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 525 active injection and disposal wells, 150 of them permitted for disposal, with 270,883 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 13 million barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to June 2025, down 2% on the year before, about 14% 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.
- 525
- active injection wells, 150 for disposal
- 271K
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 13.4M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025 -2%
- 14%
- of permitted capacity used
- 3,123
- UIC permits on file, all time
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO JUN 2025
Last 12 months 13,429,320 · prior 12 13,699,898(-2%)
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. | 1.3M | 12 | 10.8K |
| R2Q Operating LLC | 1.09M | 36 | 37.1K |
| Willowbend Investments, Inc. | 869K | 17 | 6.95K |
| PE - Texas, LLC | 744K | 36 | 30.9K |
| Bridwell Oil Co. | 728K | 16 | 8.55K |
| Wilcox Energy Company LLC | 714K | 11 | 8K |
| DM Backhoe Service | 560K | 15 | 5.23K |
| Lewis Operating Company | 539K | 5 | 3.85K |
| Guidance Oil Developers | 522K | 11 | 2.2K |
| Olney Oil LLC | 370K | 7 | 1.9K |
| BKJ Oil, LLC | 268K | 3 | 2.11K |
| Veteran Exploration & Prod, LLC | 261K | 3 | 9.95K |
| Just Oil & Gas, Inc. | 254K | 21 | 5.9K |
| JDL Operating, LLC | 228K | 7 | 7.88K |
| Guidance Oil DEVELOPERS,INC.(1) | 217K | 8 | 965 |
| Akins Oil Company | 210K | 8 | 3.26K |
| Blackflat Oil Company LLC | 203K | 9 | 8.7K |
| Jl&m Energy, LLC | 180K | 5 | 2.03K |
| Pop Operating Company | 163K | 7 | 3.85K |
| Myers, James B. | 161K | 14 | 13.8K |
Injection permits
3,124 UIC PERMITS · 525 ACTIVE · PAGE 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkey #7 | Pautsky, Jimmy | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,728–1,730 | Mar 29, 1982 |
| Tribune "117" Deep #1TS | Canan, Thomas C. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 4,707–4,724 | Jul 19, 1983 |
| Carpenter, J. D. #4B | Dry Fork Production Co., LLC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 3,430–3,448 | Feb 8, 1984 |
| Coleman #2 | Hoco, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,244–1,550 | May 23, 1979 |
| Colgan, E. Estate #7 | L-R Production | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,460–1,461 | Jun 10, 1981 |
| Winter, Mary #4 | Bridwell Oil Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 3,574–3,580 | Nov 27, 1984 |
| Parkey, James R., Jr. "C" #4 S | Rogers Drilling Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,434–1,632 | Jan 17, 1985 |
| Abercrombie "A" #2 | Big C Oil Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,397–1,417 | May 31, 1985 |
| Hyer-Wolf #8 | Bridwell Oil Co. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,418–4,428 | Jan 17, 1986 |
| Abercrombie, C. L. "A" #6 | Hilbers Oil & Gas | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,200–1,350 | Apr 8, 1986 |
| Richardson Trust Unit #2WD | Palmer Tank Trucks, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 3,870–3,920 | Apr 30, 1986 |
| Lindeman #2 | Rocking, R, Drilling & Prod Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,180–1,200 | Jan 22, 1986 |
| Bell - Riverside 1985 #2 | Monroe Well Service, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,192–1,194 | Apr 2, 1986 |
| Williams "B" #26 B | United Texas Petroleum Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 626–637 | Dec 16, 1986 |
| Gotham 1985 Donahue #1WI | Monroe Well Service, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,339–1,345 | Feb 4, 1986 |
| Ferguson "A" #1 | Sissom Oil | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,450–1,800 | Apr 30, 1987 |
| Ferguson "A" #5 | Schaefer, Gary L. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,450–1,800 | Apr 30, 1987 |
| Gage #2 | WFT Oil Corporation | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,779–1,800 | Jun 3, 1987 |
| Gage #3 | WFT Oil Corporation | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,783–1,800 | Jun 3, 1987 |
| Prideaux, G. D. "A" #2 | American Exploration Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,701–4,721 | Jun 12, 1987 |
| Kinder "D" #3 | Lindemann, James D. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,554–4,559 | Jul 27, 1987 |
| Hughes & Palmer, Inc. "C" #1 | Utility Ventures Company | Plugged | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,412–1,494 | Apr 24, 2009 |
| Carpenter, J. D. #A 5 | L L & M Properties, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,800–1,850 | May 11, 1984 |
| Meurer, J. R. #3 | Johnson, William D. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,100–1,150 | Mar 1, 1988 |
