Produced water and disposal in Bowie 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 →
Bowie County has 4 active injection and disposal wells, 3 of them permitted for disposal, with 22,300 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 233,627 barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to June 2025, down 3% on the year before, about 3% of what the permits allow.
Neches Oil & Gas Company, Inc. is the largest injector in the county, with 189,577 barrels reported across 1 active well.
- 4
- active injection wells, 3 for disposal
- 22.3K
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 234K
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025 -3%
- 3%
- of permitted capacity used
- 13
- UIC permits on file, all time
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO JUN 2025
Last 12 months 255,293 · prior 12 239,506(+7%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neches Oil & Gas Company, Inc. | 190K | 1 | 2K |
| Double S Liberty Energy, Inc. | 44.1K | 1 | 10K |
| Legacy Expl, LLC I | — | 1 | 10K |
| Machin & Associates, Inc | — | 1 | 300 |
Injection permits
13 UIC PERMITS · 4 ACTIVE · PAGE 1 OF 1
Active permits first, by reported volume, then cancelled, plugged, and never-activated permits.
| Well | Operator | Status | Purpose | Reported, bbl | bbl/d permitted | Zone, ft | Permitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merritt Unit #1 | Neches Oil & Gas Company, Inc. | Active | Disposal | 190K | 2,000 | 6,650–7,010 | Aug 17, 1994 |
| Tiller #1 | Double S Liberty Energy, Inc. | Active | Disposal | 44.1K | 10,000 | 3,396–3,580 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| Liberty-Eylau Isd #2 | Legacy Expl, LLC I | Active | Enhanced recovery | — | 10,000 | 6,740–7,350 | Apr 26, 2016 |
| McDaniel SWD #4 | Machin & Associates, Inc | Active | Disposal | — | 300 | 2,464–2,505 | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Redwater Smackover Unit #2 | Red Water Resources, Inc. | Cancelled | Enhanced recovery | — | 5,000 | 8,572–8,580 | Jun 28, 2001 |
| Redwater Smackover Unit #1WI | Red Water Resources, Inc. | Cancelled | Enhanced recovery | — | 5,000 | 8,300–9,000 | Jun 28, 2001 |
| Redwater Smackover Unit #3 | Red Water Resources, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 5,000 | 8,300–8,800 | Jun 28, 2001 |
| Haltom, P. #2SW | Smith Oper & Management Co | Cancelled | Disposal | — | 700 | 2,962–3,020 | Feb 23, 2001 |
| Ashford #5D | Reynolds E & P, Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 600 | 3,466–3,506 | Nov 5, 1993 |
| Gifco -a- Unit #1 | Murphy Oil USA, Inc | Cancelled | Enhanced recovery | — | 400 | 7,809–7,814 | Mar 3, 1982 |
| Pickering #2 | Pride Expl, Inc | Cancelled | Disposal | — | 400 | 870–1,000 | Apr 5, 1983 |
| Coleman, T. M. #1 S | Gulfcoast Venture a, Crow, D. | Cancelled | Disposal | — | — | 2,734 | Jun 30, 1967 |
| Ashford Gas Unit #1D | Shell Western E&P Inc | Cancelled | Disposal | — | — | 2,600–2,950 | Sep 13, 1979 |
Latest disposal drilling permits
W-1 drilling permits in the county tagged as produced-water disposal.
| Issued | Permit | Operator | Lease / well |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2025 | 905561 | Machin & Associates, Inc. | McDaniel SWD #4 03730353 |
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/bowie, documented in the API reference.