Produced water and disposal in Knox 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 →
Knox County has 44 active injection and disposal wells, 3 of them permitted for disposal, with 57,375 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 1.5 million barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to September 2025, down 13% on the year before, about 7% of what the permits allow.
Daylight Petroleum LLC is the largest injector in the county, with 739,080 barrels reported across 11 active wells.
- 44
- active injection wells, 3 for disposal
- 57.4K
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 1.5M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Sep 2025 -13%
- 7%
- of permitted capacity used
- 483
- UIC permits on file, all time
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO SEP 2025
Last 12 months 1,496,883 · prior 12 1,721,478(-13%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight Petroleum LLC | 739K | 11 | 11K |
| Atlas Operating LLC | 211K | 1 | 10K |
| RHB Exploration & Production,llc | 163K | 1 | 1K |
| Taylor Oil & Gas Serv | 61.9K | 2 | 4K |
| Double M Petroproperties, Inc. | 58.8K | 1 | 500 |
| Bridwell Oil Co. | 56.1K | 4 | 1.8K |
| Bbe Production, LLC | 47.5K | 2 | 850 |
| Petex | 47.4K | 1 | 200 |
| Best Petroleum Explorations,inc. | 37.9K | 1 | 500 |
| Roil Operating LLC | 21.1K | 1 | 600 |
| Great American Resources Inc. | 16.6K | 3 | 3.5K |
| Royal Oryx OG LLC | 16.6K | 2 | 3.5K |
| Sojourner Drilling Corporation | 10.4K | 1 | 1.2K |
| Willowbend Investments, Inc. | 8.52K | 1 | 500 |
| Tree Operating, LLC | 1.44K | 5 | 13.2K |
| CDJ Oil Company, LLC | 20 | 1 | 400 |
| Pony Express Corporate Trust | — | 1 | 1K |
| Cra-Gro Crop Service, Inc. | — | 1 | 1K |
| BBS Oil Field Services Inc | — | 1 | 1K |
| THP Operating LLC | — | 1 | 1K |
Injection permits
484 UIC PERMITS · 44 ACTIVE · PAGE 4 OF 5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobert Estate #1 | Burns Operating | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 175 | 2,051–2,093 | Nov 19, 1962 |
| Golden & Golden -A- #11 | T-N-T Engineering, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 160 | 1,760–1,772 | — |
| Het Unit #106 | Henderson & Erickson, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 1,995–2,014 | Aug 14, 1973 |
| City of Goree #1 | Ames, Adrian | Plugged | Disposal | — | 150 | 1,718–1,732 | Mar 23, 2001 |
| Roberts, S. C. #2 | Redding, Dale | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 1,764–1,772 | Nov 21, 1979 |
| Lowrey, W.V. #2 | Rio Exploration Company | Plugged | Disposal | — | 150 | 2,319 | May 20, 1985 |
| Atkinson, Chas. #4 | Kintex Petroleum Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 1,910–1,920 | Mar 16, 1989 |
| Kuhler, L. J. #2 | Kintex Petroleum Company | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 1,754–1,760 | Apr 23, 1990 |
| Het Unit #109 | Henderson & Erickson, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 1,965–2,030 | Jun 23, 1993 |
| Het Unit #1010 | Henderson & Erickson, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 1,965–2,030 | Jun 23, 1993 |
| Het Unit #1011 | Henderson & Erickson, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 1,965–2,030 | Jun 23, 1993 |
| Smith #3 | 3-T Exploration, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 1,872–1,879 | Mar 31, 1994 |
| Roberts, Don & Ruby #2 | Paradigm Operating Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 1,955–1,970 | Sep 25, 1996 |
| Howell, J. W. #2 | Kintex Petroleum Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 2,184–2,198 | Oct 31, 1996 |
| Winchester, Mamie #4 | Cooper, Glenn W. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 1,926–1,936 | Jul 7, 1970 |
| Jungman, H.F. #2 | Myers Well Service ****** | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 2,064–2,086 | Sep 21, 1964 |
| Floyd, Leland #5 | Tannehill Well Service | Canceled | Disposal | — | 140 | 1,788–1,792 | Nov 28, 1978 |
| Nelson -B- #2 | Adkisson, A. W. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 140 | 1,986–1,996 | Jan 5, 1968 |
| Wisdom, Earl #4 | Saitta | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 125 | 1,674–1,693 | Jun 9, 1967 |
| Lansford, W. L. #2 | Nortex Oil & Gas Corp. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 125 | 2,003–2,008 | Feb 3, 1967 |
| Douglas, I. M., Mrs. #4 | Nortex Oil & Gas Corp. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 125 | 1,999–2,017 | Dec 19, 1966 |
