Moundsville, Cameron, Glen Dale: top tier dry gas Marcellus with Utica beneath, and longwall coal mining under much of the same ground.
Marshall County is one of West Virginia's top gas producing counties, with top tier dry gas Marcellus deliverability and active long lateral development. It is also one of only a handful of West Virginia counties with genuine Utica wells: Chevron drilled the state's first Utica well here, and Gastar's Simms U-5H followed. EQT is now the dominant operator, having absorbed Chevron Appalachia's position in 2020 and later Tug Hill, with Expand Energy, Diversified, and HG Energy also present.
The complicating estate here is coal. Pittsburgh seam longwall operations, including the McElroy and Marshall County complex, run under much of the county. Overlapping coal, gas, and surface estates constrain pad siting and create subsidence and surface use conflicts that show up in title work and can affect when a tract gets developed. It rarely changes who owns the gas, but it changes the timing, and timing is worth money.
The Natrium and Proctor industrial corridor adds easement complexity, and old flat rate leases from the shallow gas era remain of record. Under W. Va. Code section 22-6-8 those are converted to a minimum one eighth royalty, and the Supreme Court of Appeals has held that minimum may not be diluted by post production costs.
On deductions generally, Wellman and Tawney protect West Virginia royalty owners, and Romeo v. Antero Resources extended the point of sale rule in June 2025. We read your lease against that standard and show you the value both ways.
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Top tier deliverability, one of West Virginia's leading gas producing counties, with active long lateral development.
Developed but limited. Chevron drilled West Virginia's first Utica well in Marshall County and Gastar's Simms U-5H followed.
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