Produced water and disposal in Jones 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 →
Jones County has 167 active injection and disposal wells, 62 of them permitted for disposal, with 220,580 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 5.5 million barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to June 2025, down 7% on the year before, about 7% of what the permits allow.
Sojourner Drilling Corporation is the largest injector in the county, with 1.2 million barrels reported across 22 active wells.
- 167
- active injection wells, 62 for disposal
- 221K
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 5.54M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025 -7%
- 7%
- of permitted capacity used
- 940
- UIC permits on file, all time
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO JUN 2025
Last 12 months 5,536,643 · prior 12 5,941,323(-7%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sojourner Drilling Corporation | 1.19M | 22 | 50.2K |
| Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. | 636K | 1 | 20K |
| Petex | 469K | 3 | 3K |
| Beasley Well Service Inc. | 421K | 7 | 11K |
| Momentum Operating Co., Inc. | 412K | 5 | 5K |
| Pure O & G, LLC | 348K | 4 | 10.7K |
| Trek Resources, Inc. | 315K | 2 | 2.9K |
| 5L Properties, Inc. | 172K | 4 | 2K |
| Scott Operating, Inc. | 162K | 7 | 4.01K |
| Barnett Energy, Inc. | 141K | 1 | 2K |
| D.K.D. | 139K | 1 | 10K |
| DJ & T Services, LLC | 138K | 5 | 1.95K |
| Abilene American Energy, LLC | 131K | 1 | 1.2K |
| Smith, Joe T., Inc. | 126K | 2 | 8.5K |
| Powell Properties, Inc. | 96.8K | 3 | 3.1K |
| JQL Energy, LLC | 76.6K | 1 | 2K |
| Grayrock Energy II, LLC | 73.3K | 16 | 16.2K |
| Lawrence Energy Company | 55.8K | 2 | 700 |
| Laneer Resources Company | 52.8K | 2 | 500 |
| Scout Energy Management LLC | 51.6K | 1 | 5K |
Injection permits
940 UIC PERMITS · 167 ACTIVE · PAGE 7 OF 10
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shinnery Hope Lime Unit #8 | Cottonwood Petroleum Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 2,229–2,240 | Sep 29, 1989 |
| Shinnery Hope Lime Unit #12 | Cottonwood Petroleum Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 2,242–2,248 | Sep 29, 1989 |
| Thorn-Willingham Gunsight Unit #4 | Smith Pipe of Abilene | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 2,336–2,344 | Nov 1, 1989 |
| Spraberry #3 | Snyder Drilling Corp. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 2,007–2,016 | Aug 31, 1994 |
| Strickland, H.T. #3 | Lone Star Production | Plugged | Disposal | — | 200 | 3,454–3,456 | Jun 22, 1995 |
| Merchant #1 | Enrich Oil Corporation | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 4,152–4,170 | Jul 31, 1995 |
| Daniels, Betty #3 | D.J. & T. Energy | Plugged | Disposal | — | 200 | 2,281–2,284 | Apr 25, 1997 |
| Goree, T. J. #6 | Killion, A. E. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 200 | 1,882–1,884 | Apr 25, 1979 |
| Hall, A.D. #3 | Bluff Creek Petroleum, LLC | Plugged | Disposal | — | 200 | 1,846–1,852 | Apr 10, 2013 |
| Akard "C" #1 | Walsh & Watts, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 2,114–2,120 | Feb 14, 1964 |
| Akard "D" #2 | Walsh & Watts, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 2,120–2,124 | Feb 14, 1964 |
| Akard "E" #2 | Walsh & Watts, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 2,120–2,126 | Feb 14, 1964 |
| Akard "H" #5 | Walsh & Watts, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 2,120–2,139 | Feb 14, 1964 |
| Causseaux, Paul #2 | Romal Oil Corporation | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 2,940–2,960 | Nov 30, 1972 |
| Farnsworth, B. F. #5 | G-B Oil Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 3,048–3,066 | Jan 6, 1965 |
| Culbertson, Joe L. #2 | Jones Co. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 5,050–5,060 | Aug 11, 1980 |
| Roberts, Hugh Etal #16 | Schkade Brothers Drilling Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 1,694–1,702 | Oct 7, 1968 |
| Swenson Land &cattle #120 | Fryer Oil Co., Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 2,438–2,442 | Jul 18, 1969 |
| Creath Harvey #3 | Delaware Basin Properties, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | — | Jan 21, 1964 |
| Creath Harvey #16 | Delaware Basin Properties, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | — | Jan 21, 1964 |
| Creath Harvey #24 | Delaware Basin Properties, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | — | Jan 21, 1964 |
| Creath Harvey #28 | Delaware Basin Properties, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | — | Jan 21, 1964 |
| Higgs Unit #1 | Pure Oil Company, The | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 1,879–1,884 | Jul 2, 1964 |
