Produced water and disposal in Brown 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 →
Brown County has 85 active injection and disposal wells, 33 of them permitted for disposal, with 32,565 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 575,530 barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to June 2025, up 13% on the year before, about 5% of what the permits allow.
Paragon Oil & Gas, LLC is the largest injector in the county, with 153,010 barrels reported across 2 active wells.
- 85
- active injection wells, 33 for disposal
- 32.6K
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 576K
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025 +13%
- 5%
- of permitted capacity used
- 612
- UIC permits on file, all time
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO JUN 2025
Last 12 months 575,530 · prior 12 508,606(+13%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paragon Oil & Gas, LLC | 153K | 2 | 2K |
| Davco Oil LLC | 69K | 6 | 1.94K |
| KLH Oil & Gas, Inc. | 56.4K | 4 | 3.8K |
| Bayou Operating Company, Inc. | 49.5K | 1 | 250 |
| Lawrence Energy Company | 37.9K | 2 | 800 |
| Cpmak Investments, Inc. | 34K | 4 | 750 |
| Bullet Development, LLC | 34K | 2 | 500 |
| Arcadian Mineral Development,llc | 31.8K | 5 | 1.91K |
| Anejo Production, LLC | 23.6K | 3 | 900 |
| Paratus Petroleum LLC | 23K | 2 | 150 |
| Southwest Gas Systems, Inc. | 16.9K | 1 | 250 |
| Pitcock, Inc. | 16.3K | 2 | 300 |
| Bde Energy Solutions LLC | 4.48K | 2 | 800 |
| Creek Energy, Inc. | 3.69K | 1 | 600 |
| Wes-Tex Oil Co. (I) | 3.17K | 1 | 100 |
| Stubblefield Energy Company | 2.96K | 1 | 55 |
| Levisay Operating Co. | 2.51K | 1 | 250 |
| Cross Cut Petroleum, LLC | 2.47K | 1 | 80 |
| Reach Oil | 2.3K | 4 | 2.75K |
| Dni Energy Service | 2.27K | 1 | 450 |
Injection permits
612 UIC PERMITS · 85 ACTIVE · PAGE 7 OF 7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton, Ross #5 | Anderson, E. D. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 1,208–1,216 | Sep 10, 1970 |
| Shore -A- #11 | Pautsky, Noel | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Shore -A- #17 | Pautsky, Noel | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Lowe #52 | Dority, Ron | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | May 16, 1974 |
| Brooke, Joe C. #1 | N.A. International Res. Corp. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Stanley, Rufus, -B- #2I | Sikes, Arlas M. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Necie Byler 44 #1 | Brenda Oil and Gas Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Stanley, Rufus #15W | T & F Operating Company | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Shore -A- #22 | Pautsky, Noel | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Broswell, S. & Locker, Louis H. #1 | Buie, J. H. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 70–84 | Aug 5, 1968 |
| E. C. Byrd et Al #1 | Schmidt, Fred R. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 1,380 | Jul 29, 1966 |
| Reid Patterson #1 | Peidmont Production | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,966–2,972 | May 11, 1966 |
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/brown, documented in the API reference.