Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

To the Participants and Administrator of the

Penn Virginia Corporation and Affiliated Companies

Employees’ 401(k) Plan

Radnor, Pennsylvania

We consent to incorporation, by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-82304, dated February 7, 2002, on Form S-8 pertaining to the Penn Virginia Corporation and Affiliated Companies Employees’ 401(k) Plan, of our report dated June 25, 2012, relating to the statements of net assets available for benefits of the Penn Virginia Corporation and Affiliated Companies Employees’ 401(k) Plan as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the supplementary schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2011 annual report on Form 11-K of the Penn Virginia Corporation and Affiliated Companies Employees’ 401(k) Plan.

 

West Chester, Pennsylvania

June 27, 2012