Is there new drilling activity in Ohio County, WV?

Ohio County has 7 well permits filed in the last year on record with the West Virginia DEP Office of Oil and Gas.

Who is drilling in Ohio County, WV?

3 operators have drilling permits on record in Ohio County, West Virginia. The most recent permit was filed 2026-10-07. Every operator, lease name and filing date is listed free on this page from West Virginia DEP Office of Oil and Gas records.

Who owns the minerals under a new drilling permit in Ohio County, WV?

Mineral ownership is a county record. Where West Virginia publishes a public assessment record of mineral interests for Ohio County, the Permit Owner File matches each new permit's legal description to the listed owners on it and delivers them weekly with mailing addresses. Where no such public record exists, we deliver the permits as a title-first list instead. Listed owners are prospecting candidates, not title.

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Ohio County, West Virginia

Oil & gas activity from WVDEP records · permits 2026-10-26

Drilling permits

173

7 last year

Horizontal permits

172

Active operators

The mineral owners under these permits

For mineral buyers and landmen: the Permit Owner File matches each new well permit in a package of named counties to the listed mineral owners under it and delivers them weekly as a CSV with mailing addresses. Ohio County packages are built on request, where a public assessment record of mineral interests exists. How it works →

Recent drilling permits in Ohio County

Filed	Operator	Lease	Type	Horiz
2026-10-07	AMERICAN DISPOSAL SERVICES OF WEST VIRGINIA, INC.	AMERICAN DISPOSAL SERVICES OF WEST VIRGINIA, INC.	New Drill
2026-06-25	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	DIANE HERBERT	New Drill	Horiz
2026-06-25	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	DIANE HERBERT	New Drill	Horiz
2026-05-14	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Expand Appalachia LLC	New Drill	Horiz
2026-05-14	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Expand Appalachia LLC	New Drill	Horiz
2026-05-14	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Expand Appalachia LLC	New Drill	Horiz
2026-05-14	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Expand Appalachia LLC	New Drill	Horiz
2025-06-30	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Dorothy Frye	New Drill	Horiz
2025-06-30	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Dorothy Frye	New Drill	Horiz
2024-11-25	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Roth Farms, LLC	New Drill	Horiz
2024-11-25	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	SWN PRODUCTION COMPANY LLC	New Drill	Horiz
2024-11-25	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	SWN PRODUCTION COMPANY LLC	New Drill	Horiz
2024-11-18	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	ROTH FARMS	New Drill	Horiz
2024-10-28	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Franz Thoman	New Drill	Horiz
2024-08-26	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Franz Thoman	New Drill	Horiz
2024-08-05	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Franz Thoman	New Drill	Horiz
2024-03-07	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Deborah Ann Craig and Seth Collin Craig	New Drill	Horiz
2024-03-07	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Deborah Ann Craig and Seth Collin Craig	New Drill	Horiz
2024-02-12	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Douglas W Rodgers	New Drill	Horiz
2024-02-12	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Douglas W Rodgers	New Drill	Horiz
2024-01-02	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Douglas W Rogers	New Drill	Horiz
2023-10-23	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Roy and Debra R Riggle	New Drill	Horiz
2023-09-25	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Roy & Debra R Riggle	New Drill	Horiz
2023-09-18	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	ROY & DEBRA R RIGGLE	New Drill	Horiz
2023-07-17	SWN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC	Didriksen, Glenn	New Drill	Horiz
2023-07-17	SWN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC	Didriksen, Glenn	New Drill	Horiz
2023-07-17	SWN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC	Didriksen, Glenn	New Drill	Horiz
2023-07-17	EXPAND OPERATING LLC	Didriksen, Glenn	New Drill	Horiz
2023-04-10	SWN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC	CARL J & GRACE A ROTTER	New Drill	Horiz
2023-04-10	SWN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC	CARL J & GRACE A ROTTER	New Drill	Horiz

Who is drilling in Ohio County

3 companies hold drilling permits in Ohio 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
EXPAND OPERATING LLC	134	134	2026-06-25	—
SWN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC	38	38	2023-07-17	—
AMERICAN DISPOSAL SERVICES OF WEST VIRGINIA, INC.	1	0	2026-10-07	—

Owner files All West Virginia operators

This report compiles and structures publicly available oil & gas records from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Office of Oil and Gas — drilling permit applications, operator, status, and location. We monitor development activity and public filings near a location you tell us about; we do NOT determine mineral ownership, confirm what you own, or provide legal, tax, or investment advice. Nothing here replaces a title opinion, a landman, or the official WVDEP record. Activity is mapped to the well surface location the operator filed with the WVDEP, not your mineral tract. Data is current only as of the source vintage shown on the page. Our total liability for any report is capped at the amount you paid for it. Found an error? Reply to any email and a human will correct it.