Produced water and disposal in Howard 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 →

Howard County has 1,165 active injection and disposal wells, 251 of them permitted for disposal, with 5.8 million barrels a day of permitted capacity.

Operators reported 489 million barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to June 2025, down 4% on the year before, about 23% of what the permits allow.

102 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they injected 763,437 barrels a day in August 2026. Same-well volumes were down 6% on a year earlier.

DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC is the largest injector in the county, with 157 million barrels reported across 31 active wells.

136 M2+ earthquakes were located in the county's area over the last two years, the largest M4.3.

1,165: active injection wells, 251 for disposal
5.82M: bbl/d permitted capacity
489M: bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025 -4%
23%: of permitted capacity used
3,039: UIC permits on file, all time
763K: bbl/d, 102 daily reporters, Aug 2026

Reported injection, by month

H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO JUN 2025

Last 12 months 488,572,019 · prior 12 508,793,692(-4%)

UT BEG TexNet injection reporting tool

Deep disposal, reported daily

763K: bbl per day, Aug 2026
102: wells reporting
19: operators
-6%: same wells vs a year earlier

Well	Operator	bbl/d
22740777	Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC	39,706
22741688	Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC	26,656
22740310	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	26,320
22741419	Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC	23,403
22739854	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	22,613
22739185	P4 Operating, LLC	22,034
22739585	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	20,924
22742503	Bayswater Operating Company LLC	19,582
22742170	Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC	19,465
22737880	Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC	19,402

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
DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	157M	31	851K
Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC	59.3M	15	444K
Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	47.1M	170	808K
Basa Resources, Inc.	39.7M	143	575K
Oxyrock Operating, LLC	31.1M	15	265K
Surge Operating, LLC	23.2M	17	268K
Deep Blue Operating I LLC	21.3M	13	326K
Bayswater Operating Company LLC	18.6M	8	140K
Grayrock Energy II, LLC	18.3M	263	257K
SM Energy Company	13M	5	195K
Birch Operations, Inc.	9.19M	2	140K
Apache Corporation	7.35M	73	256K
Outlaw Water Services LLC	5.63M	2	75K
P4 Operating, LLC	4.85M	8	156K
Select Water Solutions, LLC	3.92M	6	185K
Bce-Mach III LLC	3.03M	48	50.1K
Overflow Energy Permian, LLC	2.88M	2	65K
Founders SWD, LLC	2.06M	1	20K
OXY USA Inc.	1.95M	3	40K
Extex Operating Company	1.87M	9	16.5K

