# Offer to by my 1.7acre $7000 per acre
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213
**Category:** Lewis County, WV
**Created:** [December 24, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213 "2025-12-24T13:03:10Z")
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### Author:  [@boyerrichard](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/boyerrichard)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/1 "2025-12-24T13:03:10Z")
Wondering if this is a fair offer per acre, please help.
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### Author:  [@Khaled\_Helmi](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Khaled_Helmi)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/2 "2025-12-24T14:49:58Z")
@boyerrichard I would definitely get some more offers on this. Look for companies that buy West Virginia minerals (google “West Virginia Mineral Buyers”). Worse comes to worse you can always take this offer - but multiple offers ALWAYS help the seller.
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### Author:  [@Keith\_Jack](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Keith_Jack)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/3 "2025-12-24T20:59:56Z")
Please consult with an oil and gas attorney. The offer that they present is always the low ball offer. Just them alone presenting an offer lets you know there’s something there. You can get more through negotiation. It depends on if you’re willing to wait it out. But if they find what they believe is there they’ll come with a huge offer down the road. Best of luck!
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### Author:  [@Cinda\_C\_MacKinnon](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Cinda_C_MacKinnon)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/4 "2025-12-29T19:54:53Z")
Really? After paying an attorney, you can still pocket more for your sale in the long run? Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Keith\_Jack](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Keith_Jack)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/5 "2025-12-29T20:33:55Z")
Absolutely. The attorney only charges for their services, not a cut of your deal. I had 5 acres and the oil and gas company lowballed me. I got an attorney and I got 10x more than what I bought it for and he charged me 1k. Best 1k I ever spent!
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### Author:  [@dome](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/dome)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/6 "2025-12-31T02:18:56Z")
Richard, a few things to consider. Assuming the 1.7 acres are your mineral acres, do you know if other relatives or individuals have any interest in the 1.7 acres? It is very common in West Virginia to have multiple interests on parcels. If so, this modifies your total interest to net mineral acres (NMA) distributed among all the other interested parties. Most offers to either lease or purchase are based on the NMA number and not the total acre number. Agreed with all the other commenters that an oil and gas attorney would certainly help get you a better offer from the interested company. Not knowing where your parcel is located in Lewis County but there is drilling activity there which you can check at [dep.wv.gov](http://dep.wv.gov). Should help you make a better decision. Best of luck.
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### Author:  [@boyerrichard](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/boyerrichard)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/7 "2026-01-05T21:35:00Z")
No, that is my acres of 166 acres.
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/8 "2026-01-05T21:59:18Z")
Always a good idea to find out if there is pending horizontal drilling before considering a sale. Buyers plan to make a profit off of current production and pending production. Can you give a tighter location? Have you looked up your area on the state oil and gas commission website to learn more about activity?
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### Author:  [@Mikro1TX](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mikro1TX)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/9 "2026-01-05T22:08:22Z")
Hi @boyerrichard, is this a gas or oil lease? As many others have said, it may be in your best interest to understand what you really have and its real value vs someone out of the blue making an offer. $7K per mineral acre sounds low. Not that I know enough about West Virginia, but in Midland, Texas, I was getting low offers as well, in the $6K to $10K region. I settled on roughly around $19K+ when I finally sold, after I made a bunch before my health went south. Just keeping things real when I can. Listen to @M_Barnes as well. The others also make a good point.
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### Author:  [@Petroleum9202](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Petroleum9202)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/10 "2026-01-06T00:21:27Z")
@Mikro1TX There are a lot of differences between these two shale plays. With the thickness layer of the Marcellus and Lewis County area, $7,000 an acre is actually a pretty decent offer as the shale thins out the farther south below Lewis County.
- Permian = oil powerhouse (with gas)
- Marcellus = natural gas giant
**Location**
- Permian Basin West Texas & southeastern New Mexico
- Marcellus Shale Appalachia: mainly Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, and New York
**What they produce**
- Permian
- Marcellus
**Geology (why they behave differently)**
- Permian
- Marcellus
**Production & economics**
- Permian
- Marcellus
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### Author:  [@Mikro1TX](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mikro1TX)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/11 "2026-01-06T01:44:19Z")
Thanks for the info, as I said, I do not know enough about WV, so the difference is greater than I had thought. Still it would be best to get the largest offer available vs taking what is not solicited. MK
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### Author:  [@boyerrichard](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/boyerrichard)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/12 "2026-01-10T15:48:56Z")
Well, they have court papers to do 2 wells horizontal drilling and then it is 27 tracts 667 acres now two counties and the other drill is 24 tracts 256 acres. Should we have held out to see what happens with it?
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### Author:  [@boyerrichard](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/boyerrichard)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/13 "2026-01-10T15:55:51Z")
Did you see my reply? Thanks.
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/14 "2026-01-10T16:22:12Z")
Did you sell or lease?
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/offer-to-by-my-1-7acre-7000-per-acre/85213/15 "2026-03-24T13:03:35Z")
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