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Barbour County, West Virginia
A full read of activity around your Barbour County tract
Recent permits, active operators and horizontal mix — in one report, with sources.
Weighing an offer to sell your Barbour County minerals?
Buyers make unsolicited offers on mineral rights constantly, and the activity on record here is the context that tells you whether an offer is well-timed. Barbour County has 1 new drilling permits in the last year, 6 horizontal permits and 3 active operators on record. New drilling — especially horizontal wells that can drain a tract from a mile away — is what moves both a mineral tract's value and your leverage in a sale. This page shows that activity free; watching the county tells you the moment it changes, so an offer never lands before you know what's driving it.
This is public WVDEP activity — the same data a mineral buyer looks at, in your hands. It is not an appraisal, and not a record of who owns the minerals.
Recent drilling permits in Barbour County
| Filed | Operator | Lease | Type | Horiz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | ARSENAL RESOURCES LLC | Margaret Mackey (Life Estate) & John M Wolfe | New Drill | Horiz |
| 2020-10-14 | PEPPER DEVELOPMENT, LLC | WILLIAM M. COMPTON | New Drill | |
| 2019-10-15 | PEPPER DEVELOPMENT, LLC | WILLIAM M. COMPTON | New Drill | |
| 2018-07-13 | ARSENAL RESOURCES LLC | Margaret Wolfe Mackey & John M. Wolfe | New Drill | Horiz |
| 2018-05-25 | ARSENAL RESOURCES LLC | HOWDERSHELT LIVING TRUST, MELVIN & RENEE HOWDERSHELT TRUSTEES | New Drill | Horiz |
| 2018-05-25 | ARSENAL RESOURCES LLC | HOWDERSHELT LIVING TRUST, MELVIN & RENEE HOWDERSHELT TRUSTEES | New Drill | Horiz |
| 2018-05-25 | ARSENAL RESOURCES LLC | HOWDERSHELT LIVING TRUST, MELVIN & RENEE HOWDERSHELT TRUSTEES | New Drill | Horiz |
| 2017-11-07 | ARSENAL RESOURCES LLC | JUANITA STOUT | New Drill | Horiz |
| 1986-06-09 | WV MINERAL GROUP LLC | ROYAL LAND COMPANY | New Drill | |
| 1974-03-01 | WV MINERAL GROUP LLC | STALNAKER, EDITH ETAL | New Drill | |
| 1968-04-01 | WV MINERAL GROUP LLC | WOLFE, LARRY, ETAL | New Drill |
Who is drilling in Barbour County
3 companies hold drilling permits in Barbour County, West Virginia. These are the ones on record, by permits filed. Open a company to see every county it drills in and every permit it has filed.
| Operator | Permits here | Horizontal | Last filed | Wells on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARSENAL RESOURCES LLC | 6 | 6 | 2026-04-13 | — |
| WV MINERAL GROUP LLC | 3 | 0 | 1986-06-09 | — |
| PEPPER DEVELOPMENT, LLC | 2 | 0 | 2020-10-14 | — |