{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "entity_name": "Petrus Oil Co",
  "alternate_names": [
    "Petrus Oil Co",
    "PETRUS OIL CO"
  ],
  "counties": [
    "Gonzales"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": "TX",
  "charter_reference": "TX Corporate Grantor / County Clerk Archive",
  "active_era": "1960s-1980s Active Grantor Era",
  "anchor_citation": "Gonzales County Official Public Records (RELEASE OIL LEASE (Doc/Vol 534/672); 40 Recorded Instruments)",
  "canonical_url": "https://petrus-oil-co.web.app/",
  "inquiry_desk_url": "https://petrus-oil-co.web.app/#inquiry",
  "primary_tracts_and_surveys": [
    "Gonzales County Verified Survey Abstracts: A-100, A-105, A-107, A-152, A-181, A-225, A-25, A-267, A-341, A-345, A-355, A-378, A-397, A-423, A-43, A-471, A-75, A-79",
    "Regional Oil, Gas & Subsurface Reservation Corridor (Gonzales County, TX)"
  ],
  "reservation_clauses": [
    "Express Oil, Gas, Royalty & Mineral Reservations Across 40 Recorded Gonzales County Instruments",
    "Retained Subsurface Ingress/Egress & Leasehold Rights with Zero Blanket Corporate Liquidation Deeds"
  ],
  "recorded_instruments_runsheet": [
    {
      "series": "Vesting Into Company",
      "category": "vesting",
      "unit": "Gonzales County Parent Survey & Mineral Vesting Into Petrus Oil Co",
      "citation": "Gonzales County Deed & Official Records (Parent Acquisition Series)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Prior Gonzales County Grantors -> Petrus Oil Co",
      "notes": "Vests parent tract, mineral, and leasehold estates in Gonzales County (TX) into Petrus Oil Co."
    },
    {
      "series": "Mineral Reservation",
      "category": "mineral",
      "unit": "Gonzales County 40-Instrument Out-Conveyance & Subsurface Reservation Schedule",
      "citation": "Gonzales County Official Public Records (RELEASE OIL LEASE (Doc/Vol 534/672); 40 Recorded Instruments)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Petrus Oil Co -> Various Gonzales County Grantees",
      "notes": "40 recorded instruments in Gonzales County indexing conveyances and retained subsurface interests of Petrus Oil Co with zero blanket corporate exit deeds."
    }
  ]
}