Ohio Mineral Rights

Ohio Mineral Rights have a history dating back to the mid 1800's. The first commercial production of oil occurred in Washington County in 1860. Natural gas was later found in 1884. Ohio's mineral rights owners have seen a total of 274,733 wells drilled, which ranks them 4th in the nation behind Texas, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania. Currently, most of Ohio's oil and gas wells are "stripper" wells that produce less than 10 barrels of oil per day or roughly 70 mcf of gas per day.