Ross Harris Group has approximately 160,000 acres of oil and gas rights in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia. The majority of the oil and gas properties lie in or adjacent to the Rome Trough sedimentary basin.  The Cambrian Rogersville Shale, located in the Rome Trough, is the oldest organic- rich shale in Appalachia and has recently attracted significant interest as an oil play from a variety on major oil and gas companies.

The Company is a lessor to most of the major oil and gas companies operating in central Appalachia.