{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "entity_name": "Ricks Exploration Inc.",
  "alternate_names": [
    "Ricks Exploration Inc.",
    "RICKS EXPLORATION INC"
  ],
  "counties": [
    "Howard"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": "TX",
  "charter_reference": "TX Corporate Grantor / County Clerk Archive",
  "active_era": "1960s-1980s Active Grantor Era",
  "anchor_citation": "Howard County Official Public Records (Active CAD Roll ($61,130 Appraised, $3,712.56/mo Revenue); 13 Recorded Instruments)",
  "canonical_url": "https://ricks-exploration-inc.pages.dev/",
  "inquiry_desk_url": "https://ricks-exploration-inc.pages.dev/#inquiry",
  "primary_tracts_and_surveys": [
    "Howard County Verified Survey Abstracts: A-1092, A-685",
    "Regional Oil, Gas & Subsurface Reservation Corridor (Howard County, TX)"
  ],
  "reservation_clauses": [
    "Express Oil, Gas, Royalty & Mineral Reservations Across 13 Recorded Howard County Instruments",
    "Retained Subsurface Ingress/Egress & Leasehold Rights with Zero Blanket Corporate Liquidation Deeds"
  ],
  "recorded_instruments_runsheet": [
    {
      "series": "Vesting Into Company",
      "category": "vesting",
      "unit": "Howard County Parent Survey & Mineral Vesting Into Ricks Exploration Inc.",
      "citation": "Howard County Deed & Official Records (Parent Acquisition Series)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Prior Howard County Grantors -> Ricks Exploration Inc.",
      "notes": "Vests parent tract, mineral, and leasehold estates in Howard County (TX) into Ricks Exploration Inc.."
    },
    {
      "series": "Mineral Reservation",
      "category": "mineral",
      "unit": "Howard County 13-Instrument Out-Conveyance & Subsurface Reservation Schedule",
      "citation": "Howard County Official Public Records (Active CAD Roll ($61,130 Appraised, $3,712.56/mo Revenue); 13 Recorded Instruments)",
      "parties_and_tract": "Ricks Exploration Inc. -> Various Howard County Grantees",
      "notes": "13 recorded instruments in Howard County indexing conveyances and retained subsurface interests of Ricks Exploration Inc. with zero blanket corporate exit deeds."
    }
  ]
}