Marcellus and Utica Mineral Buyers: Who Says They Buy in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia

Marcellus and Utica mineral buyers are firms whose own sites say they buy in Pennsylvania, Ohio or West Virginia. Of 148 buyer, broker and listing sites in a public directory of mineral buyers, 24 name Pennsylvania, Ohio or West Virginia in their own words, and 14 more include it in longer lists of areas (AMR buyer ledger, Oct 2026). Each is quoted below with what it says it buys.

This page lists those buyers, what kinds of interests they say they buy, what their sites state about a sale, and the state rules on royalty payment and unclaimed money that apply in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. It is a list of statements, not an endorsement, with a ranked shortlist of three first. American Mineral Registry, which publishes this page, also buys; it is ranked and marked in the shortlist below, never in the counts.

Which three buyers fit a Marcellus or Utica interest?

Three buyers whose own words cover Appalachia. The first is ranked for its long Ohio record, American Mineral Registry for covering all three states and every other, and the third for its Marcellus and Utica focus; each one's own site shows where it stops.

1. Why is Gateway Royalty ranked first?

Gateway has worked with Ohio owners for years, including partial sales, but only in Eastern Ohio.

• Pro: Gateway Royalty has worked with Ohio landowners who chose to sell only a portion of their minerals or royalties (Gateway Royalty, LLC, Oct 2026).
• Con: For the past 13 years, we’ve worked exclusively with landowners in Eastern Ohio (Gateway Royalty, LLC, Oct 2026).

2. Why is American Mineral Registry ranked second?

Publisher of this page. American Mineral Registry takes interests in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia and in every other state, so one request covers an owner with minerals in more than one place.

• Pro: it takes requests on interests in every state and the District of Columbia (American Mineral Registry, About AMR Research, Oct 2026).
• Pro: it takes royalties that pay monthly checks and mineral acres that are leased or unleased (American Mineral Registry, About AMR Research, Oct 2026).
• Pro: asking costs nothing, there is no fee when an owner sells, and nothing comes out of the price for American Mineral Registry (American Mineral Registry, About AMR Research, Oct 2026).
• Pro: the buyer pays the title search, title insurance and closing costs (American Mineral Registry, About AMR Research, Oct 2026).
• Con: usually it buys the interest itself and may resell it later; that is how it is paid (American Mineral Registry, About AMR Research, Oct 2026).

3. Why is Cavallo Mineral Partners ranked third?

Cavallo buys in the Marcellus and Utica across all three states and says the owner pays no costs.

• Pro: You will not incur any costs to complete this transaction (Cavallo Mineral Partners, LLC, Oct 2026).
• Con: its buying is focused on the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations, so minerals elsewhere need another buyer (Cavallo Mineral Partners, LLC, Oct 2026).

Which buyers say they buy in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia?

24 buyer sites name Pennsylvania, Ohio or West Virginia in their own words. Pennsylvania and West Virginia are each named by 11, Ohio by 10, and the Marcellus and Utica by 5 and 3.

Which buyers name it on their own site?

The 24 sites below, in alphabetical order, each quoted where the site names Pennsylvania, Ohio or West Virginia. A further 14 name it only within longer lists of areas and are not listed here.

Which name the Marcellus or Utica?

5 of the 24 name a shale. Others name the states or Appalachia as a whole.

• American Mineral Solutions says We serve landowners across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio, with a focus on the Marcellus and Utica Shales. (American Mineral Solutions, Oct 2026).
• Cavallo Mineral Partners says Currently our acquisition efforts are focused on the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations underlying the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. (Cavallo Mineral Partners, LLC, Oct 2026).
• Country Roads Minerals says We specialize in purchasing mineral rights, non-participating royalty interests, and overriding royalty interests within the Marcellus and Utica shale formations located in West Virginia. (Country Roads Minerals, LLC, Oct 2026).

What do Appalachian buyers say they buy?

Every one names minerals, and most name royalties too. 10 of the 24 also name overriding royalties, and 5 name working interests.

Which name overriding royalties or working interests?

Those that do usually list them beside minerals and royalties. The glossary at the end of this page defines each kind of interest.

• Appalachian Mineral Partners says it was formed in 2012 with the sole purpose of acquiring minerals, royalties, and overriding royalties. (Appalachian Mineral Partners, LLC, Oct 2026).
• BHCH Mineral, LTD says We purchase all or a portion of the perpetual mineral interest, royalty interest, overriding royalty interest and non-producing minerals throughout the United States. (BHCH Mineral, LTD, Oct 2026).
• Country Roads Minerals, LLC says We specialize in purchasing mineral rights, non-participating royalty interests, and overriding royalty interests within the Marcellus and Utica shale formations located in West Virginia. (Country Roads Minerals, LLC, Oct 2026).

Which buy part of an interest?

14 of the 24 say an owner can sell part. AMR's page on selling part of your mineral rights covers the structures.

• America's Choice Royalty Services says We can help oil and gas royalty owners to divest (sell) all or part of their royalty interests. (America's Choice Royalty Services, Oct 2026).
• American Mineral Solutions says Yes. Depending on the property, you may be able to sell all or a portion of your rights. (American Mineral Solutions, Oct 2026).

What do these buyer sites state about a sale?

Timing and paperwork, mostly. 15 state a time to close or pay; 4 say offers come in writing and 0 say who keeps royalties earned before closing.

What do they say about timing?

Most give a target in days or weeks. A target on a site is a statement, not a measured record. AMR's page on how long a sale takes compares them.

