# Wetzel County, WV **URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/c/west-virginia-mineral-rights/wetzel-county-wv/402.md?page=4 [Latest](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 5 --- ## [Wetzel County, WV - Oil & Gas Discussion archives](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wetzel-county-wv-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1164)
**Author:** [@ANTHONY\_C\_MOORE](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/ANTHONY_C_MOORE)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wetzel-county-wv-oil-gas-discussion-archives/1164 "2018-04-21T14:41:57Z")
Wetzel County, WV oil & gas discussion group. Share your experience regarding lease bonus, royalty rates, drilling activity, and oil & gas news. --- ## [Amending a Lease Offer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/amending-a-lease-offer/25417)
**Author:** [@Shelley\_J](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Shelley_J)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/amending-a-lease-offer/25417 "2018-04-11T18:17:46Z")
What process did you use to amend a lease offer? Go through the Landman that made the offer, or work through an attorney? My rights make up a small fraction of the total, so I’m not sure it would be worth the expense for… --- ## [Selling mineral rights](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-mineral-rights/25984)
**Author:** [@SHERRIE\_KINKADE](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/SHERRIE_KINKADE)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-mineral-rights/25984 "2018-02-01T20:39:25Z")
I own property with a survivorship deed. Am I legally able to sell my mineral rights without the consent of the other person? --- ## [Wetzel co oil gas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wetzel-co-oil-gas/1565)
**Author:** [@randall\_foutty](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/randall_foutty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wetzel-co-oil-gas/1565 "2017-11-13T09:45:35Z")
EQT, they are wanting me to sign a lease for $1 an acre for 44 acres, I have not signed, was curious to what the rate is for a lease in Wetzel County, WV, thanks. --- ## [Questions regarding royalties and who monitors the lease contract](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/questions-regarding-royalties-and-who-monitors-the-lease-contract/2407)
**Author:** [@Alan\_L\_Roesler](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_L_Roesler)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/questions-regarding-royalties-and-who-monitors-the-lease-contract/2407 "2017-09-08T19:12:33Z")
My proposed “draft contract” from Terra Services (EQT), regarding a lease in which I have an inherited 1.2958 acres (of the 124 total acres), states that "The Lessee shall pay monthly to Lessor a royalty of one-eighth (1… --- ## [How will a Gross Proceeds Clause affect my overall royalty percentage?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-will-a-gross-proceeds-clause-affect-my-overall-royalty-percentage/2073)
**Author:** [@Alan\_L\_Roesler](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_L_Roesler)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-will-a-gross-proceeds-clause-affect-my-overall-royalty-percentage/2073 "2017-09-06T17:52:50Z")
My draft lease now contains an Addendum containing a provision for an 18% royalty with capped post-production costs. The post production costs are defined in detail but are not to exceed $0.80 MMBTU (which is still a lit… --- ## [Pipeline equipment pad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-equipment-pad/2085)
**Author:** [@Cort\_Acker](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Cort_Acker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-equipment-pad/2085 "2017-09-04T13:18:10Z")
Just found this forum while searching for information. The pipeline company and I have come to an agreement on another pipeline through my property, now they would like to put an equipment and pipe pad on it. I’ve been … --- ## [Capping Post-Production Costs - Is it wise to allow adjustment annually, based on the Consumer Price Index?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/capping-post-production-costs-is-it-wise-to-allow-adjustment-annually-based-on-the-consumer-price-index/2131)
**Author:** [@Alan\_L\_Roesler](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_L_Roesler)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/capping-post-production-costs-is-it-wise-to-allow-adjustment-annually-based-on-the-consumer-price-index/2131 "2017-08-28T17:39:06Z")
Based on previous advice herein, I was able to get the company I am dealing with to agree to an 18% royalty for Wetzel County, which is now also proposing to have post-production costs not exceed $0.80/MMBtu, for both oi… --- ## [Pugh Clause](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pugh-clause/2282)
**Author:** [@Alan\_L\_Roesler](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_L_Roesler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pugh-clause/2282 "2017-08-09T01:22:40Z")
What is a “Pugh Clause” and how does that affect a lease contract? --- ## [Gross Proceeds Lease](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/gross-proceeds-lease/2291)
**Author:** [@Alan\_L\_Roesler](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_L_Roesler)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/gross-proceeds-lease/2291 "2017-08-07T02:41:27Z")
What are the caveats to look for in a gross proceeds lease? Does that imply you should accept a minimal royalty payment, since you apparently wouldn’t be subject to post-production costs? --- ## [Limit length of contract to 5 years or allow company to extend it to 10 and accept same cost/mineral acre](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/limit-length-of-contract-to-5-years-or-allow-company-to-extend-it-to-10-and-accept-same-cost-mineral-acre/2372)
