Produced water and disposal in Hartley 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 →
Hartley County has 10 active injection and disposal wells, 2 of them permitted for disposal, with 57,400 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 8.6 million barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to June 2025, up 1% on the year before, about 41% of what the permits allow.
High River Res Oper, LLC is the largest injector in the county, with 6.9 million barrels reported across 6 active wells.
TexNet located 1 M2+ earthquakes in the county's area over the last two years, the largest M2.1.
- 10
- active injection wells, 2 for disposal
- 57.4K
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 8.58M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025 +1%
- 41%
- of permitted capacity used
- 24
- UIC permits on file, all time
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO JUN 2025
Last 12 months 8,583,985 · prior 12 8,504,150(+1%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| High River Res Oper, LLC | 6.95M | 6 | 35K |
| Fortay, Inc | 1.1M | 2 | 17K |
| DDD Expl, Inc | 44.3K | 1 | 400 |
| Frantz Resource Management, LLC | 43K | 1 | 5K |
Injection permits
24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powell, Kenneth L. Estate "D" #2D | High River Res Oper, LLC | Active | Enhanced recovery | 1.84M | 6,000 | 6,390–6,780 | Jul 25, 2008 |
| Lathem #1 | High River Res Oper, LLC | Active | Enhanced recovery | 1.82M | 6,000 | 6,300–6,500 | Apr 13, 2019 |
| Powell Trust SWD #1D | High River Res Oper, LLC | Active | Enhanced recovery | 1.33M | 5,000 | 6,357–6,680 | Jun 30, 1999 |
| Powell E Unit #1 | High River Res Oper, LLC | Active | Enhanced recovery | 1.07M | 6,000 | 6,366–6,750 | Aug 12, 2020 |
| Joann #2 | Fortay, Inc | Active | Disposal | 737K | 12,000 | 3,810–5,250 | Sep 24, 2021 |
| Jones, L. W. Unit #1 | High River Res Oper, LLC | Active | Enhanced recovery | 570K | 6,000 | 6,367–6,750 | Sep 22, 2020 |
| Lady Luck #1013 | Fortay, Inc | Active | Disposal | 368K | 5,000 | 3,883–4,100 | Mar 16, 2018 |
| Lathem Mary K Unit #1 | High River Res Oper, LLC | Active | Enhanced recovery | 328K | 6,000 | 6,358–6,500 | May 22, 2019 |
| Walker Ranch #1036 | DDD Expl, Inc | Active | Enhanced recovery | 44.3K | 400 | 6,104–6,135 | Feb 26, 2002 |
| Frantz #1 | Frantz Resource Management, LLC | Active | Enhanced recovery | 43K | 5,000 | 3,800–6,926 | Jun 15, 2011 |
| Powell, Kenneth L. Estate "F" #1 | Rio Petro, Inc | Cancelled | Enhanced recovery | 446K | 6,000 | 6,356–6,500 | May 5, 2022 |
| Lathem, W. H. 5 #1D | Rio Petro, Inc | Plugged | Disposal | — | 5,000 | 3,960–4,550 | Apr 2, 2012 |
| Walker Ranch #1 | Corlena Oil Co | Cancelled | Enhanced recovery | — | 25,000 | 6,100–6,500 | Mar 4, 1998 |
| Powell, Kenneth L. Estate C #2D | Rio Petro, Inc | Cancelled | Disposal | — | 6,000 | 6,530–6,720 | Dec 13, 1996 |
| Powell, Kenneth L. Estate "D" #1 | High River Res Oper, LLC | Inactive | Enhanced recovery | — | 6,000 | 6,360–6,500 | May 5, 2022 |
| Powell, Kenneth L. Estate #1 | High River Res Oper, LLC | Inactive | Enhanced recovery | — | 6,000 | 6,326–6,750 | May 12, 2022 |
| Bryant, Malcolm #3 | Fortay, Inc | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 5,000 | 3,760–4,200 | Mar 15, 2018 |
| JO Ann #1 | Fortay, Inc | Plugged | Disposal | — | 3,000 | 3,008–3,306 | Apr 22, 2009 |
| Latham Family Unit #1 | Rio Petro, Inc | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 2,000 | 6,358–6,653 | May 16, 2012 |
| Rehm (Granite Wash Unit) #101 | Standard Oil Company of Texas | Cancelled | Other | — | 1,000 | 6,097–6,144 | Feb 21, 1966 |
| Lathem "C" #1 | Dunigan Oper Co., Inc | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 6,450–6,500 | May 26, 1992 |
| Proctor #1-66 #1066 | Corlena Oil Co | Cancelled | Enhanced recovery | — | 500 | 3,982–4,036 | Jul 12, 1993 |
| Proctor #1-66 #1063 | Corlena Oil Co | Plugged | Disposal | — | 500 | 1,592–3,620 | Jun 18, 2008 |
| Proctor #1-66 #166 | Corlena Oil Co | Cancelled | Disposal | — | 300 | 3,442–3,572 | Sep 23, 1993 |
Latest disposal drilling permits
W-1 drilling permits in the county tagged as produced-water disposal.
| Issued | Permit | Operator | Lease / well |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1999 | 485393 | Exxon Corp. | Powell Trust SWD #1D 20530202 |
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/hartley, documented in the API reference.