| Williams "B" #D 2 | Phillips Petroleum Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 5,372–5,382 | Aug 20, 1964 |
| Derrick, C.T. #2 | Harwell & Robertson Oil Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 2,466–2,474 | Jan 22, 1965 |
| Creath Harvey #9 | Delaware Basin Properties, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 1,614–1,620 | Jan 27, 1965 |
| Scott, Joe H., Unit #7 | Twin Mountain Oil Corp. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 1,832–1,840 | Apr 3, 1967 |
| Higgs Unit #3 | Pure Oil Company, The | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 1,872–1,876 | Jul 2, 1964 |
| Higgs Unit #7 | Pure Oil Company, The | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 1,845–1,876 | Jul 2, 1964 |
| Carlton "A" #3 | Scott Operating, Inc. | Inactive | Enhanced recovery | — | 170 | 2,277–2,280 | Mar 19, 1986 |
| Whaley, J. G. #2 | Tex/Con Oil & Gas Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 3,006–3,030 | Nov 16, 1970 |
| Jeter & Clay #1 | Schkade Bros. Operating Company | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 1,773–1,790 | Jun 1, 1971 |
| Alexander #4 | RVR Operating Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 1,854–1,863 | — |
| Alexander #5 | RVR Operating Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 1,858–1,864 | — |
| Alexander #13 | RVR Operating Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 1,861–1,867 | Nov 19, 1973 |
| Guitar Trust Estate #1W | Whiteside, H. W. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 3,082–3,376 | Oct 6, 1964 |
| Mason Est. #1 D | Valera Oil Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 2,864–2,882 | Dec 10, 1980 |
| Beauchamp, M. R. #2D | Abilene Petroleum Land Ser. Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 2,805–2,850 | Mar 22, 1972 |
| West Pitzer Unit #2021 | Rutledge, Gerald | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 4,685–4,701 | Apr 11, 1983 |
| Sealy #1 | S & J Operating Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 2,270–2,276 | Apr 22, 1983 |
| Manly-Neas Tannehill Unit #201 | Terco Energy, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 1,619–1,650 | Feb 29, 1984 |
| Westmoreland, Gene #3 | Neinda Corp. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 2,819–2,836 | May 4, 1976 |
| Brown, Lilley P. #24 | Barnett Energy, Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 150 | 3,056–3,070 | Oct 23, 1986 |
| Easterwood, H. #1 | Barnett Energy, Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 150 | 4,787–4,789 | Dec 16, 1986 |
| Thorn-Willingham Gunsight Unit #3 | Cottonwood Petroleum Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 2,334–2,343 | Mar 25, 1988 |
| Taylor #1 | Heart Land Petroleum Corporation | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 3,744–3,754 | Nov 23, 1999 |
| Doty #3 | Double C Operating LLC | Inactive | Disposal | — | 150 | 2,272–2,322 | Sep 29, 2018 |
| Harp, J. R. #4 | Schkade Brothers Drilling Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | — | Aug 21, 1967 |
| Cox, Vera J. #1 | Chalmers Operating Co., Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 1,660–1,668 | Sep 6, 1979 |
| Myatt, W. H. #13 | Petrodynamics, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 1,691–1,708 | Nov 20, 1970 |
| Beard #1 | Dyco Petroleum Corporation | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 2,570–2,618 | Mar 1, 1978 |
| M. G. Harvey #3 | Greer, J. H. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 1,598–1,662 | Jun 2, 1965 |
| McCoy #4 | Bitter Creek Petroleum Co. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 140 | 2,249–2,259 | May 14, 1992 |
| Barkley, K. L. #2 | Texaco E & P Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 130 | 1,604–2,750 | Dec 19, 1983 |
| Hoyt, Jane -A- #3W | Sable Oil Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 125 | 2,224–2,247 | Jan 17, 1968 |
| Hoyt, Jane #4 | Sable Oil Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 125 | 2,219–2,237 | Jan 17, 1968 |
| Hoyt, Jane -A- #4 | Sable Oil Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 125 | 2,242–2,260 | Jan 17, 1968 |
| Hoyt, Jane #2 | Sable Oil Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 125 | 2,217–2,227 | Jan 17, 1968 |
| Gray, A. W. #4 | Trey Exploration, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 125 | 3,560–3,564 | Sep 15, 1992 |
| Jefferies #11 #1 | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | Plugged | Disposal | — | 125 | 2,826–2,834 | Mar 15, 2004 |
| Vaughn, Juana #9 | Schkade Brothers Drilling Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 125 | 1,659–1,662 | Feb 4, 1968 |
| Winkles, Minnie #2 | Humphrey-Bashford Oil, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 120 | 2,008–2,011 | Dec 16, 1981 |
