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Direct buyer of West Virginia mineral rights

A fair offer. Built on facts.

We buy West Virginia oil and gas mineral rights directly, no broker in between. First we help you find out what you own, free. Then, only if you ask, a written offer with every assumption on the page.

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A closer look beneath the surface. Illustrative land and mineral layers.

Map · wells · operators · permits · production

Start exploring wells, leases, operators, permits, and production in your area today.

Every public well in West Virginia on one map, with a page for each one: who operates it, what it produced, what the gas was worth, and who holds the permits around it. Public record, free, and it asks nothing of you.

Look up a well by API number or name · Drilling pipeline · Operators · Prices

The wells map: Doddridge County selected, neighbouring counties shaded by drilling activity, and the results panel with permit and completion counts3,442 permits outstanding710 wells completed since 202555 countiesState record as of October 2026

Understand first. Decide later.

One path for every owner, whether you inherited a fraction, get a royalty check, or are holding somebody else’s offer. Scroll through it. New to all of this? Start here, or pick your situation.

A county map builds up stage by stage: public records, a private tract, the mineral layer beneath it, three choices, and a written offerYour county, every public wellGuidesCounty pageMapNewsYour tractin a private caseYour fraction of the mineral layerwith the deed book and page behind itYour choice, or none of themKeepSellLeaseA written offer comes last, and only if you ask for oneWritten offerThe interest and the priceEvery assumptionConditions and costsExpiry and paymentAccept · Ask · DeclineStop at any stage. Everything you received stays yours.

  1. Discover

    Look around. Guides, county pages, the map, the news. Public, and it asks nothing of you.

    Find your situation

  2. Locate

    Open a private case. Tell us what you know. Skip what you don’t. A researcher replies with your case reference.

    Open a private case

  3. Understand

    Get your brief. What you own, where, and the document behind each finding. Free, and yours whatever you decide.

    How the free screening works

  4. Choose

    Keep, sell, or lease. Or stop here. Everything you received stays yours, and nothing commits you to the next step.

    Lease or sell, compared

  5. Transact

    Read a written offer. Price, assumptions, conditions, costs, expiry. Then accept, ask in writing, or decline.

    How a written offer works
Watch: what this site is for. The path from a question to a decision, the four free things, and who is behind it. About 61 seconds, with AI narration and English captions.
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stages, and you can stop after any of them
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fees for research, and no commission on a sale
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price per written offer, with every assumption listed
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West Virginia counties where we take inquiries
How it works, stage by stage

Four things you get before anyone talks about a deal.

All free, public or private as you choose, and built from sources you can check.

Research

A free screening turns a name and a county into a sourced brief.

Map and wells

Every public well on the map, with a page for each one.

Prices and news

Why your check changed, and what was permitted near you this week.

Family Tree

How a fraction reached your family, with the evidence labeled.

Look up a well.

Type the API number from a royalty stub, a lease name, a family name from an old permit, or an operator.

  • The recordOperator, status, formation, depth, and every filing for that API number.
  • What is around itPermits outstanding and completions since last year in the same district.
  • Updates when something changesWatch a well and get its county report now, and per-well alerts as they launch.

Pick the one that fits today.

None requires a sale, and none commits you to the next one.

If you are curious

County report

New permits, prices, and news for your counties, every Monday.

Free. No sale required, ever.

If you are unsure what you own

Mineral Owner Brief

What the records say you own, with a source for each line.

Free screening first.

If you inherited

Inheritance review

A reviewed family tree and the timeline of deeds and wills that moved the interest.

Ownership settled before any deal.

If you are ready to sell

Written offer

One price, every assumption and cost stated, with an expiry date.

Accept, ask, or decline.

Who is making the offer.

A buyer, and we say so on every page that invites a deal.

  • The buyer is named.The business that publishes this site is the one that signs the offer and pays.
  • The economics are explained.We earn by owning what we buy, not by charging you. No commission is not the same as the highest price.
  • Your choice stays visible.Nothing here requires a sale, and nothing from your case is published or sold as a lead.
  • Offers can be checked.The written offer lists what can change after title review, and by how much.

The buyer

Fair Mineral Offer is published by the business that makes the purchase offers and lease proposals described on this site. Research, maps, and news here are prepared by a prospective buyer and are not an independent appraisal.

Purchasing entity: To be confirmed before launch. Based in West Virginia. Named contact: To be confirmed before launch.

How a written offer works · About the business

Vision and mission

Why we publish before we buy.

An owner who understands what they own makes a decision that holds. A buyer who shows its work earns the next conversation.

  • Facts before offersThe screening, the map, and the family tree exist so the decision is made on records, not on a letter and a hunch.
  • Say which hat we are wearingWe publish and we buy. Every page that invites a deal says so, and research from a buyer is never called an appraisal.
  • Make leaving easyNo deadline on a letter, no follow-up after a decline, no sale required for anything we give away.
Read our vision and mission
Three stacked plates: know, see, and decide, with the top plate highlighted
  • Knowwhat you own, with a source for each fact
  • Seethe map, operators, and prices
  • Decidea written offer, or nothing at all

Twelve counties first. Every county welcome.

County pages, newsletters, and research capacity start where the most drilling is happening.

An oil pump silhouetted beneath a glowing sunset

The land. The facts. The offer.

A direct purchase starts with the details of your mineral interest.

Understand the offer

Straight answers.

What makes the offer fair?

It is calculated the same way for every interest, from stated inputs: what you own, lease status, production and decline, forward prices, deductions, and county activity. The offer lists those assumptions so you can check them, and you can compare it with any other offer before deciding.

Are you a broker?

No. The business behind this site is the buyer. Nobody markets your interest to other companies, and nobody charges you a commission.

Will you beat another offer?

That is the aim, not a promise. A real comparison covers the same interest and the same terms, including who pays closing costs and when you are paid. Ask us to put both side by side.

Do I have to sell to use the research?

No. The screening, the map, the county newsletters, and the family-history review are yours whether or not you ever ask for an offer. Declining ends the conversation unless you restart it.