| Melton, Edward, Trust #1 | Boland Tank Trucks | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 120 | 1,860–1,872 | Jan 13, 1975 |
| Coffman #1 | Sullivan, Hollis R. Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 120 | 1,890–1,893 | Apr 12, 1985 |
| Lott #3 | Richardson, Bud II | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 5,921–5,931 | Dec 14, 1970 |
| Golden, B. W. #2 | Big Sandy Oil Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,666–1,676 | — |
| Partridge, Emmett #2 | Sullivan, Hollis R. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 2,074–2,082 | Dec 2, 1982 |
| Phillips, P. C. #4UT | M-B Operating Co., Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,897–1,903 | Jan 25, 1965 |
| Kuehler, M. C. #1 | Petron Energy, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,001–2,028 | Jan 25, 1965 |
| Phillips, P. C. -A- #3 | M-B Operating Co., Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,007–2,009 | Jan 25, 1965 |
| Phillips, P. C. #4LT | M-B Operating Co., Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,004–2,012 | — |
| Phillips, P. C. -A- #28 | M-B Operating Co., Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,015–2,019 | Jan 25, 1965 |
| Partridge, Emmett #1 | Sullivan, Hollis R. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,068–2,073 | Dec 2, 1982 |
| Burnett Estate #13 | Texas JWB LLC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,232–2,240 | Nov 20, 1984 |
| Smith, Jay #3 | Paschal Petroleum, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,836–1,849 | Jul 9, 1987 |
| Alexander, Mrs. M. Estate #2 | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,321–2,326 | Mar 21, 1988 |
| Bowman, Don #1 A | Bitter Creek Petroleum Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,490–1,710 | May 20, 1988 |
| Johnson, Naoma, Mrs. #1 | Ausanka Oil Operations | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 2,060–2,090 | Jun 17, 1957 |
| Het Unit #302 | Henderson & Erickson, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,993–2,000 | Aug 24, 1989 |
| Het Unit #306 | Henderson & Erickson, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,004–2,009 | Aug 24, 1989 |
| Roberts, Don & Ruby #6 | Hatcher, Ray | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 1,934–1,947 | Dec 22, 1992 |
| Day, Essie Mae #1 | Tri Energy Resources, Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 2,160–2,175 | Feb 28, 1980 |
| Mulkey #1 | Gulf Energy Producing Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 6,165–6,169 | Dec 2, 1983 |
| Kuehler, M. C. #5 | Superior Oil Company, The | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,034–2,038 | Jan 25, 1965 |
| Kuehler, M. C. #6 | Petron Energy, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,028–2,034 | Jan 25, 1965 |
| Bowman, Don #5A | Ausanka Oil Operations | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,673–1,683 | Sep 30, 1976 |
| Cartwright, P. V. -D- #1 | Lomax, Presley | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,702–1,710 | Jun 5, 1964 |
| Coffman, Ora #3 | Smi-Bro Chemical Company, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,905–1,918 | Jan 24, 1969 |
| Hamilton #1 | Yarberry, L. W. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,411–2,416 | Aug 26, 1974 |
| Cartwright "C" #3C | Lomax, Presley | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,740–1,746 | Nov 16, 1967 |
| Cartwright -A- #3 | Lomax, Presley | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,714 | Jun 5, 1964 |
| Cartwright -A- #2 | Lomax, Presley | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 1,701–1,709 | Dec 23, 1974 |
| Fetsch, Ferdinand #2 | Texas Oil & Gas Corp. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,006–2,012 | Aug 30, 1965 |
| Henderson, M.M. #1 | Brittany Drilling Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 2,006–2,024 | Sep 26, 1966 |
| Hill, J. A. #8 | Ausanka Oil Operations | Canceled | Disposal | — | 90 | 1,764–1,770 | Nov 27, 1978 |
| Mooney, Walter #8 | Lewis, R. T. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 80 | 1,766–1,786 | Oct 2, 1978 |
| Dickerson, Allie #1 | Knox Plains Oil Co. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 70 | 1,968–1,980 | Jul 18, 1974 |
| Price, Tom #3 | McCrary & Franklin, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 70 | 1,858–1,882 | Apr 19, 1966 |
| Cartwright -A- #5 | Lomax, Presley | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 65 | 1,698–1,707 | Feb 19, 1974 |