Injection permits

3,068 UIC PERMITS · 1,165 ACTIVE · PAGE 2 OF 31

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
Hughes SWD #1	Pilot Water Solutions Permianllc	Active	Disposal	944K	35,000	3,200–4,800	Jan 21, 2020
Zant, H. N. #6	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	Active	Disposal	930K	10,000	7,757–7,907	May 21, 2018
Kloh-Rumsey #9D	Extex Operating Company	Active	Disposal	929K	4,000	2,700–3,100	Dec 23, 1991
Reed -A- #25	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	923K	3,000	2,800–3,260	Sep 19, 2013
Roberts, Dora -Bde- #273	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	888K	30,000	3,000–4,200	Oct 16, 2015
Douthit-B 1 #10D	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Disposal	850K	10,000	3,000–3,855	Dec 2, 2013
Glass SWD #1	Surge Operating, LLC	Active	Disposal	842K	15,000	2,845–5,000	Mar 17, 2025
8410 JV-P Mayfield #1	Hibernia Resources IV, LLC	Active	Disposal	835K	10,000	3,280–4,740	—
Middleton 38 #1	Surge Operating, LLC	Active	Disposal	803K	25,000	8,570–8,732	Sep 8, 2014
Krampf SWD #1	Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC	Active	Disposal	798K	30,000	3,000–4,400	Nov 30, 2018
Connally #2841	OXY USA Inc.	Active	Disposal	795K	10,000	3,450–4,650	May 24, 2017
East Vealmoor Unit #52W	Surge Operating, LLC	Active	Enhanced recovery	785K	6,500	7,258–7,880	Nov 5, 1990
Galveston #1	Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC	Active	Disposal	782K	35,000	3,000–4,400	Oct 10, 2017
Tubb SWD #1D	Civitas Permian Operating, LLC	Active	Disposal	758K	10,000	2,998–3,786	Sep 27, 2023
Axis SWD #1	Select Water Solutions, LLC	Active	Disposal	754K	50,000	10,250–13,000	Feb 18, 2020
East Vealmoor Disposal Unit NO.2 #2D	Surge Operating, LLC	Active	Enhanced recovery	748K	15,000	7,800–9,200	Jul 5, 2019
Ms. Veal #6	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	Active	Disposal	747K	10,000	7,988–8,100	Oct 17, 2017
Roberts, Dora -Bde- #468W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Disposal	743K	5,000	2,325–2,870	Jun 16, 2023
Fryar -37- #1WD	SMC Oil & Gas, Inc.	Active	Disposal	732K	20,000	3,350–5,300	Apr 14, 2014
Guitar Estate -B- #2D	Americo Energy Resources, LLC	Active	Disposal	732K	5,000	8,700–10,800	Dec 20, 2005
Eason, S. T. #18	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	730K	5,000	2,050–2,375	Nov 2, 2010
Kloh -A- #14W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	723K	5,000	2,000–2,500	Aug 10, 2011
Roberts, Dora #37L	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	717K	3,000	2,000–3,000	Dec 20, 1995
Reed -A- #5W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	707K	2,800	2,200–3,250	May 8, 2026
Fryar 3S #2XD	Bayswater Operating Company LLC	Active	Disposal	705K	20,000	9,450–10,350	Oct 12, 2021
Roberts, Dora #44W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	698K	4,000	2,000–3,000	May 5, 2021
Johnson, DC Disposal #202	Aqua Terra Permian, LLC	Active	Disposal	688K	10,000	3,723–4,600	Oct 18, 2013
Bud SWD #1	Velocity Water Solutions, LP	Active	Disposal	676K	25,000	3,350–5,472	Sep 11, 2015
Luther SWD #1	Overflow Energy Permian, LLC	Active	Disposal	671K	25,000	3,000–4,500	Mar 2, 2022
Champagnes SWD #1	P4 Operating, LLC	Active	Disposal	669K	25,000	5,350–9,600	May 17, 2016
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #194W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	660K	7,000	2,000–2,700	Jan 26, 2016
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #124RW	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	658K	5,000	2,000–2,700	Jan 26, 2016
Roberts, Dora -Bde- #425W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	654K	3,000	2,376–2,914	Jun 9, 2016
Patterson #2713	OXY USA Inc.	Active	Disposal	645K	10,000	3,200–4,100	May 27, 2015
Hyman, Sarah #21W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	642K	4,000	2,000–3,100	Jan 16, 2015
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #156RW	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	633K	5,000	2,000–2,700	Jan 26, 2016
Overton, B.-A- #8	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	617K	5,000	2,150–2,476	Mar 23, 2011
