Produced water and disposal in Archer County
Every injection and disposal permit in the county, what each well is permitted to take, what its operator reported, and who is reporting daily. Earthquakes in the area →
Archer County has 521 active injection and disposal wells, 148 of them permitted for disposal, with 273,063 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 13 million barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to September 2025, down 4% on the year before, about 13% of what the permits allow.
Stephens & Johnson Operating Co. is the largest injector in the county, with 1.3 million barrels reported across 12 active wells.
- 521
- active injection wells, 148 for disposal
- 273K
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 13.3M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Sep 2025 -4%
- 13%
- of permitted capacity used
- 3,128
- UIC permits on file, all time
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO SEP 2025
Last 12 months 13,275,533 · prior 12 13,810,467(-4%)
Who injects here
Operators with active permits in the county, by reported H-10 volume over the settled year.
| Operator | Reported, bbl | Active wells | Capacity bbl/d |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephens & Johnson Operating Co. | 1.29M | 12 | 10.8K |
| R2Q Operating LLC | 1.11M | 36 | 37.1K |
| Willowbend Investments, Inc. | 853K | 17 | 6.95K |
| PE - Texas, LLC | 815K | 36 | 30.9K |
| Bridwell Oil Co. | 748K | 16 | 8.55K |
| Wilcox Energy Company LLC | 657K | 12 | 8.6K |
| DM Backhoe Service | 579K | 15 | 5.23K |
| Lewis Operating Company | 538K | 5 | 3.85K |
| Guidance Oil Developers | 523K | 11 | 2.2K |
| Olney Oil LLC | 393K | 7 | 1.9K |
| BKJ Oil, LLC | 264K | 3 | 2.11K |
| Just Oil & Gas, Inc. | 263K | 21 | 5.9K |
| Veteran Exploration & Prod, LLC | 259K | 3 | 9.95K |
| JDL Operating, LLC | 229K | 7 | 7.88K |
| Blackflat Oil Company LLC | 227K | 9 | 8.7K |
| Guidance Oil DEVELOPERS,INC.(1) | 218K | 8 | 965 |
| Pecos Country Operating Inc. | 202K | 10 | 3.11K |
| Akins Oil Company | 170K | 8 | 3.26K |
| Myers, James B. | 164K | 14 | 13.8K |
| LMH Energy | 162K | 8 | 4.1K |
Injection permits
3,129 UIC PERMITS · 521 ACTIVE · PAGE 19 OF 32
Active permits first, by reported volume, then canceled, plugged, and never-activated permits.
| Well | Operator | Status | Purpose | Reported, bbl | bbl/d permitted | Zone, ft | Permitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell, Zinn #14 | Reneau Oil Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,032–1,035 | Sep 2, 1977 |
| Campbell, Zinn #17 | Reneau Oil Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,008–1,014 | — |
| Campbell, Zinn #18 | Reneau Oil Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,015–1,022 | — |
| Hasson #4W | Hilbers Oil & Gas | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,270–1,295 | Oct 31, 1979 |
| Cowan-McKinney "B" #1 | Bush Operating | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 912–922 | — |
| Birdwell #5 | Pautsky, Jimmy | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 634–640 | May 1, 1978 |
| Jackson -A- #31 | Shappell Oil Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,800–1,870 | — |
| Morrison, H. S. #31 | Shappell Oil Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 778–783 | — |
| Taylor -C- #2 | Rasher Energy, Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 603–612 | — |
| Taylor -C- #5 | Hancock Oil Properties LP. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 609–628 | — |
| Taylor, W. H. -A- #36 | Comanche Well Service Corp. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 546–570 | — |
| Taylor, W. H. -A- #38 | Comanche Well Service Corp. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 548–550 | — |
| Wright, W. O. #7 | Comrade Oil & Gas Mgmt. Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,291–1,309 | Nov 4, 1974 |
| Wright, W. O. #9 | Comrade Oil & Gas Mgmt. Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,261–1,285 | — |
| Davis, C. L. #9 | Garrison, J. R. & Strait, D. W. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,058–1,062 | Aug 23, 2005 |
| White, Meldon L. #18A | Lariat Energy Corporation | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,606–1,610 | Mar 15, 1976 |
| White, J. H. #5D | Hoco, Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,581–1,587 | — |
| Wilson -R- #2 | Stults, Joe K. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,451–1,469 | Apr 13, 1964 |
| Wilson -R- #17 | Stults, Joe K. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,476–1,485 | Apr 13, 1964 |
| Johnson, S. D. #6 | Wiser Oil Company, The | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 2,447–2,456 | Mar 9, 1962 |
| Kinder #2 | Lindemann, James D. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 3,718–3,738 | Dec 12, 1960 |
| Wilson -B- #3 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 3,716–3,756 | Jun 1, 1977 |
