County mineral rights. Newark, Heath, Pataskala, Johnstown, Utica: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Licking County, Clinton country at the Utica's western edge. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Licking County is where central Ohio's suburbs meet the oil patch. Newark and Pataskala are growing toward Columbus while the townships east of them still carry hundreds of Clinton wells on farms that have had the same lease since the Carter administration. If you inherited a fraction here, the first job is finding out whether the well still runs and whether your name is on anything recorded in the last forty years. **What produces here.** ODNR's 2025 annual production report shows 96,448 barrels of oil and 425,413 Mcf of gas from Licking County, with 1,352 wells reporting and 929 producing, none of them horizontal. Knox Energy had 185 producing wells and made 144,209 Mcf; David R Hill made 13,236 barrels from 20 wells, the most oil of any operator; and Diversified Production, Artex Oil, Kenoil, OWS Acquisition, Buckeye Oil Producing and a long list of individual operators fill out the checks. ODNR's 2026 quarterly horizontal report lists no Licking County wells, and no 2025 or 2026 Utica permits in the county appear in the ODNR reports we opened. 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 ### Clinton sandstone and shallow conventional wells Newark's glass industry grew on local natural gas in the late 1800s, and the county still has about 930 producing conventional wells, 185 of them Knox Energy's. ### Utica and Point Pleasant, western edge The village of Utica is in Licking County; the shale is named after Utica, New York. ODNR's 2026 quarterly horizontal report lists no producing Utica wells here. Counties ## Communities we see in Licking County title Newark Heath Pataskala Johnstown Utica Wherever your tract sits in Licking 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 Licking County owners What are mineral rights worth in Licking County? On the conventional wells. Licking County made about 96,000 barrels of oil in 2025 across more than 900 small wells, so a royalty here is a fraction of a modest, declining stream. David R Hill's 20 producing wells made more oil than anyone else's, and that tells you how small the typical well is. 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. How do inherited Ohio minerals get into my name? Through probate, with a certificate of transfer from the probate court recorded in the county where the land lies. Ohio has had no estate tax since 2013, so the question is paperwork rather than tax. If the estate was never opened or the fiduciary was discharged without filing one, an heir can still apply for the certificate. We work with the probate papers you have and tell you what is missing, free. 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 Licking 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 Licking 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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