| Whittenton #1 | Kelly Mahler Operating, LLC | Plugged | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,013–1,017 | May 24, 1988 |
| Rater #6 | KTC Oil Enterprises, LLC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 683–691 | Apr 4, 1988 |
| Blakey, Bertha #1 | Lewis Operating Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,163–4,179 | May 24, 1988 |
| Staley-Mangold Unit #5 | Fina Oil & Chemical Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 3,773–3,860 | Jan 31, 1962 |
| Staley-Mangold Unit #32 | Fina Oil & Chemical Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 3,780–3,847 | Jan 31, 1962 |
| Staley-Mangold Unit #33 | Fina Oil & Chemical Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 3,799–3,886 | Jan 31, 1962 |
| Staley-Mangold Unit #61 | Fina Oil & Chemical Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 600 | Jan 31, 1962 |
| Staley-Mangold Unit #73 | Fina Oil & Chemical Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 3,811–3,873 | Jan 31, 1962 |
| Staley-Mangold Unit #85 | Fina Oil & Chemical Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 3,804–3,870 | Jan 31, 1962 |
| Perkins -E- #34 | Alco Oil & Gas Co. LLC | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,640–1,650 | Mar 20, 1989 |
| Parkey, James R. Jr. "F" #3 | Panamerican Operating Inc | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 3,340–3,360 | Oct 18, 1996 |
| Parkey -K- #6 | Edge, Fred Jr. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,480–1,487 | — |
| Pappan, Doris #5 | Fitch Oil Corporation | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,301–1,494 | Jun 22, 1989 |
| Mahler Unit #4 | Christie, C. B., Jr. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,348–4,425 | May 11, 1971 |
| Mahler Unit #9 | Christie, C. B., Jr. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,362–4,395 | Feb 15, 1965 |
| Mahler Unit #14 | Christie, C. B., Jr. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,387–4,414 | Feb 15, 1965 |
| Mahler Unit #10 | Christie, C. B., Jr. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,395–4,448 | Jan 31, 1966 |
| Johnson, Fern #A 3 | F. H. B. Company | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,274–4,386 | — |
| Johnson, Fern #B 2 | F. H. B. Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,333–4,384 | Dec 10, 1964 |
| Johnson, S. D. -A&b- #A 3 | Shell Oil Company | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,278–4,380 | — |
| Johnson, S. D. -A&b- #B 1 | Shell Oil Company | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,310–4,355 | — |
| Wilson -D- #3 | Lewis Operating Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 3,972–3,979 | Jan 11, 1980 |
| Moss #3 | Alco Oil & Gas Co. LLC | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 3,854–3,873 | Mar 7, 1990 |
| Wiser "A" #20 | Turnbow Drilling Co. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,614–1,622 | Apr 23, 1990 |
| Tribune - Goat SPD 1985 #1W | Red River Exploration, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,518–1,530 | May 23, 1990 |
| Fain-Parkey -B- #5 | Taylor Properties | Plugged | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,780–1,790 | Mar 11, 1991 |
| Kunkel, W. L. #13 | Guidance Oil Developers | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,173–1,182 | Mar 20, 1991 |
| Parkey C-4 #2 | Rogers Drilling Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 3,364–3,492 | Oct 23, 1996 |
| Bratt #4 | Wilson Operating Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,398–1,408 | Oct 18, 1991 |
| Prideaux #3 | T & R Operating, LLC | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 692–706 | Aug 24, 1992 |
| Walker "660" #6 | Bradley, John W. Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,870–4,880 | Feb 28, 1994 |
| Wells #13 | Wells, Joe E., Operator | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 674–678 | Jun 18, 1993 |
| Perkins, J. J. #3 | Pautsky, Jimmy | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,763–1,764 | Aug 6, 1993 |
| Furr, G. F. #2 | Willowbend Investments, Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,424–1,447 | Oct 8, 1993 |
| Furr, G. F. #1 | Burns Operating LLC | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,394–1,457 | Oct 8, 1993 |
| Leslie #2 | Bradley, John W. Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,877–4,881 | Nov 20, 1991 |
| Wilson, L. F. #8 | Lawson, Edward C., Estate | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,375–1,380 | Jun 30, 1994 |
| Coleman Mobley Unit #1 | 3-T Exploration, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,169–4,189 | Mar 30, 1995 |