| Seay Heirs #3 | Lofton, W. A. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,397–1,406 | Dec 14, 1978 |
| Cowan-McKinney -201- #1 | Hurricane Creek Gas Venture, L.L | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 962–972 | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Rater, J. S. #1D | Bradley, John W. Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,230–1,250 | Aug 31, 1981 |
| McAnally #4 | KTC Oil Enterprises, LLC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,346–1,351 | Aug 20, 1981 |
| McAnally #5 | KTC Oil Enterprises, LLC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,346–1,356 | Aug 20, 1981 |
| Echols -A- #1 | Sherley, O. C. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,320–1,342 | Apr 16, 1979 |
| Wilson -B- #12 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 3,698–3,735 | Mar 3, 1993 |
| Wilson -B- #14W | Canan Operating, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 3,705–3,720 | Mar 3, 1993 |
| Prideaux, C. C. #5 | Scott, Carlton | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 734–738 | Mar 10, 1982 |
| Kempner Estate "C" #1 | Campbell, Robert F. Jr. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,476–1,483 | May 29, 1981 |
| Green, Mary #31 | Banner Oil & Gas LLC | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,154–1,170 | — |
| Kunkel, Adolph #1S | Ada Exploration | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 850–870 | Sep 24, 1980 |
| Nason, R. V. #4 | G & G Oil Production | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,102–1,111 | Feb 5, 1981 |
| Wilkins "A" #A 1 | Sundial Resources, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,132–1,148 | — |
| Wilkins "A" #10 | Aca Oil Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,150–1,160 | — |
| Falls County School Land #3 | Three P Operating Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,078–1,088 | Sep 9, 1981 |
| Furr-Robinson -A- #8A | Embassy Oil Company | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,492–1,499 | Dec 7, 1981 |
| Fish, D. W. #6 B | Legacy Petroleum Corporation | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,176–1,178 | Jul 23, 1982 |
| Prideaux -G- #1W | Beisch, Rusty | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 715–720 | May 4, 1983 |
| Prideaux -G- #2W | Beisch, Rusty | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 684–690 | May 4, 1983 |
| Prideaux -G- #3W | Beisch, Rusty | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 657–663 | May 4, 1983 |
| Sanders, Glen #1 | Lewis, William T. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 4,808–4,818 | Mar 26, 1982 |
| Turbeville, J. H. -F- #2A | MSB Operating | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,437–1,439 | Jul 19, 1983 |
| Cowan-McKinney #2B | Colvin, Hayes & Associates, Inc | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,472–1,477 | Oct 7, 1983 |
| Cowan-McKinney #7B | Colvin, Hayes & Associates, Inc | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,474–1,476 | Oct 7, 1983 |
| Cowan-McKinney -201- #10 | L-R Production | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 952–968 | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Ruth, Jeanie #1 D | Tri "M" Oil & Gas | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,080–1,085 | Aug 20, 1985 |
| Hamilton, W. B. #2 | SHL Operating | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,154–1,164 | Jan 3, 1978 |
| Bridwell Archer Ranch -G- #23 | Bridwell Oil Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 3,570–3,582 | Jan 17, 1986 |
| Geraldine #1 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 3,723–3,732 | Sep 6, 1979 |
| Wilson, J. R. #3 | Corpening, Joe F. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 5,888–5,912 | Oct 10, 1972 |
| McGlothin #1 | T-N-T Engineering, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 4,605–4,626 | Dec 30, 1987 |
| Perkins, J. J. -B- #10 | Glenn, Lyndell | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 669–676 | Aug 31, 1978 |
| Oliver #44 | Bluebonnet Land & Cattle Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 679–681 | Jun 16, 1988 |
| Oliver #66 | Postpeak, LLC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 682–684 | Jun 16, 1988 |
| Oliver #27 | Postpeak, LLC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 685–688 | Jun 16, 1988 |
| Oliver #47 | Postpeak, LLC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 696–700 | Jun 16, 1988 |
| Wilson -B- #12 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 3,698–3,735 | Nov 19, 1981 |
| Wilson -B- #14 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 3,705–3,720 | Mar 25, 1982 |
| Campbell, R. #2 | Gho-Mor Drilling Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 901–906 | Mar 19, 1973 |
| Campbell, R. #5 | Gho-Mor Drilling Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 929–936 | Mar 19, 1973 |
| Campbell, R. #11 | Gho-Mor Drilling Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 940–951 | Mar 19, 1973 |