East Vealmoor Unit #38W	Surge Operating, LLC	Active	Enhanced recovery	612K	10,000	6,900–7,410	Sep 2, 2014
Chalk, Sloan #29	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	609K	4,000	2,500–4,200	Jan 16, 2015
Chalk, G. O.-A- #21U	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	609K	4,000	2,087–2,937	Nov 18, 2020
Roberts, Dora #35W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	605K	3,000	2,000–3,000	Aug 10, 2011
Roberts, Dora #52W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	603K	5,000	2,300–2,900	Apr 25, 2013
Settles, W. R. #17CW	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	588K	3,000	1,265–1,300	Jul 26, 2016
Settles, W. R. #67W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	570K	2,000	2,042–2,577	Jun 19, 2015
Fletch #1	SM Energy Company	Active	Disposal	566K	30,000	10,118–10,470	Aug 11, 2017
Chalk,mary #76W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	560K	2,000	2,060–3,200	Jan 13, 2015
Cao #1R	Select Water Solutions, LLC	Active	Disposal	556K	25,000	2,900–5,650	Feb 11, 2020
Settles, W. R. -A- #108W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	556K	2,000	2,110–2,729	Dec 7, 2010
Roberts, Dora -Bde- #318W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	554K	4,000	2,351–2,702	Apr 20, 2021
Reed -A- #26	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	554K	3,000	2,800–3,260	Sep 19, 2013
Chalk, G. O.-G- #52W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	553K	2,000	3,000–3,800	Jan 13, 2015
Roberts, Dora -Bde- #344W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	552K	6,000	2,000–3,000	Mar 18, 2015
Settles, W. R. -A- #156	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	542K	3,000	2,250–2,600	Apr 11, 2012
Roberts, Dora -Bde- #258W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	541K	5,000	2,340–2,699	Jun 23, 2020
Roberts, Dora -Bde- #4104U	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	538K	7,000	2,000–3,000	Mar 25, 2015
8410 JV-P Watters #1W	Hibernia Resources IV, LLC	Active	Disposal	537K	10,000	3,200–4,800	Mar 20, 2017
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #171L	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	534K	7,000	2,350–2,700	Jun 3, 2020
Chalk, G. O. #19W	Grayrock Energy II, LLC	Active	Enhanced recovery	528K	2,000	2,113–2,263	Jun 5, 2013
Settles, W. R. -A- #35W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Disposal	519K	2,000	2,128–2,571	Dec 6, 2010
Chalk, G. O. #15W	Grayrock Energy II, LLC	Active	Enhanced recovery	515K	2,000	2,078–2,206	Jun 5, 2013
Barnett Deep #1	OXY USA Inc.	Active	Disposal	510K	20,000	3,500–4,600	Dec 8, 2015
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #169W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	503K	5,000	2,000–2,700	Jan 26, 2016
Stewart Yates Sand Unit #303WR	Wash, Robert C. Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	502K	3,000	1,428–1,480	Apr 1, 1993
Chalk, G. O. #56CF	Grayrock Energy II, LLC	Active	Enhanced recovery	501K	2,500	3,000–3,900	Mar 14, 2019
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #145RW	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	499K	5,000	2,000–2,700	Jan 26, 2016
Chalk Estate #15W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	494K	2,000	2,552–3,700	Mar 3, 2015
Roberts, Dora -Bde- #472W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	487K	6,000	2,178–2,740	Mar 25, 2015
Kloh #53W	Grayrock Energy II, LLC	Active	Enhanced recovery	486K	5,000	2,000–2,600	Nov 15, 2023
Chalk, G. O.-G- #39W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	482K	2,000	2,550–3,200	Jan 13, 2015
Chalk,mary #41W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	481K	2,000	2,600–3,100	Jan 13, 2015
Roberts, Dora -Bde- #4111U	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	480K	5,000	2,000–3,000	Jun 28, 2011
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #146W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	479K	7,000	2,300–2,450	Jan 26, 2016
Chalk, G. O.-G- #32	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	478K	2,000	2,654–4,200	Apr 11, 2019
Roberts, Dora #34W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	478K	3,000	2,000–3,000	Aug 10, 2011
