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Texas Pacific Land Trust holds title to tracts of land in the state of Texas. The company operates through two segments, Land and Resource Management, and Water Service and Operations. It sells, leases, and manages these lands for the benefit of the holders of Certificates of Proprietary Interest in the Trust. The company has oil, gas, and water royalty interests; enter into easement contracts covering activities, such as oil and gas pipelines and subsurface wellbore easements; leases land; and sells water and land. As of December 31, 2018, it owned the surface estate in approximately 902,177 acres of land comprising various separate tracts located in 19 counties in the western part of Texas. The company also owns a 1/128 nonparticipating perpetual oil and gas royalty interest under 84,934 acres of land, as well as a 1/16 nonparticipating perpetual oil and gas royalty interest under 370,737 acres of land in the western part of Texas; and oil and gas royalty interests in approximately 1,826 net royalty acres. Texas Pacific Land Trust was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.