# VF Petroleum, Inc. (1978-1998) - Howard County (TX) Land & Surveyor Archive

> Independent Historical Surveyor Atlas, Plat Archive & Chain-of-Title Research Index documenting recorded conveyances into and out of VF Petroleum, Inc. in Howard County (TX).

## 1. Entity & Archival Summary
- **Corporate / Record Name**: VF Petroleum, Inc.
- **Indexed Variations**: V-F Petroleum, Inc., V F Petroleum Incorporated
- **County & State**: Howard County, TX
- **Charter / Archive Reference**: TX Corporate Charter / RRC P-5 #881245 (Midland / Howard County)
- **Original Active Era**: 1978-1998
- **Primary County Clerk Anchor Citation**: Howard County Mineral Tax Roll & OPR Vol. 2272, Page 155 (Rec. Jan. 2025; SM Energy Sundown & Midway Leasehold Corridor)
- **Canonical Broadsheet URL**: https://vf-petroleum-inc.web.app/
- **Records & Curative Inquiry Desk**: https://vf-petroleum-inc.web.app/#inquiry

## 2. Primary Surveys, Subdivisions & Abstracts Indexed
- Sundown, Midway, and Big Spring Wolfcamp Horizontal Producing Units, Howard County, Texas
- Midland Basin Core SM Energy Company & Vital Energy Operating Corridor

## 3. Documented Subsurface, Mineral, Royalty & Easement Reservations
- 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)

## 4. Chain-of-Title Runsheet (Conveyances Into Company & Out-Conveyance Reservations)
- **[Vesting Into Company] Howard County Leasehold, Mineral & Royalty Vesting Into VF Petroleum, Inc.**: `Howard County Deed Records Vol. 477, Page 510 (Doc #1979-465-479733, 1979-1998)` | Parties & 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.
- **[Mineral & Royalty] Howard County Producing Unit & Division Order Record Spine**: `Howard County Official Public Records (Block 32 & Block 33 Producing Leases)` | Parties & 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.

## 5. How to Verify Chain of Title or Request Corporate Successor / Statutory Trustee Records
Landmen, division order analysts, title examiners, surveyors, and property owners researching VF Petroleum, Inc. in Howard County (TX) may submit the Volume/Page, Document Number, Survey/Abstract, or Parcel ID through the Archive Desk form at https://vf-petroleum-inc.web.app/#inquiry for chain-of-title and corporate records verification.