| Wood #1 D | Walsh & Watts, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 120 | 3,159–3,200 | Oct 22, 1965 |
| Riggs #1 | Bluff Creek Petroleum, LLC | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 120 | 1,882–1,892 | Jan 21, 2020 |
| Proctor #3 | Texas United Geoproduction, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 115 | 2,072–2,102 | Aug 5, 1983 |
| Arnett Unit #111 | Wilco Properties, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 3,156–3,157 | — |
| Foy, O. H. -A- #3 | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 4,630–4,650 | Sep 3, 1975 |
| Humphrey, A.C. "A" #1 | Humphrey-Bashford Oil, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,065–2,066 | Jun 29, 1979 |
| Guitar Trust Estate -A- #19 | Morrell, W. R. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 2,001–2,003 | Apr 20, 2006 |
| Sayles, Henry, Jr. #47 | Pro-Systems Fab, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,824–1,852 | Mar 6, 1973 |
| Milstead, R. L. #1 | MWJ Producing Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 2,954–2,962 | Apr 6, 1973 |
| Boyd, John #1 | Cwic, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 2,522–2,536 | May 19, 1981 |
| Holloway, T.L. #1 | Mist Prod. & Exploration Corp. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,252–2,272 | Jun 21, 1978 |
| Smith, Rex A. #1 | Del Mar | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 2,200–2,250 | Dec 10, 1982 |
| Boyd, et Al #1 | Rust Oil Corp. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 2,522–2,528 | May 19, 1981 |
| Mitchell #1 | OH-KO | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,866–1,880 | Jan 30, 1984 |
| Hamby Consolidated Unit #11 | Carrland Oil & Gas Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,631–1,639 | Feb 12, 1985 |
| Farnsworth #1 | Farmers Oil and Gas Exploration | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 3,310–3,312 | Dec 18, 1987 |
| Bishop #1 | Barbee, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 5,083–5,087 | Aug 3, 1987 |
| Hobbs, J. #2 | Barnett Energy, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,005–2,018 | Sep 24, 1987 |
| Shinnery Hope Lime Unit #1 | Smith Pipe of Abilene | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,220–2,244 | Nov 17, 1987 |
| Touchstone #2 | Barbee, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 4,042–4,054 | Feb 16, 1988 |
| Shannon #5 | Continual Oil & Gas, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 5,063–5,089 | Apr 22, 1988 |
| Propst #3 | Neal, Jack Engineering, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 4,804–4,806 | May 27, 1988 |
| Gray, A. W. #3 | Trey Exploration, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 3,572–3,580 | Aug 17, 1988 |
| Shields #2 | Barbee, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 4,415–4,423 | May 27, 1988 |
| Steele, J.J. Trust #4 | D-Bar Leasing, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,154–2,135 | May 8, 1990 |
| Allred "A" #3 | Barbee, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 5,059–5,072 | Feb 22, 1991 |
| Duncan, Kenneth #2 | Ross Engineering, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 3,962–4,019 | Dec 27, 1991 |
| Faulks, Tommy #4 | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,868–1,887 | Jun 17, 1996 |
| Bryson #1 | 5L Properties | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,984–1,990 | Jul 30, 1997 |
| Minter, W. D. -A- #2 | Davis Brothers | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,040–2,034 | Jun 6, 1968 |
| Minter, W. D. -A- #3 | Davis Brothers | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,026–2,026 | Jun 6, 1968 |
| Vaughn, Juana #7 | Schkade Brothers Drilling Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,666–1,669 | Feb 15, 1966 |
| Vaughn, Juana #1A | Schkade Brothers Drilling Co. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,676–1,680 | Feb 15, 1966 |
| Vaughn, Juana #8A | Schkade Brothers Drilling Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,671–1,684 | Feb 15, 1966 |
| Vaughn, Juana #5 | Schkade Brothers Drilling Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,652–1,675 | Jun 17, 1966 |
| Vaughn, Juana #5A | Schkade Brothers Drilling Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,652–1,674 | Jun 17, 1966 |
| Bumpass, E. R. #2 | Maxwell, Riley G., Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,370–2,378 | May 26, 1964 |
| Harvey, H. C., Etal #2 | Latimer, V. R. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,692–1,701 | Jul 2, 1964 |
Latest disposal drilling permits
W-1 drilling permits in the county tagged as produced-water disposal.
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/jones, documented in the API reference.