• Appalachian Mineral Partners, LLC says Our due diligence process typically takes 60 to 120 days to complete title diligence and prepare necessary paperwork for closing. (Appalachian Mineral Partners, LLC, Oct 2026).
• Cavallo Mineral Partners, LLC says You can expect to close on the sale of your mineral rights in as little as 30 days. (Cavallo Mineral Partners, LLC, Oct 2026).

What do they say about costs?

6 of the 24 say who pays costs, usually the buyer. AMR's guide to comparing mineral rights offers lists the terms to match before comparing prices.

• Appalachian Mineral Partners, LLC says Will I have to cover any costs? We cover all costs, from diligence to closing. (Appalachian Mineral Partners, LLC, Oct 2026).
• Cavallo Mineral Partners, LLC says You will not incur any costs to complete this transaction. (Cavallo Mineral Partners, LLC, Oct 2026).

What payment rules apply in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio?

Pennsylvania and West Virginia set 120-day deadlines for unconventional or horizontal wells; no payment timing statute was found for Ohio. Ohio treats unpaid royalties as unclaimed after one year.

How fast must royalties be paid?

Within 120 days of first sale for Pennsylvania unconventional wells and West Virginia horizontal wells. AMR's page on royalties in suspense before selling covers held money.

• Pennsylvania requires payment no later than 120 days from the date of the first sale of oil, gas or natural gas liquids (Pa. Oil and Gas Lease Act, Apr 2024).
• West Virginia sets a payment period which shall not exceed 120 days from the first date of sale of oil, natural gas, or natural gas liquids is realized (W. Va. Code 37C-1-3, Nov 2025).
• Pennsylvania's deadline does not apply where (i) There is a lack of marketable record title in the royalty owner. (ii) There is bona fide dispute concerning the royalty owner's interest. (iii) The owner of interest is missing or not able to be located. (Pa. Oil and Gas Lease Act, Apr 2024).

Can unpaid or unused interests be lost in Ohio?

Unpaid royalties go to the state after one year, and Ohio courts have applied two statutes to old severed interests. AMR's reference on whether mineral rights expire covers the Ohio rules.

• Ohio: funds owed or held as royalties, oil and mineral proceeds, funds held for or owed to suppliers, and moneys owed under pension and profit-sharing plans, held or owed by any holder unclaimed for one year from date payable or distributable (Ohio Rev. Code 169.02, Sep 2022).
• Ohio State University Extension reports on an Ohio Supreme Court case: The Court ultimately held that a mineral interest holder’s interest may be extinguished by the Marketable Title Act or deemed abandoned by the Dormant Mineral Act, depending on the surrounding circumstances. (Ohio State University Extension, Jan 2021).

Methodology and Sources

Buyers come from AMR's census of the 289 entries in Valor's public mineral buyer directory, read on October 8, 2026; 148 had a reachable site of a firm that buys, brokers, auctions or lists mineral interests. A buyer is listed only where its own words name Pennsylvania, Ohio or West Virginia, quoted and matched against the saved page; a region picker on a form does not count. State rules come from the statute text read for AMR's page on royalties in suspense, some through Internet Archive captures of the official pages. American Mineral Registry also buys; it appears only in the shortlist at the top of the page, marked as the publisher, never in the counts.

Glossary

• Mineral interest: ownership of the oil, gas and minerals under a tract, with the right to lease.
• Royalty interest: a share of production free of drilling costs.
• Overriding royalty: a royalty carved from a lease that usually ends with it.
• Working interest: a share of a lease that pays its share of costs.
• Nonparticipating royalty: a royalty without the right to lease or receive bonus.
• Unclaimed property: money a holder must report to a state after a set period unpaid.
• First sale: the first sale of production from a well, which starts the payment clock.
• Unconventional well: in Pennsylvania law, a well drilled into a shale such as the Marcellus.

Sources

• American Mineral Registry: Mineral buyer disclosure ledger, CSV
• America's Choice Royalty Services, oil gas divestment opportunities page
• America's Choice Royalty Services, about page
• American Mineral Solutions, home page
• American Mineral Solutions, why sell page
• Appalachian Mineral Partners, LLC, home page
• Appalachian Mineral Partners, LLC, about us page
• Appalachian Mineral Partners, LLC, FAQ
• BHCH Mineral, LTD
• Bounty Minerals, Inc.
• Cavallo Mineral Partners, LLC, where we buy page
• Cavallo Mineral Partners, LLC, our process page
• Country Roads Minerals, LLC
• CP Royalties, LLC
• Divot Minerals, LLC
• Flat River Minerals
• Gateway Royalty, LLC, landowners page
• GRP Energy Capital LLC
• Haystack Minerals
• Horizon Resources, LLC
• Jetstream Oil & Gas
• Master Mineral Holdings
• OGI Minerals, LLC
• Ohio Legislative Service Commission: Ohio Revised Code 169.02
• Ohio State University Extension, Farm Office: Mineral Rights: The Underlying Legacy, Part II (reporting West v. Bode)
• Paint Rock Royalty, LLC
• Pennsylvania General Assembly: Oil and Gas Lease Act (Act of July 20, 1979, P.L. 183, No. 60), as amended
• Ranger Land and Minerals
• San Jacinto Minerals, LLC
• San Saba Royalty
• Stone Hill Minerals
• Tenmile Land, LLC
• Venergy Momentum Oil & Gas, LLC
• West Virginia Legislature: West Virginia Code 37C-1-3
• Gateway Royalty, LLC, can i sell part of my mineral rights page
• American Mineral Registry, About AMR Research