{
  "state": {
    "name": "Ohio",
    "abbreviation": "OH",
    "slug": "ohio"
  },
  "county": {
    "name": "Medina",
    "slug": "medina",
    "url": "https://www.americanroyaltybuyers.com/mineral-rights/ohio/medina",
    "description": "American Royalty Buyers acquires mineral rights and royalties in Medina County, Ohio. Located in the Utica Shale region, we provide comprehensive valuations.",
    "overview": "Medina County, just southwest of Cleveland, holds one of Ohio's largest inventories of legacy conventional wells — roughly 6,700 drilled and 1,360 still active, nearly all shallow vertical Clinton sandstone producers from the region's 20th-century booms. New drilling today is limited to the occasional conventional well. Medina County mineral owners typically hold small royalty interests under aging wells or unleased minerals beneath suburban land — both of which ARB buys.",
    "geology": "Production comes from the Silurian 'Clinton' sandstone, the shallow tight interval that made northeast Ohio one of America's most-drilled regions, along with minor shallow zones. Clinton wells decline gently for decades, which is why so many Medina County wells from the 1960s–80s still produce. The county lies well outside the Utica Shale's productive window — the deep, pressured rock that supports horizontal drilling is far to the southeast.",
    "activity": "Recent activity is a handful of conventional wells from small local operators — no horizontal wells have been spudded since 2023, and there is no shale-development wave coming to Medina County. The ownership questions that matter here are practical: valuing mature royalty streams, handling inherited fractional interests spread across family members, and deciding whether unleased suburban minerals have sale value. ARB handles all three.",
    "keyFormations": [
      "Clinton sandstone",
      "Shallow legacy zones"
    ],
    "stats": [
      {
        "label": "Basin",
        "value": "Appalachian (Clinton legacy)"
      },
      {
        "label": "Wells Drilled / Active",
        "value": "6,700+ / ~1,360"
      },
      {
        "label": "Current Drilling",
        "value": "Occasional conventional wells only"
      }
    ],
    "faqs": [
      {
        "q": "I inherited mineral rights in Medina County, Ohio — are they worth selling?",
        "a": "Medina County interests are usually small royalty streams from legacy Clinton wells or unleased minerals under suburban tracts, and they are absolutely sellable — buyers like ARB routinely purchase fractional legacy interests that larger companies ignore. Selling also ends the paperwork burden of division orders, 1099s, and unclaimed-funds risk that comes with tiny inherited interests. A free valuation tells you what yours is worth."
      },
      {
        "q": "Is anyone still drilling in Medina County?",
        "a": "Very little — activity is limited to occasional shallow conventional wells by small local operators, and no horizontal wells have been spudded since 2023. Offers premised on a coming drilling boom in Medina County should be treated skeptically; real value here is in existing production and clean title."
      },
      {
        "q": "Do unleased minerals under my Medina County home have any value?",
        "a": "Sometimes, modestly. With no active development wave, unleased suburban minerals carry option value rather than income — worth more when consolidated with neighboring interests. If you have received a mail offer for minerals you did not know you owned, get an independent read before signing: unsolicited offers in legacy counties are often priced well below even conservative value."
      }
    ]
  }
}