| Campbell, R. #13 | Gho-Mor Drilling Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 900–908 | Mar 19, 1973 |
| McMurtry, W. J. #9A | Reynolds, J. C. & W. F. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 700 | — |
| Coody, J. R. #2 | L & S Drilling, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,164–1,179 | — |
| Coody, J. R. #6 | L & S Drilling, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,151–1,161 | — |
| Ferguson, W. P., -C- #9 | Schaefer, Gary L. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,725–1,751 | May 5, 1989 |
| Wilson -B- #22 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Inactive | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 3,710–3,719 | — |
| Wilson -B- #62 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 3,709–3,719 | — |
| Wilson -B- #82 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 3,710–3,719 | — |
| Abercrombie #4A | B M Oil Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,265–1,272 | May 24, 1989 |
| Turbeville -C--1 #1 | Harvey, James W. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 3,828–3,833 | Jun 23, 1989 |
| Nason, R. V. #2 | G & G Oil Production | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,095–1,057 | Nov 18, 1980 |
| Furr, Adele #2 | Burkett, J. D. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,482 | — |
| Furr, Adele #5 | Burkett, J. D. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,480–1,487 | — |
| Schildknecht #2 | Cox, H. L. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 510–520 | — |
| Brown, E. T., -a- /Shallow/ #9 | Harris, Alfred H. Jr. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,378–1,386 | Nov 1, 1963 |
| Taylor, W. H., Est. #11 | Rasher Energy, Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 425–435 | — |
| Taylor, W. H. Est. -B- #11 | Rasher Energy, Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 412–428 | — |
| Taylor, W. H. Est. -B- #17 | Rasher Energy, Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 405–430 | — |
| Abercrombie #4 | B. W. Oil & Gas, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,178–1,182 | Sep 12, 1963 |
| Ikard, A. J. -B- #16 | Petro Drilling & Producing Co. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,130–1,138 | — |
| Ikard, A. J. -B- #21 | Petro Drilling & Producing Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,120–1,126 | — |
| Philipp #9 | Cooper Oil & Gas, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,114–1,124 | Apr 10, 1990 |
| Nason, R. V. #7 | C & S Chambers Oil | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,073–1,100 | Jan 10, 1991 |
| Richardson, J. T. #28 | Creswell, Chris | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,340–1,362 | Jan 28, 1991 |
| Richardson, J. T. #29 | Creswell, Chris | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,330–1,345 | Jan 28, 1991 |
| Clark-Richardson #17 | Palmer Operating LLC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,348–1,354 | Apr 1, 1991 |
| Sanders, Glen W. -B- #2A | Dym Energy, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,152–1,156 | Oct 8, 1991 |
| Sanders, Glen W. -B- #5A | Dym Energy, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,142–1,144 | Oct 8, 1991 |
| Kempner, H. #2 F | Gunsight Supply Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,459–1,468 | Oct 20, 1992 |
| Rogers, M. E. /B/ #10 | Comrade Oil & Gas Mgmt. Co. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,295–1,300 | Jul 26, 1993 |
| Key #21 | Colvin, Hayes & Associates, Inc | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,218–1,221 | Aug 17, 1993 |
| Key #20 | Colvin, Hayes & Associates, Inc | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,214–1,218 | Aug 17, 1993 |
| Petrex -D- #3 | Akins Oil Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 4,720–4,730 | Jan 13, 1994 |
| Wilson #18 | Crampton, Freddie | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 889–900 | Mar 28, 1994 |
| Garvey, J. R. -B- #11 | Hoggard, Kenneth | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 742–758 | — |
| Powell #8 | Phoenix Trust | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 974–982 | Oct 27, 1994 |
Latest disposal drilling permits
W-1 drilling permits in the county tagged as produced-water disposal.
| Issued | Permit | Operator | Lease / well |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2013 | 771566 | Addax Operating, LLC | Laukhuf SWD #1 00942646 |
| Nov 6, 1991 | 393544 | Ryder Scott Oil Co. | Abercrombie WDW #2 00936047 |
| Jan 31, 1986 | 296716 | Wichita Star Petroleum, Inc. | Parkey SWD #1 00939480 |
| Dec 19, 1979 | 67262 | Brown & Jones Oil Co. | McAnally, Frank #1D 00984633 |
About this data
RRC UIC well master and H-10 injection reports, settled through Sep 2025; TexNet daily injection for the last settled month; disposal permit tags from Petrora's sector classifier.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/water/tx/archer, documented in the API reference.