{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "entity_name": "VF Petroleum, Inc.",
  "alternate_names": [
    "V-F Petroleum, Inc.",
    "V F Petroleum Incorporated"
  ],
  "counties": [
    "Howard"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": "TX",
  "charter_reference": "TX Corporate Charter / RRC P-5 #881245 (Midland / Howard County)",
  "active_era": "1978-1998",
  "anchor_citation": "Howard County Mineral Tax Roll & OPR Vol. 2272, Page 155 (Rec. Jan. 2025; SM Energy Sundown & Midway Leasehold Corridor)",
  "canonical_url": "https://vf-petroleum-inc.web.app/",
  "inquiry_desk_url": "https://vf-petroleum-inc.web.app/#inquiry",
  "primary_tracts_and_surveys": [
    "Sundown, Midway, and Big Spring Wolfcamp Horizontal Producing Units, Howard County, Texas",
    "Midland Basin Core SM Energy Company & Vital Energy Operating Corridor"
  ],
  "reservation_clauses": [
    "Severed royalty, overriding royalty (ORRI), and mineral interests held of record in the corporate name of V-F Petroleum, Inc.",
    "Corporate-versus-Trust title separation documented in Howard County OPR Vol. 2272, Page 155 (January 2025)"
  ],
  "recorded_instruments_runsheet": [
    {
      "series": "Vesting Into Company",
      "category": "deed",
      "unit": "Howard County Leasehold, Mineral & Royalty Vesting Into VF Petroleum, Inc.",
      "citation": "Howard County Deed Records Vol. 477, Page 510 (Doc #1979-465-479733, 1979-1998)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Assignors & Grantors -> VF Petroleum, Inc. (T&P RR Co. Survey Blk 32 & Blk 33, Howard County)",
      "notes": "14 recorded corporate assignments and conveyances vesting working, mineral, and overriding royalty interests in Howard County producing units into VF Petroleum, Inc."
    },
    {
      "series": "Mineral & Royalty",
      "category": "mineral",
      "unit": "Howard County Producing Unit & Division Order Record Spine",
      "citation": "Howard County Official Public Records (Block 32 & Block 33 Producing Leases)",
      "parties_and_tract": "VF Petroleum, Inc. -> Howard County Producing Unit Tracts",
      "notes": "Continuing corporate record title standing in the name of VF Petroleum, Inc. across active producing leases in Howard County, Texas."
    }
  ]
}