# Sell Mineral Rights in Wayne County, OH | Berlin Royalties > Berlin Royalties buys Wayne County, OH minerals: Clinton oil, 1,100 producing wells, around Wooster and Orrville. Free valuation with the work shown. Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/ohio/wayne-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 · Wayne County ## Sell your Wayne County mineral rights. Wooster, Orrville, Rittman, Smithville, Shreve: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Wayne County, Clinton oil country where the trend bends south. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text [918-984-1645](tel:9189841645) Wayne County is Ohio farm country with an oil patch under it: about 1,600 wells on the ODNR books, 1,100 of them producing, nearly all of them Clinton wells that have run for decades on the same leases. A lot of the mineral interests here were never severed from the farm, and the ones that were tend to be split among families that left for Akron or Columbus a generation ago. **What produces here.** ODNR's 2025 annual production report shows 115,284 barrels of oil and 676,072 Mcf of gas from Wayne County, with 1,634 wells reporting and 1,119 producing. Franklin Gas and Oil had 114 producing wells and made 12,112 barrels and 85,183 Mcf; C and C Producing made 15,728 barrels from 60 wells; and Harley Drilling and Producing, Kenoil, MS Producing, Mormack Industries, MFC Drilling, Cutter Oil, Red Bird Producing and OWS Acquisition are the other names on checks. The county's one Utica horizontal, GeoPetro's Hershberger 1H in East Union Township, first produced in November 2012 and reported 92 barrels and 6,981 Mcf in the second quarter of 2026. 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 ODNR traces the Clinton field trend from Ashtabula County to Wayne County and then south toward Hocking. Wayne made 115,284 barrels and 676,072 Mcf in 2025 from about 1,120 conventional wells. ### Utica and Point Pleasant, western fringe One horizontal well, GeoPetro's Hershberger 1H in East Union Township, has produced since 2012. It reported 92 barrels and 6,981 Mcf in the second quarter of 2026, and no other Utica wells are listed in the county. Counties ## Communities we see in Wayne County title Wooster Orrville Rittman Smithville Apple Creek Shreve Wherever your tract sits in Wayne 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 Wayne County owners What are mineral rights worth in Wayne County? On the Clinton well, which in Wayne County is often an oil well run by Franklin Gas and Oil, C and C Producing, Kenoil or Harley Drilling. Those are real, if modest, royalties priced off actual decline. The single 2012 Utica horizontal in East Union Township is a small gas well and not a reason to expect more. 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 Wayne 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 Wayne 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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