Vital Energy, Inc. is an independent energy company. It is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin of West Texas. It operates through the exploration and production segment. It has assembled 286,796 largely contiguous net acres in the Permian Basin, of which is prospective for multi-zone development in Glasscock, Howard, Midland, Reagan, and Upton counties in the Midland Basin and Pecos, Reeves, and Ward counties in the Delaware Basin. It has certain oil and natural gas properties located in the Delaware Basin, including approximately 24,000 net acres in Pecos, Reeves and Ward Counties, and related assets and contracts. It has certain oil and natural gas properties in the Midland Basin, including over 11,200 net acres located in Upton and Reagan Counties and related assets and contracts. It focuses on its development activities on horizontal drilling targets in the Wolfcamp, Spraberry, and Bone Spring formations.