**Author:** [@Alan\_L\_Roesler](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_L_Roesler)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/limit-length-of-contract-to-5-years-or-allow-company-to-extend-it-to-10-and-accept-same-cost-mineral-acre/2372 "2017-07-26T23:09:57Z")
My brother and I have inherited a tract of land for which we have a draft 5-year lease contract to review. He agrees with the provision that provides for an automatic 5 year extension at any time during that five years i… --- ## [To Have and To Hold option on proposed draft contract](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/to-have-and-to-hold-option-on-proposed-draft-contract/2406)
**Author:** [@Alan\_L\_Roesler](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_L_Roesler)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/to-have-and-to-hold-option-on-proposed-draft-contract/2406 "2017-07-26T02:57:59Z")
I have a proposed “draft contract” from Terra Services (EQT) in which I have mineral rights for 1.2958 acres in Wetzel County, just north of Pine Grove. On one hand they tell you that their first contract on the 140-acre… --- ## [How do they calculate the "Upfront signing bonus" for a mineral lease they're offering me, and how do I know whether or not it's fair?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-do-they-calculate-the-upfront-signing-bonus-for-a-mineral-lease-theyre-offering-me-and-how-do-i-know-whether-or-not-its-fair/2398)
**Author:** [@Alan\_L\_Roesler](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_L_Roesler)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/how-do-they-calculate-the-upfront-signing-bonus-for-a-mineral-lease-theyre-offering-me-and-how-do-i-know-whether-or-not-its-fair/2398 "2017-07-24T17:02:19Z")
EQT is offering me an “Upfront signing bonus” of exactly $3,000 per acre. Is this about the going upfront signing bonus rate per acre for mineral rights in Wetzel County? This is in the Grant District. When I received my… --- ## [What happens to leases when the Lessee goes out of business?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-happens-to-leases-when-the-lessee-goes-out-of-business/2397)
**Author:** [@Alan\_L\_Roesler](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Alan_L_Roesler)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/what-happens-to-leases-when-the-lessee-goes-out-of-business/2397 "2017-07-24T15:25:25Z")
In April 2010 I signed a 10-year lease with East Resources, Inc. for a 150-acre tract in the Grant District, but they subsequently went out of business and were bought out by EQT. Does that mean that EQT automatically al… --- ## [Inherented lease](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/inherented-lease/2578)
**Author:** [@Amber](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Amber)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/inherented-lease/2578 "2017-06-22T02:40:14Z")
Hello everyone, I received a phone call from someone at Honor Resource Company also working with EQT Productions. She said that I inherited an old well lease from my grandma that passed away. Apparently nobody has known … --- ## [Legacy Minerals](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/legacy-minerals/3098)
**Author:** [@Mary\_Smith](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mary_Smith)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/legacy-minerals/3098 "2017-04-06T21:00:52Z")
Good Evening: Legacy Minerals have offered to purchase our mineral rights in Wetzel County, Grant District for $5K/acre. As an initial offer, we aren’t interested. However, what do you all know about Legacy Minerals (be… --- ## [Sudden Offers Grant District / Wetzel Co WV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/sudden-offers-grant-district-wetzel-co-wv/3122)
**Author:** [@Penny1](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Penny1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/sudden-offers-grant-district-wetzel-co-wv/3122 "2017-03-29T22:33:09Z")
I own several areas of land but have gotten an offer to lease (I don’t want to sell anything) in the Grant District 4-25-p/o 41 (??) and this company that is willing to lease it at 3500.00 / acre at 15% royalty rate. I’v… --- ## [Offers to Purchase](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offers-to-purchase/3121)
**Author:** [@Mary\_Smith](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mary_Smith)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offers-to-purchase/3121 "2017-03-29T01:50:00Z")
Good Afternoon: We own mineral and surface rights in Grant District, Wetzel County. Permits have recently been approved that will affect us as royalty owners. We are being inundated with offers to buy. Is this due to th… --- ## [Prices for Property Proctor District/Wetzel County](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/prices-for-property-proctor-district-wetzel-county/3160)
**Author:** [@Kevin\_Clifton](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Kevin_Clifton)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 7:13am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/prices-for-property-proctor-district-wetzel-county/3160 "2017-03-24T07:13:19Z")
I inherited about 13 acres currently under a Chesapeake lease from my parents that pays a paltry annual royalty. It currently has a shallow well and is part of 1,400 acres owned by my mother’s family for decades. I have … --- ## [Offer from DWG](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-from-dwg/3307)