| White, H. L. #2 | Knox Plains Oil Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 62 | 2,280 | Dec 5, 1978 |
| Green, Geneva A. #3 | Ausanka Oil Operations | Canceled | Disposal | — | 60 | 2,296–2,304 | Jun 23, 1983 |
| Buster Coffman #2 | Hatcher, Ray | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 60 | 1,668–1,672 | Feb 1, 1985 |
| Orsak, W L. #3 | Kintex Petroleum Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 50 | 1,874–1,884 | Mar 17, 1978 |
| Howell, J. W. #1 | Kintex Petroleum Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | 50 | 2,210–2,213 | Dec 20, 1966 |
| Thompson #1D | Prescott Oil | Canceled | Disposal | — | 50 | 1,900–1,920 | Oct 2, 1980 |
| Nelson, John Earl #2A | Bitter Creek Petroleum Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 50 | 1,964–1,978 | Apr 12, 1982 |
| Gass #2 | Petron Energy, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 50 | 1,818–1,836 | Jan 5, 1988 |
| McGaughey #1 | McGaughey, James Allen | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 50 | 2,302–2,318 | Jul 10, 1990 |
| Hord #3 | Steinberger, Gerald | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 50 | 1,861–1,872 | Nov 26, 1973 |
| Hord, A. L. #2 | Pryor Petroleum Corporation | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 45 | 1,852–1,860 | Sep 27, 1977 |
| Atkinson, Chas. #3 | Kintex Petroleum Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | 40 | 1,930–1,940 | Jun 28, 1972 |
| Knapp #2A | Petro-Tex Operating Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 40 | 1,908–1,936 | Mar 27, 1979 |
| Lowrance #1 | Knox Plains Oil Co. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 30 | 2,000–2,056 | — |
| McMahon #2 | Steinberger, Gerald | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 25 | 1,858–1,866 | Nov 1, 1974 |
| Stroud, Lila #6 D | Texaco Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 20 | 1,594–1,615 | Jul 9, 1959 |
| Davis -B- #7 | Burns Operating | Canceled | Disposal | — | 10 | 2,537–2,567 | Aug 29, 1963 |
| Gill Wyatt #1A | Rankin, Robert E. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Feb 22, 1982 |
| Davis -B- #4 | Burns Operating | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Reed, S. N. #3 | Ausanka Oil Operations | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | Jul 1, 1958 |
| Booe, Carl #2 | Crocker Oil Company | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Booe, Carl #3 | Crocker Oil Company | Plugged | Storage | — | — | — | — |
| Good -A- #4 | Crocker Oil Company | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Coffman, B. -B- #4 | Knight Petroleum Resources | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Wisdom, Earl #1 | Reynolds, Richard | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Hunt, Ernest, -A- #6 | Cooper, Glenn W. Oil & Gas | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | May 25, 1978 |
| Cartwright, Perry V. #2 | Cooper, Glenn W. Oil & Gas | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | — | Apr 8, 1980 |
| Golden, E. #1 | Lawson Engineering, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Golden, E. #11 | Lawson Engineering, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Patton, Beda #10 | Plexus of Texas Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Patton, Beda #11 | Plexus of Texas Company | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| B Coffman "C" #2 | Smith, June | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| B Coffman "C" #6 | Smith, June | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Coffman, B. #2 | Smith, June | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Allen, Hill #6 | Reynolds, Richard | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | Mar 25, 1966 |
| Allen, Hill #9 | Reynolds, Richard | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Mar 25, 1966 |
| Hunt, E. W. #1 | Wortham, E. H. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Goode, John W. -A- #3 | Wortham, E. H. | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Moore, W. L. #1 | Rankin, Robert E. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Urbanczyk, A. B. #7 | Reynolds, Richard | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Burns, J. M. #4 | Henderson & Erickson | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Aug 14, 1973 |
| Stroud, Lila #8 | Henderson & Erickson | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Aug 14, 1973 |
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/knox, documented in the API reference.