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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-006085"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VGAS"
cik: "0001841425"
company_name: "Verde Clean Fuels, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T04:08:06.776534+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verde Clean Fuels suspends Permian Basin JV with Diamondback subsidiary; cites gas demand shift

## Summary
- Suspends Permian Basin project with Cottonmouth (Diamondback sub) due to rising natural gas demand.
- FEED study completed Dec 2025; JDA signed Feb 2024 for a gas-to-gasoline plant using STG+® technology.
- CEO says resources will shift to opportunities where natural gas is stranded or flared.
- Cottonmouth remains Verde's second largest shareholder and supportive.
- No financial impact or guidance changes disclosed in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-006085
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VGAS
- cik: 0001841425
- company_name: Verde Clean Fuels, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000162828026006085/0001628280-26-006085-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000162828026006085/vgasw-20260206.htm

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