{
  "state": {
    "name": "Pennsylvania",
    "abbreviation": "PA",
    "slug": "pennsylvania"
  },
  "county": {
    "name": "Lycoming",
    "slug": "lycoming",
    "url": "https://www.americanroyaltybuyers.com/mineral-rights/pennsylvania/lycoming",
    "basinSlug": "marcellus",
    "description": "American Royalty Buyers acquires mineral rights and royalties in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Located in the Marcellus Shale play, we provide comprehensive valuations.",
    "overview": "Lycoming County, on Pennsylvania's north-central tier around Williamsport, is a core dry-gas Marcellus county with roughly 2,080 wells on record and about 1,044 still active. Development is concentrated among large, well-capitalized operators and is ongoing rather than finished — 116 horizontal wells have been spudded since 2023, 51 of them in the trailing twelve months. For a mineral owner that means producing units across much of the county and new laterals still being added.",
    "geology": "Lycoming County produces dry natural gas from the Marcellus Shale, developed with long horizontal laterals from multi-well pads. As pure dry gas, royalty income tracks natural gas prices closely — checks rise and fall with the gas market rather than oil. Structurally the county sits along the folded Appalachian front, so Marcellus depth and thickness vary more across Lycoming than in the flatter northeastern-tier counties, which is part of why development is uneven from township to township.",
    "activity": "EQT Production — the largest natural gas producer in the United States — holds the biggest position at roughly 449 wells and led trailing-twelve-month drilling with 17 spuds, followed by PA General Energy (15 spuds). Range Resources (about 323 wells), Seneca Resources, and Beech Resources also run active programs. Several legacy positions have changed hands over the years, so a royalty check's payor name may differ from the operator currently drilling your unit.",
    "keyFormations": [
      "Marcellus Shale (dry gas)",
      "Utica (deeper, largely untested here)",
      "Legacy shallow sands"
    ],
    "stats": [
      {
        "label": "Basin",
        "value": "Appalachian — north-central dry-gas Marcellus"
      },
      {
        "label": "Wells on Record",
        "value": "~2,080 (~1,044 active)"
      },
      {
        "label": "Horizontal Spuds Since 2023",
        "value": "116 (51 in trailing 12 mo)"
      },
      {
        "label": "Most Active Operators",
        "value": "EQT (17 spuds/12 mo), PA General (15)"
      }
    ],
    "faqs": [
      {
        "q": "Who is drilling in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania?",
        "a": "EQT Production holds the largest position — roughly 449 wells — and led trailing-twelve-month drilling with 17 horizontal spuds, with PA General Energy adding 15. Range Resources, Seneca Resources, and Beech Resources run additional active programs. All develop the dry-gas Marcellus with long laterals from multi-well pads."
      },
      {
        "q": "What formations produce in Lycoming County?",
        "a": "The dry-gas Marcellus Shale is the play — developed with horizontal wells and multi-well pads. The deeper Utica is present regionally but is largely untested in Lycoming, and there is legacy shallow-sand production that predates the shale era. Because Lycoming sits along the folded Appalachian front, Marcellus depth and quality vary more across this county than in the flatter northeastern-tier counties."
      },
      {
        "q": "What drives Lycoming County royalty value?",
        "a": "Your unit's producing wells and remaining undrilled laterals, your royalty rate and the post-production-cost language in your lease (NEPA leases vary widely on deductions), your net mineral acres, and natural gas prices. With 51 wells spudded in the county in the trailing twelve months, development is active — which supports both future royalty and buyer competition. ARB's free, no-obligation valuation shows the number and the reasoning behind it."
      }
    ]
  }
}