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Ritchie County, West Virginia
A full read of activity around your Ritchie County tract
Recent permits, active operators and horizontal mix — in one report, with sources.
Weighing an offer to sell your Ritchie 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. Ritchie County has 19 new drilling permits in the last year, 162 horizontal permits and 6 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 Ritchie County
Who is drilling in Ritchie County
6 companies hold drilling permits in Ritchie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION | 149 | 149 | 2026-08-10 | — |
| DALE, DAVID DBA DD OIL COMPANY | 9 | 6 | 2020-03-26 | — |
| EQT PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC | 7 | 7 | 2017-08-11 | — |
| MOUNTAINEER WELL SERVICES LLC | 3 | 0 | 2026-01-09 | — |
| ALLIED ENERGY, INC. | 3 | 0 | 2018-10-09 | — |
| JAY-BEE OIL & GAS, INC. | 1 | 0 | — | — |