Ritchie County, West Virginia
Ritchie County, West Virginia produced 971 Mbbl (thousand barrels) of oil and 216.2 Bcf of natural gas in 2025. 5,170 producing wells tracked, 12 months to Dec 2025.
- Sixth-largest gas-producing county in West Virginia, 2025.
- 6.2% of the natural gas produced in West Virginia, 2025.
- Natural gas production rose 13% in 2025 from 2024.
Production
- filling in (est.) . Months in the hatched zone are partly reported. The part not yet filed is estimated from recent production rates. It updates as filings arrive
- estimated . Hatching marks our estimate. In the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider it is our forecast.
Still arriving: Apr 2026 <1% filed, May 2026 <1% filed, Jun 2026 <1% filed, Jul 2026 <1% filed, Aug 2026 <1% filed.
In this view, hatching marks our estimate, and in the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider, the chart continues only the bands it has drawn. Each band continues as our forecast, built by summing our per-well forecasts. The method behind each well is recorded with the forecast. The forward months add no new wells. How our methods work
All from what the source published. All held at well grain.
How the volume breaks down
- 100% Reported by the official source by well
Every cubic foot through December 2025 starts from what the official source published for those months. Measured over January 1985 to December 2025.
Still arriving: Jan 2026 91% filed, Feb 2026 93% filed, Mar 2026 94% filed, Apr 2026 <1% filed, May 2026 <1% filed, Jun 2026 <1% filed, Jul 2026 <1% filed, Aug 2026 <1% filed.
All from what the source published. All held at well grain.
How the volume breaks down
- 100% Reported by the official source by well
Every barrel through December 2025 starts from what the official source published for those months. Measured over January 1985 to December 2025.
The bands group wells by when they first produced.
About this chart
The stack shows what is holding today's rate up and how much of it is new drilling. In the reported months the bands draw the filings already in. The months still filling in are marked.
Annual table (full history)
| Year | Oil (MMbbl) | Gas produced (Bcf) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.0 | 216 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 191 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 164 |
| 2022 | 0.5 | 170 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 190 |
| 2020 | 1.1 | 252 |
| 2019 | 1.2 | 249 |
| 2018 | 0.9 | 200 |
| 2017 | 0.9 | 183 |
| 2016 | 0.9 | 132 |
| 2015 | 0.8 | 86 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | 40 |
| 2013 | 0.3 | 25 |
| 2012 | 0.2 | 10 |
| 2011 | 0.2 | 8 |
| 2010 | 0.2 | 9 |
| 2009 | 0.2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 0.2 | 9 |
| 2007 | 0.2 | 9 |
| 2006 | 0.2 | 8 |
| 2005 | 0.1 | 9 |
| 2004 | 0.2 | 8 |
| 2003 | 0.1 | 7 |
| 2002 | 0.2 | 8 |
| 2001 | 0.3 | 8 |
| 2000 | 0.1 | 8 |
| 1999 | 0.1 | 12 |
| 1998 | — | — |
| 1997 | 0.1 | 7 |
| 1996 | 0.1 | 7 |
| 1995 | 0.1 | 5 |
| 1994 | 0.1 | 7 |
| 1993 | 0.1 | 9 |
| 1992 | 0.1 | 7 |
| 1991 | 0.1 | 8 |
| 1990 | 0.2 | 9 |
| 1989 | 0.2 | 9 |
| 1988 | 0.2 | 9 |
| 1987 | <0.1 | 2 |
| 1986 | 0.2 | 6 |
| 1985 | 0.4 | 7 |
— means no figure is published for that period.
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Monthly table (last 24 months)
| Month | Oil (Mbbl) | Gas produced (MMcf) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 87.3 | 20,358 |
| 2025-11 | 109.0 | 20,394 |
| 2025-10 | 89.1 | 18,391 |
| 2025-09 | 75.8 | 17,318 |
| 2025-08 | 86.8 | 18,183 |
| 2025-07 | 82.7 | 17,790 |
| 2025-06 | 46.9 | 15,753 |
| 2025-05 | 52.7 | 16,855 |
| 2025-04 | 66.5 | 17,171 |
| 2025-03 | 82.4 | 18,432 |
| 2025-02 | 89.2 | 17,192 |
| 2025-01 | 102.8 | 18,390 |
| 2024-12 | 122.7 | 19,480 |
| 2024-11 | 74.0 | 15,857 |
| 2024-10 | 85.1 | 16,561 |
| 2024-09 | 57.5 | 14,991 |
| 2024-08 | 65.7 | 15,698 |
| 2024-07 | 65.5 | 16,126 |
| 2024-06 | 84.1 | 16,111 |
| 2024-05 | 103.1 | 17,096 |
| 2024-04 | 103.9 | 16,973 |
| 2024-03 | 104.5 | 16,903 |
| 2024-02 | 53.6 | 12,486 |
| 2024-01 | 34.1 | 12,315 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Source: CommoVision · Ritchie County, West Virginia, data through March 2026.
Well map
- Oil 972
- Natural gas 6,482
- Undetermined 3,161
About this map
Undetermined means not enough signal to settle it. Producing wells are the ones that reported oil or gas in the 12 months to Dec 2025.