Settles, W. R. #49	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	475K	3,500	2,111–2,507	Jul 1, 2014
Settles, W. R. #2	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	473K	30,000	2,920–2,982	Jan 27, 2015
Settles, W. R. #38W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	465K	2,000	2,104–2,486	Dec 21, 2010
Kloh #39	Grayrock Energy II, LLC	Active	Enhanced recovery	465K	3,000	2,000–2,600	Jun 8, 2023
Settles, W. R. -A- #121W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	465K	3,000	2,270–2,700	Feb 24, 2016
Kloh #58W	Grayrock Energy II, LLC	Active	Enhanced recovery	464K	3,000	2,000–2,600	Jun 8, 2023
Kloh -A- #15	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	461K	5,000	2,000–3,000	Jun 28, 2011
Overton, B.-A- #1W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Disposal	461K	5,000	2,094–2,466	Nov 9, 2010
Settles, W. R. -A- #7YW	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	454K	1,500	1,175–1,289	Oct 27, 2021
Roberts, Dora -Bde- #463L	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	450K	3,000	1,350–2,724	Sep 18, 2013
Roberts, Dora #22W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	449K	4,000	2,308–2,565	Oct 22, 2013
Winans, J. F. #1W	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	Active	Disposal	446K	8,000	3,330–8,277	Jan 6, 2019
Gilbert, G. Wright. Jr. Estate #1	Select Water Solutions, LLC	Active	Disposal	442K	15,000	9,350–9,650	May 14, 2014
Settles, W. R. -A- #33W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	439K	2,000	2,186–2,601	Feb 14, 2011
Roberts, Dora #36L	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	435K	3,000	2,000–3,000	Dec 20, 1995
Fryar 3S #1D	Bayswater Operating Company LLC	Active	Disposal	434K	20,000	2,900–4,100	Sep 3, 2021
Roberts, Dora -Bde- #292U	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	434K	3,000	2,000–3,000	Dec 20, 1995
Settles, W. R. -A- #107W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	432K	2,000	2,338–2,630	Dec 7, 2010
Roberts, Dora #51W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	431K	5,000	2,300–3,300	Aug 12, 2015
Settles, W. R. -A- #31YW	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Enhanced recovery	423K	1,500	1,292–1,364	Jan 31, 1996
Settles, W. R. #25W	Citation Oil & Gas Corp.	Active	Disposal	420K	5,000	2,112–2,506	May 10, 2011
Kloh #34L	Grayrock Energy II, LLC	Active	Enhanced recovery	414K	1,500	2,275–2,600	Oct 1, 1999
Kloh #10	Grayrock Energy II, LLC	Active	Enhanced recovery	413K	3,000	2,000–2,600	Jul 5, 2019
Roberts, Dora -Bde- #455W	Basa Resources, Inc.	Active	Enhanced recovery	413K	6,000	2,382–2,764	Mar 25, 2015
Guitar 7 #2	Wilson Systems, Inc.	Active	Disposal	411K	20,000	3,170–5,260	Sep 5, 2024
Hoopsnake "23" #2	SM Energy Company	Active	Disposal	402K	30,000	3,400–5,450	Nov 15, 2017

Latest disposal drilling permits

W-1 drilling permits in the county tagged as produced-water disposal.

Issued	Permit	Operator	Lease / well
Aug 21, 2025	909991	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	Top Gun SWD #1 22742769
Jan 3, 2025	904948	Solaris Water Midstream, LLC	Apollo SWD #3 22739338
Oct 10, 2024	903178	Surge Operating, LLC	Dexter SWD #1D 22741596
Jan 2, 2024	896218	NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLC	Howard Snell SWD #2 22739131
Jan 2, 2024	896217	NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLC	Howard Snell SWD #1 22739130
Oct 31, 2023	894861	Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC	Griffin SWD #1H 22741788
Sep 5, 2023	893408	Crownquest Operating, LLC	Tubb SWD #1D 22739562
Aug 24, 2023	893117	Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC	Ingram SWD #1H 22742238
Jun 15, 2023	891327	H2O Midstream Permian LLC	Newton 10 SWD #2 22739571
May 12, 2023	890127	Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC	Will Ed SWD #1H 22742170

About this data

RRC UIC well master and H-10 injection reports, settled through Jun 2025; TexNet daily injection for Aug 2026; disposal permit tags from Petrora's sector classifier.

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