Resolve legal description → GIS polygon
✓ Polygon: 640.00 surface acres · centroid 31.998°N, -101.951°W
✓ Adjoining: Sec 13 (E), Sec 15 (W), Sec 11 (N), Sec 23 (S)
Pull all instruments referencing this tract
→ Patent (1881-04-12) Sovereign → T&P RR Co · Vol 1, Pg 22
→ Mineral Severance (1947-11-21) Henderson reservation · Vol 980, Pg 12
→ Probate Decree (1971-06-04) Henderson estate · #4422-P
→ Mineral Deed (2003-08-12) Smith → Smith Family Trust · Vol 1148, Pg 442
→ O&G Lease (2022-09-01) Smith Trust → Permian Res. · Vol 2204, Pg 18
...41 more instruments parsed
OCR & deed-parser extracts grantor/grantee/legal
✓ Grantor / grantee normalization complete
✓ Legal description → polygon match: 47/47
⚠ 2 instruments flagged for human review:
— Vol 980, Pg 12 (1947) — handwritten reservation language unusual
— Inst # 1971-00422 — heir signature pages partially illegible
Build chain of title (sovereignty → present)
✓ Mineral chain: severed 1947-11-21
Henderson (100%) → 1971 probate → 4 heirs × 25%
Smith branch: → Smith Family Trust (2003) — 25% MI / 160 NMA
Doe branch: → Pheasant Energy LLC (2014) — 25% MI / 160 NMA
Jones branch: → 2018 intestate → Jones-Smith (12.5%) + Jones Jr (12.5%)
Williams branch: → Williams Family LP (2021) — 25% MI / 160 NMA
✓ Ownership math reconciles to 100.00%
Cousin-chain disambiguation
✓ AI resolved to 4 distinct individuals using:
— spousal cross-reference (5 marriage records)
— probate co-naming (3 estates)
— address continuity (assessor records)
— neighbor consistency in adjoining tract chains
✓ No identity ambiguity remaining — confidence 96.8%
Lease coverage analysis
✓ Pheasant Energy → Permian Res. — Inst # 2022-00871 — ACTIVE / HBP
✓ Jones heirs → Permian Res. — Inst # 2023-00114 — ACTIVE / HBP
⚠ Williams Family LP — UNLEASED — 25% MI / 160 NMA OPEN
RRC production cross-check
Operator: Permian Resources Operating LLC
First production: 2023-02-14
Mar 2026: 412 BOPD · 1,840 MCFD — continuous since spud
✓ Active well: SMITH 14-2H — first prod 2024-08-01 · 388 BOPD
✓ HBP determination: CONFIRMED HELD BY PRODUCTION as of 2026-04-26
Burdens & ORRI analysis
✓ NPRI: none of record
✓ Term assignments: none active
✓ Royalty per lease: 25% (uniform across active leases)
→ Operator NRI on leased portion: 75% × 75% = 56.25%
→ Operator NRI on full tract (post-Williams lease): 75.00%
Generate draft opinion + AOR routing
✓ Curative requirements: 1 (lease Williams Family LP — already listed on Landlock at $2,400/ac)
✓ Routed to AOR: Mark T. Henderson, Esq. — TX Bar # 24XXX918
✓ AOR ETA: ~6 hours (in queue)
✓ Final delivery: PDF + JSON + chain-of-title artifact bundle
✓ Title Examination Complete
Sec 14, Blk 38 — Midland County · 47 instruments parsed · 1 curative item · Permian Resources NRI = 56.25% (current) / 75.00% (full lease)