Produced water and disposal in Cottle 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 →
Cottle County has 10 active injection and disposal wells, 3 of them permitted for disposal, with 12,300 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 540,113 barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to June 2025, down 15% on the year before, about 12% of what the permits allow.
Gunn Oil Co is the largest injector in the county, with 299,814 barrels reported across 2 active wells.
- 10
- active injection wells, 3 for disposal
- 12.3K
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 540K
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025 -15%
- 12%
- of permitted capacity used
- 19
- UIC permits on file, all time
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO JUN 2025
Last 12 months 540,113 · prior 12 632,998(-15%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunn Oil Co | 300K | 2 | 3K |
| Wagner Oil Co | 99.1K | 1 | 500 |
| Daylight Petro LLC | 83.4K | 2 | 1K |
| Petex | 53.7K | 1 | 500 |
| Beaver Oil & Gas Operating, LLC | 3.85K | 1 | 500 |
| Patton, E. N. Oil Co, Inc | 320 | 2 | 6K |
| Texas Royalty Corp | — | 1 | 800 |
Injection permits
19 UIC PERMITS · 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleen Unit #1 | Gunn Oil Co | Active | Enhanced recovery | 178K | 1,000 | 3,908–3,996 | Apr 25, 2022 |
| Wichita River 2 Unit #2 | Gunn Oil Co | Active | Enhanced recovery | 122K | 2,000 | 4,561–4,624 | Sep 30, 2021 |
| Burnett-Triangle #A 3R | Wagner Oil Co | Active | Enhanced recovery | 99.1K | 500 | 5,250–5,300 | Mar 17, 1995 |
| Wylie "A" #4012 | Daylight Petro LLC | Active | Disposal | 83.4K | 1,000 | 2,790–2,818 | Mar 14, 1990 |
| Swenson "G" #6 | Petex | Active | Enhanced recovery | 53.7K | 500 | 4,351–4,356 | Nov 7, 1983 |
| Jones, Pat N. #3 | Beaver Oil & Gas Operating, LLC | Active | Disposal | 3.85K | 500 | 3,706–3,831 | Oct 27, 2015 |
| Bratton #3B | Patton, E. N. Oil Co, Inc | Active | Enhanced recovery | 320 | 3,000 | 5,010–5,300 | Dec 15, 2003 |
| Carroll #6D | Patton, E. N. Oil Co, Inc | Active | Enhanced recovery | — | 3,000 | 4,700–4,790 | Oct 22, 2009 |
| Ratliff #1 | Texas Royalty Corp | Active | Enhanced recovery | — | 800 | 4,990–5,230 | Jul 11, 2016 |
| Wylie "A" #1407 | Daylight Petro LLC | Active | Disposal | — | — | 2,845–2,860 | Apr 2, 1986 |
| Westbrook N #5 | Gunn Oil Co | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 2,500 | 2,980–4,200 | Jul 14, 2016 |
| Buck Creek #5 | Sunlight Expl, Inc | Plugged | Disposal | — | 1,500 | 3,701–4,102 | Sep 27, 1999 |
| Harrison #1 | Select Water Solutions, LLC | Plugged | Disposal | — | 1,500 | 3,806–4,350 | Apr 30, 1992 |
| Martin, Corinne Estate #1 | Cholla Petro, Inc | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 400 | 7,060–7,170 | Jan 27, 2012 |
| Richards Estate #4 | Delwintex Oil & Gas Prop., Inc | Cancelled | Disposal | — | 100 | 4,168–4,182 | Jan 8, 1986 |
| Gibson, J. J. #5D | Edwards, Gus Co | Plugged | Other | — | — | 4,340 | — |
| Swenson "G" #3D | Perkins-Prothro Co | Cancelled | Other | — | — | — | — |
| Swenson Development Co. "B" #3902 | Whalen Drilling & Mining Co | Plugged | Other | — | — | 2,914 | — |
| Gibson, J. J. #6 | PPC Oper Co LLC | Cancelled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 4,339 | May 30, 1986 |
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/cottle, documented in the API reference.