**Author:** [@John\_Thomas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/John_Thomas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-from-dwg/3307 "2017-03-02T03:13:39Z")
DWG Oil & Gas Acquisitions has made my mother-in-law the offer below with regard to interests in the Grant District. We don’t know much about this, and were hoping for some feedback, good, bad or indifferent. TIA. $15K … --- ## [Mountaineer Natural Resources, LLC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mountaineer-natural-resources-llc/3527)
**Author:** [@Fred\_Jones](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Fred_Jones)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mountaineer-natural-resources-llc/3527 "2017-01-25T03:32:52Z")
Saw a Facebook post from the Mountaineer Xpress page that read the following: “Warning. Folks in central WV are receiving letters from an Ohio company currently buying “surface Rights and Real Estate in WV”. The company… --- ## [Black Gold Group LTD](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/black-gold-group-ltd/3687)
**Author:** [@Fred\_Jones](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Fred_Jones)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/black-gold-group-ltd/3687 "2017-01-13T16:01:41Z")
Has anyone had any direct correspondence or dealings with a Black Gold Group, LTD out of Strasburg, Ohio? Specifically a Zach Kilgus is pressing hard for a sale of rights in Wetzel County, West Virginia? We own approxima… --- ## [Stone Energy Bankruptcy Notice](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/stone-energy-bankruptcy-notice/3665)
**Author:** [@Fred\_Jones](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Fred_Jones)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/stone-energy-bankruptcy-notice/3665 "2016-12-29T23:45:53Z")
Anyone in Wetzel County receive recent legal copies of this from Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC? --- ## [Not shure what I inherited](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/not-shure-what-i-inherited/3683)
**Author:** [@Mark\_NEWKIRK](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mark_NEWKIRK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/not-shure-what-i-inherited/3683 "2016-12-28T17:16:32Z")
My mother passed away and my siblings and I inherited land and minerals. Not sure what to do and no one can tell me anything. I live out of state and my family members living in the states aren’t being very helpful. The … --- ## [Countering an offer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/countering-an-offer/4540)
**Author:** [@Julie\_P\_Wittelsberger](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Julie_P_Wittelsberger)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/countering-an-offer/4540 "2016-12-07T17:49:15Z")
My siblings and I received a leasing offer from a company (Drilling Appalachian Company) for 1500 per acre in Wetzel County. We would like to counter that offer and need guidance how to do this. Please respond for all th… --- ## [Approached to sell](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/approached-to-sell/3904)
**Author:** [@Ava\_Wilson\_Brooks](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Ava_Wilson_Brooks)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/approached-to-sell/3904 "2016-12-07T17:47:52Z")
I have been approached by a man named Robert (Bobby) Nutter Jr out of Clarksburg WV about selling the mineral rights my brother and I own in Wetzel County. He says he represents a “group of investors” that is interested … --- ## [Wetzel County Taxes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wetzel-county-taxes/4370)
**Author:** [@JTW](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/JTW)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wetzel-county-taxes/4370 "2016-09-19T00:57:02Z")
Just noticed that our Wetzel County property taxes for our tiny mineral holding has actually INCREASED from last year!? If the value is down (WAY down . . . to virtually nothing), how does this make sense? --- ## [Others have filed claim to my grandfather's mineral rights and his brother's](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/others-have-filed-claim-to-my-grandfathers-mineral-rights-and-his-brothers/4737)
**Author:** [@Chriss\_Max](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Chriss_Max)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/others-have-filed-claim-to-my-grandfathers-mineral-rights-and-his-brothers/4737 "2016-07-28T19:18:49Z")
Others have filed claim to my grandfather’s mineral rights and his brother’s. How do I correct this and let the court know that we are living descendants? --- ## [Wileyville Unit 1 and 2 Wetzel County W.V](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wileyville-unit-1-and-2-wetzel-county-w-v/4762)
**Author:** [@Robert\_Steenerson](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Robert_Steenerson)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/wileyville-unit-1-and-2-wetzel-county-w-v/4762 "2016-07-28T03:14:07Z")
We pay taxes on Mineral Rights in Wetzel County, West Virginia which we recently inherited, but the tax bill/receipts only list a Utilization agreement (pooling agreement) called Wileyville Unit 1 and Unit 2. How do we … --- ## [Keystone Buckeye Energy](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/keystone-buckeye-energy/4863)
**Author:** [@Fred\_Jones](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Fred_Jones)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/keystone-buckeye-energy/4863 "2016-07-07T16:59:46Z")
Any intel here? Getting offers for rights in Green and Grant Districts. Anyone familiar? [Previous page](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/c/west-virginia-mineral-rights/wetzel-county-wv/402.md?page=3) [Next page](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/c/west-virginia-mineral-rights/wetzel-county-wv/402.md?page=5)