| Tribune #7 | Colotex Operating, LLC | Plugged | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,505–1,518 | Sep 21, 1995 |
| Moss #3 | Comrade Oil & Gas Mgmt. Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 945–955 | Nov 10, 1995 |
| Coleman Mobley Unit #6 | 3-T Exploration, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,164–5,090 | Dec 19, 2007 |
| Schenk #3 | 3-T Exploration, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 5,320–5,363 | Dec 13, 1996 |
| Cowan & McKinney #1153 | Willowbend Investments, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 3,365–3,371 | Jun 9, 2009 |
| Furr-Deep #2 | Willowbend Investments, Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 500 | 3,935–3,940 | Jun 13, 1997 |
| Schenk #1 | 3-T Exploration, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 5,330–6,047 | Oct 7, 2020 |
| Loftin #1 | Dry Fork Production Co., LLC | Plugged | Disposal | — | 500 | 5,202–5,212 | May 6, 1998 |
| Prideaux -C- #18 | DM Backhoe Service | Inactive | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 3,664–3,671 | May 6, 1998 |
| Prideaux -D- #3 | T & R Operating, LLC | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 2,821–2,837 | Jun 10, 1998 |
| Brown, H. E. -A- #5 | Hudson Tank Trucks | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,428–1,433 | Jul 22, 1999 |
| Prideaux Unit #1 | Rogers Drilling Co., Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 500 | 2,792–5,272 | Sep 9, 1999 |
| House Ranch #6 | JDL Operating, LLC | Plugged | Disposal | — | 500 | 3,662–3,664 | Feb 8, 2002 |
| Cowan & McKinney -50- #11 | Genepa Petroleum Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,100–1,105 | Aug 30, 2004 |
| Wilson #2A | Texas Energy Operations, LC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,586–1,590 | Jun 18, 2003 |
| South Kovar 54 #1 | Cooper Oil & Gas, LLC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,402–1,410 | Nov 18, 2009 |
| Zinn Campbell #10 | Reneau Oil Co. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,052–1,063 | May 17, 2010 |
| Wolf, D. L. #7 A | Hays & Croker Partnership | Canceled | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,316–1,344 | Sep 13, 2011 |
| Jentsch #6 | Briggs & Croker Oil, LLC | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,918–5,004 | Oct 18, 2011 |
| Hulse #1 | Dry Fork Production Co., LLC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,640–5,020 | Mar 29, 2012 |
| Cowan-McKinney -F- #1 | Hulcy, Dusty | Inactive | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,504–1,522 | Nov 7, 2013 |
| Hulse-Abercrombie -C- #4 | Nhrg Inc | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,280–1,300 | Sep 22, 2014 |
| Petrex -D- #4 | Cholla Petroleum, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,662–4,680 | Sep 30, 2016 |
| Davis, C. L. #9 | Pro. Energy I Resource, LLC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,042–1,077 | Nov 13, 2017 |
| Wilson-Massie #12 | Bridwell Oil Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,569–1,601 | Nov 30, 1966 |
| Ikard, B. D. #3 | Burt Drlg. Co. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,716–4,747 | Aug 7, 1963 |
| Hildebrand, E. E. #4 | McLemore, M. L. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,155 | Feb 27, 1973 |
| Hildebrand, E. E. #8 | McLemore, M. L. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,155 | Feb 27, 1973 |
| Hildebrand, E. E. #9 | McLemore, M. L. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,157 | Feb 27, 1973 |
| Hildebrand, E. E. #10 | McLemore, M. L. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 1,155 | Jun 23, 1975 |
| Browning #7 | W-FM-W Oil Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,987–5,005 | Dec 28, 1964 |
| Browning #13 | W-FM-W Oil Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,940–4,948 | Dec 28, 1964 |
| Tribune #2 | Winfrey, W. C. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 2,229–2,231 | Nov 6, 1972 |
| Tribune #3 | Winfrey, W. C. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 2,216 | Jan 29, 1973 |
| Carson Deep #1 | Southern Pet. Expl., Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,269–4,350 | Dec 7, 1964 |
| Moss, T. C. /Deep/ #11 | Southern Pet. Expl., Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 4,255–4,365 | Dec 7, 1964 |
| Wells, Clemmie #3 | Burk Royalty Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 3,712–3,741 | Apr 4, 1968 |
| Wells, Clemmie #2 | Burk Royalty Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 3,702–3,726 | Jun 8, 1970 |
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 Jun 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.