Produced water and disposal in Harris 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 →
Harris County has 87 active injection and disposal wells, 69 of them permitted for disposal, with 1.0 million barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 43 million barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to September 2025, up 5% on the year before, about 11% of what the permits allow.
P.o.&g. Operating, LLC is the largest injector in the county, with 19 million barrels reported across 20 active wells.
- 87
- active injection wells, 69 for disposal
- 1.02M
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 42.9M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Sep 2025 +5%
- 11%
- of permitted capacity used
- 561
- UIC permits on file, all time
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO SEP 2025
Last 12 months 42,872,024 · prior 12 40,907,080(+5%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| P.o.&g. Operating, LLC | 18.6M | 20 | 557K |
| Targa Downstream LLC | 8.86M | 2 | 140K |
| Tandem Energy Corporation | 5.61M | 5 | 100K |
| Trek Resources, Inc. | 3.84M | 7 | 43.2K |
| Americo Energy Resources, LLC | 1.55M | 7 | 34K |
| WRD Operating LLC | 830K | 14 | 35.8K |
| Underground Storage, LLC | 782K | 1 | 0 |
| Tortuga Operating Company | 731K | 8 | 32.5K |
| Gaither Petroleum Corporation | 642K | 3 | 7K |
| Fort Worth Natural Gas, Inc. | 449K | 1 | 2.5K |
| Ballard Exploration Company,inc. | 408K | 3 | 33K |
| Mse Operating Corp. | 219K | 1 | 1K |
| Etoco, L.P. | 184K | 2 | 5K |
| Morgan Enterprises, Inc. | 98.2K | 1 | 500 |
| Josey Oil Company, Ltd. | 29K | 1 | 2K |
| Houston Pipe Line Company LP | 8.88K | 1 | 1.6K |
| Silverbrook Operating, LLC | 7.58K | 1 | 150 |
| Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline LLC | — | 1 | 10K |
| Petrotx Operating, LLC | — | 1 | 5K |
| King Operating Corporation | — | 1 | 5K |
Injection permits
634 UIC PERMITS · 87 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor, E. R., Etal #56 | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 3,932–3,952 | May 15, 1992 |
| Rotherwood Field Unit #F 2 | El Paso Field Services Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,881–5,887 | May 26, 1989 |
| Rotherwood Field Unit #F 7 | El Paso Field Services Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,888–5,906 | May 26, 1989 |
| Rotherwood Field Unit #R 1 | El Paso Field Services Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,871–5,876 | May 26, 1993 |
| Rotherwood Field Unit #W 1 | El Paso Field Services Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,870–5,878 | May 26, 1989 |
| Rotherwood Field Unit #W 2 | El Paso Field Services Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,888–5,893 | May 26, 1989 |
| Exxon West Fee -C- A/C-2 #14 | Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline LLC | Canceled | Storage | — | — | 5,511–5,570 | Jun 29, 2017 |
| Coulter, Helen #1 | Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline LLC | Plugged | Storage | — | — | 5,518–5,575 | Jun 29, 2017 |
| Hutcheson, J. C. #6 | Tejas Gas Pipeline Company | Canceled | Storage | — | — | 5,535–5,555 | Jan 4, 1996 |
| Exxon-West Fee "C" A/C-1 #87 | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 2,700–5,200 | Mar 29, 1996 |
| Exxon-West Fee "C" A/C-1 #78 | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 2,700–5,200 | Mar 29, 1996 |
| J K Dupriest #1 | Underground Storage, LLC | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | Sep 24, 2012 |
| Rotherwood Field Unit #F 1 | Eastex Gas Production Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,886–5,892 | May 26, 1989 |
| Rotherwood Field Unit #F 3 | Eastex Gas Production Co. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,870–5,872 | May 26, 1989 |
| Rotherwood Field Unit #1 | Eastex Gas Production Co. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,881–5,896 | May 26, 1989 |
| Rotherwood Field Unit #I 2 | Eastex Gas Production Co. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,888–5,898 | May 26, 1989 |
| Rotherwood Field Unit #1A | Eastex Gas Production Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,878–5,906 | May 26, 1989 |
| Rotherwood Field Unit #W 3 | Eastex Gas Production Co. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,883–5,886 | May 26, 1989 |
| E. M. White #8 | Dunn-Smith, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 6,842–6,846 | Oct 31, 1966 |
| Warren Ranch #7A | Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 3,028–5,616 | Apr 6, 1964 |
| Warren Ranch #17 | Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 3,097–5,648 | Apr 6, 1964 |
| Warren Ranch #18A | Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,415–5,531 | Apr 6, 1964 |
| Landslide NCT-1 #278 | Texaco Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,706–2,713 | Jan 13, 1975 |
| Landslide NCT-1 #309F | Texaco Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,686–2,700 | Apr 1, 1975 |
| Landslide NCT-1 #311F | Texaco Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,612–2,617 | Apr 1, 1975 |
| Landslide NCT-1 #313H | Texaco Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,514 | Jan 13, 1975 |
| Weisenberger, J. H. #5 | Integral Petroleum Corporation | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 6,664 | Aug 14, 1972 |
| Plummer, A., Trustee #1 | Sparta Oil Company, The | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 4,302–4,308 | Sep 9, 1975 |
| Simms, Mary R. #1 | Sparta Oil Company, The | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 4,248–4,254 | Jan 26, 1973 |
| Trapier, Hasse A. #1 | Sparta Oil Company, The | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 4,254–4,262 | Jan 26, 1973 |
| Houston Fat Stock Show #2A | Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 7,662–7,668 | Jan 13, 1964 |
| Smith, Vivian #4 A | United Engineering Service Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 7,205–7,211 | Mar 10, 1966 |
| O.w.fordyce #3 | Houston Natural Gas Corporation | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 7,268–7,278 | Aug 8, 1967 |
| W. B. Scherer #2 | Exxon Corp. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,464–5,500 | Dec 20, 1974 |
Latest disposal drilling permits
W-1 drilling permits in the county tagged as produced-water disposal.
| Issued | Permit | Operator | Lease / well |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2019 | 850498 | Targa Downstream LLC | SWD #11 20132979 |
| Feb 20, 2015 | 803815 | Targa Downstream LLC | SWD #9 20132958 |
| May 12, 1998 | 476213 | Enron Oil & Gas Company | Hamill SWD #2 20132531 |
| Jan 12, 1998 | 472122 | Coastal States Crude Gath. Co. | Taylor, E. R. et al SWD #2 20132176 |
| May 16, 1989 | 359388 | Coastal States Crude Gath. Co. | Taylor, E. R. et al SWD #2 20132176 |
| Oct 18, 1982 | 174601 | Amerada Hess Corporation | Tomball Saltwater Disposal #5 20130320 |
| Dec 16, 1980 | 102556 | Southport Exploration Inc. | Liddell, F. Estate SWD #3D 20131152 |
| Jul 17, 1979 | 53110 | Amoco Production Company | Carpenter, Frank A. #5D 20130602 |
| Apr 10, 1979 | 45992 | Amoco Production Company | Dopslauf, Louis "C" #3D 20104003 |
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/harris, documented in the API reference.