BD Oil Gathering

What BD Oil Gathering does

BD Oil Gathering Corporation is a privately held, family-owned crude oil purchasing and gathering company headquartered at 649 Mitchell's Lane in Marietta, Ohio. Founded in May 1993 by Floyd "Butch" Deer Sr. — a 43-year oil industry veteran — the company began operations with three trucks after larger haulers exited the Appalachian region, and has since grown to a fleet of more than 30 specialized vehicles and more than 30 employees. Operations span 16 Ohio haul counties plus 13 parts counties and 20 West Virginia haul counties plus 7 parts counties, covering Southern Ohio and Northern West Virginia.

The company's core offering is physical crude oil gathering and transportation: Bobtail trucks (100-barrel, off-road capable) and tractor-trailers (180-barrel, heavy-haul) retrieve crude from producer tank batteries and deliver it to designated locations, typically within 10 days of request. On top of the hauling service, BD Oil purchases crude from producers, issues monthly payouts on the 11th of the following month, and provides a free royalty payment service in which the company divides sale proceeds among royalty owners based on division-of-interest agreements supplied by the producer. Smaller support equipment (track hoe, bobcat, four wheelers) is maintained for environmental cleanup work. The technology stack is predominantly physical assets and operational logistics, with no software platform, app, API, or AI components disclosed; the only digital touchpoints are a basic informational website, a contact form, and an external link to Ergon's Appalachian Basin crude oil pricing page.

BD Oil earns revenue on a transaction basis through both crude oil purchasing and transportation services paid by oil producers ranging from single-tank micro operators to mid-market regional oil companies. The go-to-market is direct and relationship-driven, with no digital marketing channels, no enterprise sales motion, and no disclosed pricing tiers; the sales process is anchored in multi-decade personal relationships in the local oilfield community. The customer base is entirely within oil and gas production in the Appalachian Basin, and the company's competitive position rests on its regional fleet density, family-operated service culture, and embedded royalty-payment administrative workflow rather than on differentiated technology.

Name

BD Oil Gathering

Legal name

BD Oil Gathering Corporation

Website

https://bdoil.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BD Oil Gathering Corporation is a family-owned crude oil purchasing and hauling company, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Marietta, Ohio. It serves oil producers across Southern Ohio and Northern West Virginia with a fleet of 30+ trucks, monthly payouts, and a free royalty payment service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Crude Oil Transportation Services

NAICS

Oil and Gas Extraction (2111)

SIC

Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas (1311), Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389)

akta.pro primary industry

Crude Oil Field Gathering Systems (TLAGAJAA)

Keywords

• Crude oil transportation
• Crude oil purchasing
• Oilfield hauling services
• Oil gathering services
• Royalty payment processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Marietta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Crude Oil Purchasing: The company operates as a crude oil purchasing and transportation company, buying crude oil from producers in the Appalachian Basin region.
2. Oil Transportation Services: Transportation and hauling of crude oil from producers' tanks to designated locations using their fleet of specialized trucks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

BD Oil Gathering purchases crude oil from producers across the Appalachian Basin and transports it using a fleet of 30+ specialized trucks. The company picks up oil directly from producer tanks—typically within 10 days—and delivers monthly payouts on the 11th of the following month. It also administers free royalty payment distribution to royalty owners based on producer-supplied division of interest agreements.

Product overview

BD Oil Gathering Corporation is a family-owned crude oil purchasing and transportation company established in 1993, serving Southern Ohio and Northern West Virginia. The company operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Its core products include crude oil pickup services (using a fleet of 30+ trucks including Bobtails and Tractor Trailers), monthly payout processing for oil sales, and free royalty payment services for oil producers. The company also offers transportation and hauling services across 16 Ohio counties and 19 West Virginia counties, with pickup typically occurring within 10 days of request.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Crude Oil Pick-up Crude oil retrieval and pick-up service for oil producers across Southern Ohio and Northern West Virginia, available for both single tanks and multiple tanks. The service prioritizes full single tank loads and operates with a 10-day pickup target weather permitting using the company's 30+ truck fleet.
• Monthly Payout Service Monthly payout service for crude oil sales, with payments remitted to producers on the 11th of the month following pick-up. If the 11th falls on a weekend or holiday, payment may be delayed by 1-3 days.
• Royalty Payment Service Free royalty payment service for producers' wells in which BD Oil Gathering divides and pays funds to royalty owners based on the division of interest supplied by the producer each time oil is sold from that well, saving producers time and money.
• Crude Oil Transportation Transportation and hauling of crude oil from producer tanks to designated locations using a fleet of 30+ specialized trucks, including Bobtails (three-axle tandem, 100 barrel, off-road capable) and Tractor Trailers (five-axle, 180 barrel), plus smaller equipment like a track hoe, bobcat, and four-wheelers for cleanup jobs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Crude oil pick-up within 10 days (weather permitting)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ergon (for Oil Price Information)minorOthersCompany links to Ergon website for crude oil price information for the Appalachian Basin. Customers can view current oil prices through this external resource.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• CNX Resources: CNX Resources is a major Appalachian-focused natural gas and NGL producer operating in the same Ohio and West Virginia counties BD Oil services. It is a customer-type peer (producer) rather than direct gathering competitor, but its sourcing decisions affect BD Oil's addressable volumes.
• Diversified Energy Company: Diversified Energy is a publicly traded producer specializing in the acquisition and operation of mature, low-decline producing wells, including in Appalachia. Its consolidation of legacy stripper wells directly affects the small-producer customer base BD Oil Gathering serves.

Broad incumbents

• Energy Transfer: Energy Transfer owns one of the largest midstream asset bases in the U.S., including crude oil pipelines and gathering systems, and acquired SemGroup. It competes with regional gatherers like BD Oil for upstream producer relationships in mature basins.
• NGL Energy Partners: NGL Energy Partners provides crude oil, refined products, and NGL logistics and marketing across the U.S. Its crude oil transportation, gathering, and marketing business lines overlap directly with BD Oil's services at a national scale.
• Genesis Energy: Genesis Energy operates crude oil pipeline transportation, storage, and supply/logistics services across multiple U.S. basins. It is comparable to BD Oil as a midstream crude logistics provider, though at far greater scale and via pipelines rather than trucks.
• Plains All American: Plains is one of the largest North American midstream operators with extensive crude oil gathering, transportation, storage, and marketing assets. It represents the scaled-up, pipeline-based version of the gathering and transport services BD Oil performs regionally by truck.

Regional players

• Equitrans Midstream: Equitrans Midstream operates one of the largest natural gas gathering systems in the Appalachian Basin and has exposure to crude/NGL handling via its integrated midstream footprint. It overlaps with BD Oil in producer relationships and basin coverage, although it is gas-weighted.
• BlueRacer Midstream: BlueRacer Midstream operates natural gas, NGL, and crude oil gathering and processing assets in the Utica and Marcellus shales of Ohio and West Virginia. It is a directly comparable Appalachian midstream competitor active in BD Oil's geographic footprint.
• Antero Midstream: Antero Midstream provides gathering, compression, and water services to Antero Resources primarily in the Appalachian Basin. While more natural gas focused, it competes for the same pool of regional producer customers and infrastructure adjacency as BD Oil in Ohio/West Virginia.

Direct peers

• Ergon: Ergon is a major crude oil purchaser, transporter, and marketer with explicit Appalachian Basin focus. BD Oil's website links directly to Ergon's crude oil pricing page for the region, indicating Ergon's commercial role as a downstream buyer/peer in the same gathering and trading chain.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/bdoilgathering
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/b-d-oil-gathering-corporation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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