Type curves
Horizontal wells only. Average production per well, for wells grouped by when they first produced.
How these curves are built
Horizontal wells only: 298 of the 608 wells in these cohorts. Average daily production per well, drawn against the cohort’s cumulative production per well on a log rate scale, for wells grouped by when they first produced. Includes every well of the cohort that is old enough at each month. Wells that are shut in or have stopped producing count as zero, so the average reflects the full cohort, not just survivors. Rates are calendar-day (volume ÷ days in month). The cumulative axis accumulates those same monthly averages at the average month length. Months not yet fully reported are excluded. The 2010-2014 curve draws those years as one group. The chart opens on average daily rate against months on production; the view control switches to rate against cumulative production per well (the log-rate form described above) or to cumulative production per well against months. Every view draws the same cohorts from the same production history. Each cohort is solid through the last month all of its wells sit inside fully reported data. Past it the dashed curve carries the same wells forward, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends, for up to five years. A dashed curve runs as far as at least nine in ten of its wells are accounted for. A well that is old enough but shut in still counts, as zero. The measured months are what these wells reported. In the forward months each well counts its own reported figure for each month it has one, our forecast for each month it has only that, and zero for the rest. The forward average counts every well of the cohort. The drawn forecast runs up to five years past the measured months. Line thickness tracks the size of each cohort.
Cohort summary table
| First produced | Wells | Peak oil (bbl/d per well) | Month-12 oil (bbl/d per well) | Cum oil in series (Mbbl per well) | Peak gas (Mcf/d per well) | Month-12 gas (Mcf/d per well) | Cum gas in series (Bcf per well) | Months in series | Wells old enough at last month in series | Forecast months drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 266 | — | 17.8 | 19,982 | — | 1.4 | 3 | 100% | 60 |
| 2024 | 24 | 252 | 34.8 | 38.4 | 16,762 | 9,009 | 4.8 | 14 | 100% | 60 |
| 2023 | 6 | 153 | 32.3 | 39.1 | 11,930 | 6,088 | 6.1 | 36 | 100% | 60 |
| 2022 | 6 | 195 | 43.9 | 53.8 | 14,431 | 7,564 | 7.6 | 43 | 100% | 60 |
| 2020 | 10 | 222 | 21.7 | 36.9 | 13,948 | 7,323 | 9.1 | 69 | 100% | 60 |
| 2019 | 46 | 130 | 24 | 37.2 | 12,520 | 5,957 | 8.5 | 75 | 100% | 60 |
| 2018 | 20 | 123 | 13.6 | 26.5 | 12,994 | 5,650 | 8.2 | 87 | 100% | 60 |
| 2017 | 48 | 49.8 | 10.3 | 15.2 | 8,418 | 3,948 | 6.3 | 98 | 100% | 60 |
| 2016 | 45 | 76.3 | 19.3 | 26.9 | 8,601 | 4,099 | 6.8 | 110 | 100% | 60 |
| 2015 | 34 | 36.8 | 18.2 | 23.4 | 5,516 | 3,605 | 6.3 | 122 | 100% | 60 |
| 2010-2014 | 48 | 68.8 | 22.6 | 35.0 | 5,970 | 2,993 | 5.6 | 133 | 100% | 60 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Source: CommoVision · Ritchie County, West Virginia type curves, per-well production by first-production cohort.
Top operators in Ritchie County, West Virginia, 2025
Top operators in Ritchie County, West Virginia, 2025: full table
| Operator | Oil (Mbbl/d, 2025) | Gas produced (MMcf/d, 2025) | Share of output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antero Resources | 2.4 | 525.8 | 88.9% |
| EQT Corporation | 0.1 | 33.8 | 5.5% |
| CNX Resources Corporation | 0.0 | 19.8 | 3.2% |
| Haught Energy Corporation | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.3% |
| Stalnaker Energy Corporation | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.3% |
| KEY Oil Company (Weston, WV) | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.2% |
| Pin Oak Energy Partners LLC | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.1% |
| Greylock Opco LLC | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.1% |
| WV Mineral Group LLC | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.1% |
| Term Energy Corporation | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1% |
| 126 other operators | 0.1 | 5.6 | 1.1% |
Mbbl/d = thousand barrels per day · MMcf/d = million cubic feet per day (units).
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
What we cover here
Each row names the grain a region’s production is held at. Where a source publishes at a coarser grain, the page says so.
| Data | Grain | Since | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia production | well | 1985-01 | ~99–100% of EIA |
Benchmark cells compare our series with the EIA’s published estimates.
About the EIA comparison
The two are produced differently: the EIA estimates from a survey of the largest operators and a model built to anticipate late filings, while the series compared here are rebuilt from the source’s own records as they arrive. Recent months can differ without either being wrong; the methodology page explains both methods.
Coverage rows for Ritchie County, West Virginia are regenerated at every build from the same catalog of sources the data is built from.
What the data shows
- Ritchie County, West Virginia produced 971 Mbbl (thousand barrels) of oil and 216.2 Bcf of natural gas in 2025.
- Ritchie County, West Virginia gas production peaked in 2020 at 252.3 Bcf; 2025 output of 216.2 Bcf ran at 86% of that peak.
- 5,170 producing wells tracked, 12 months to Dec 2025.
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