Yes — you can sell your Marcellus mineral rights, and American Royalty Buyers is a direct buyer. What they are worth depends on your net mineral acres, whether the acreage is producing, the formations beneath it, nearby operator activity, and current commodity prices — there is no single per-acre price. A free, no-obligation valuation built from your specific acreage gives you the number, with the reasoning explained.
The Marcellus Shale is the largest natural-gas field in the United States, centered on Pennsylvania and West Virginia in the Appalachian Basin. It runs from a dry-gas core in northeastern and southwestern Pennsylvania to a liquids-rich window in the southwest. EQT, Range Resources, Coterra, Expand Energy, and CNX Resources are the dominant operators, and development is still active across the fairway.
The Marcellus Shale is the cornerstone of the Appalachian Basin and the largest natural-gas field in the country. For mineral owners the key is where along the fairway their acreage sits: the northeastern tier of Pennsylvania and the southwest are dry-gas cores, while southwestern Pennsylvania — Washington County especially — produces a wetter, liquids-rich gas. That gradient, more than the county name, drives what a Marcellus interest is worth and how its royalty behaves.
The Marcellus is a Middle Devonian organic-rich shale developed with long horizontal laterals from multi-well pads. It produces dry gas where it is thickest and most pressured in the northeastern and far-southwestern tiers, and a wetter gas stream carrying natural gas liquids in the southwest. The deeper Utica/Point Pleasant underlies much of the play as a secondary target, and the Upper Devonian Burkett is developed in places. Royalty income tracks natural gas — and, in the wet window, NGL — prices.
EQT Corporation and Range Resources anchor the play, with Coterra Energy (the Cabot successor in the northeastern tier), Expand Energy (the Chesapeake-Southwestern combination), CNX Resources, and Ascent Resources also running large programs. The play has consolidated heavily over two decades, so a royalty check frequently arrives under a legacy payor name — Cabot, Chesapeake, and others — even though a different company now operates the wells; the owner number carries across.
Selling your Marcellus mineral rights to ARB is straightforward — no brokers, no surprises.
Fill out the form below with your mineral interest details — county, acreage, and whether you're currently receiving royalties. No commitment required.
ARB researches your property using public production data and current market conditions. You receive a no-obligation cash offer — typically within 5 business days.
Accept the offer and ARB handles all title work and paperwork. You receive a lump-sum wire transfer at closing — typically within 4–6 weeks of your initial inquiry.
Fill out the form below and ARB's team will research your property and provide a no-obligation offer, typically within 5 business days.
There is no single per-acre price for Marcellus minerals — value depends on your net mineral acres, whether the acreage is producing, the formations and operator beneath it, nearby drilling activity, well decline, and current commodity prices. The reliable way to learn your number is a free, no-obligation valuation built from your specific acreage, which American Royalty Buyers provides with the reasoning explained.
Yes. ARB is a direct buyer of Marcellus mineral rights, royalties, NPRI, ORRI, and non-operated working interests — producing or non-producing, including inherited or complex title. ARB buys with its own capital, so there is no broker and no fee to you.
Producing minerals are valued on the royalty income they generate, adjusted for how quickly that income will decline. Non-producing minerals are valued on a per-net-mineral-acre basis that reflects the probability and timing of future drilling — higher in active core areas, discounted on the margins.
No. ARB is a direct buyer, so there is no broker or middleman and no fee to you. You are welcome to have an attorney review the documents, but it is not required, and ARB handles the title research, curative work, and transfer paperwork.
Submit your information through the valuation form or call (817) 778-9532. ARB delivers a written, no-obligation offer — typically within five business days — with no fees and no pressure to sell.
The most active permit filers in the Marcellus (trailing 90 days, as of June 13, 2026). Your royalty check often arrives under a payor name that differs from the operator — the aliases below are the names to look for on your stub. Receiving checks from one of these? Get a free valuation.
Royalty checks tied to EQT Corporation-operated Marcellus wells commonly arrive under: EQT Production Company, EQT Corporation, Rice Drilling B, Tug Hill Operating.
Royalty checks tied to Antero Resources-operated Marcellus wells commonly arrive under: Antero Resources, Antero Resources Corporation.
Royalty checks tied to Expand Energy-operated Marcellus wells commonly arrive under: Expand Energy, Chesapeake Appalachia, Chesapeake Energy, SWN Production Company, Southwestern Energy.
Royalty checks tied to Range Resources-operated Marcellus wells commonly arrive under: Range Resources, Range Resources - Appalachia.
Full payor-name directory · Find your operator from your check stub