{
  "state": {
    "name": "Pennsylvania",
    "abbreviation": "PA",
    "slug": "pennsylvania"
  },
  "county": {
    "name": "Allegheny",
    "slug": "allegheny",
    "url": "https://www.americanroyaltybuyers.com/mineral-rights/pennsylvania/allegheny",
    "basinSlug": "marcellus",
    "description": "American Royalty Buyers purchases mineral rights and royalties in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Located in the Appalachian Basin, we provide expert valuations.",
    "overview": "Allegheny County — Pittsburgh and its suburbs — is an unusual mineral market: real Marcellus Shale development running underneath one of America's larger metropolitan areas. Roughly 2,900 wells have been drilled in the county and 28 horizontal wells have been spudded since 2023, with operators drilling long laterals from pad sites on the county's edges beneath homes, parks, and commercial land. Many owners here hold severed or inherited minerals under suburban lots — interests ARB regularly values and buys.",
    "geology": "Modern production targets the Marcellus Shale, with laterals commonly reaching two miles or more beneath the surface — development that coexists with the county's dense surface use precisely because horizontal drilling needs only scattered pad sites. Legacy shallow wells from Pittsburgh's early oil-and-gas era dot the county as well, and some still pay small royalties.",
    "activity": "Range Resources leads current drilling with 16 wells spudded in the trailing twelve months, alongside CNX Resources and EQT (12 new permits in 2025). Development is steady rather than sweeping: units are assembled parcel by parcel across many small suburban tracts, which is why Allegheny County owners so often receive lease, amendment, or pooling paperwork for fractions of an acre.",
    "keyFormations": [
      "Marcellus Shale",
      "Legacy shallow sands"
    ],
    "stats": [
      {
        "label": "Basin",
        "value": "Appalachian — Marcellus (Pittsburgh metro)"
      },
      {
        "label": "Horizontal Spuds Since 2023",
        "value": "28"
      },
      {
        "label": "Most Active Operators",
        "value": "Range Resources, CNX, EQT"
      }
    ],
    "faqs": [
      {
        "q": "Do I own the mineral rights under my Allegheny County home?",
        "a": "Not necessarily — Pennsylvania minerals are frequently severed from the surface, and in a region settled this long the minerals under a suburban lot may have been sold or reserved generations ago. Your deed, a title search, or an abstractor can confirm. If you do own them, even a fraction of an acre inside a producing Marcellus unit can carry real value — and ARB buys small suburban interests that most companies ignore."
      },
      {
        "q": "Who is drilling in Allegheny County right now?",
        "a": "Range Resources is the county's most active operator with 16 horizontal wells spudded in the trailing twelve months, with CNX Resources and EQT also drilling — EQT filed 12 new county permits in 2025. Laterals extend from pad sites on the county's edges beneath many separately owned parcels, which is why so many owners receive division orders for small decimals."
      },
      {
        "q": "I received lease or pooling paperwork for a tiny interest — is it worth anything?",
        "a": "Often yes. Marcellus units under the Pittsburgh metro aggregate hundreds of small parcels, and operators need each one. A small decimal in a producing unit is a real, sellable royalty stream; unleased fractions inside an active development area carry value too. Before signing anything — or dismissing it as too small to matter — get a free valuation of exactly what you hold."
      }
    ]
  }
}