Produced water and disposal in Lamb 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 →
Lamb County has 47 active injection and disposal wells, 2 of them permitted for disposal, with 175,805 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 4.9 million barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to June 2025, up 6% on the year before, about 8% of what the permits allow.
Occidental Permian Ltd. is the largest injector in the county, with 3.5 million barrels reported across 35 active wells.
- 47
- active injection wells, 2 for disposal
- 176K
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 4.87M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025 +6%
- 8%
- of permitted capacity used
- 112
- UIC permits on file, all time
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO JUN 2025
Last 12 months 4,871,289 · prior 12 4,586,414(+6%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occidental Permian Ltd. | 3.51M | 35 | 164K |
| Extex Operating Company | 1.26M | 4 | 6K |
| Walkabout Operating, LLC | 97.9K | 1 | 3.5K |
| Quatro Oil and Gas, Inc. | 7.13K | 5 | 2K |
| WG Oil, LLC | — | 2 | 550 |
Injection permits
112 UIC PERMITS · 47 ACTIVE · PAGE 2 OF 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littlefield San Andres Fld. Unit #1401W | Starkey Oilfield Service, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Aug 22, 1966 |
| Littlefield San Andres Fld. Unit #1701W | Starkey Oilfield Service, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Aug 22, 1966 |
| Littlefield San Andres Fld. Unit #1801W | Starkey Oilfield Service, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Aug 22, 1966 |
| Littlefield San Andres Fld. Unit #2101W | Starkey Oilfield Service, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Aug 22, 1966 |
| Littlefield San Andres Fld. Unit #2201W | Starkey Oilfield Service, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Aug 22, 1966 |
| Littlefield San Andres Fld. Unit #2401W | Starkey Oilfield Service, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Aug 22, 1966 |
| Littlefield San Andres Fld. Unit #2402W | Starkey Oilfield Service, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Aug 22, 1966 |
| Littlefield San Andres Fld. Unit #2801W | Starkey Oilfield Service, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Aug 22, 1966 |
| Littlefield San Andres Fld. Unit #3201W | Starkey Oilfield Service, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Aug 22, 1966 |
| Littlefield San Andres Fld. Unit #3202W | Starkey Oilfield Service, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Aug 22, 1966 |
| Littlefield San Andres Fld. Unit #4001W | Starkey Oilfield Service, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Aug 22, 1966 |
| Illusion Lake /San Andres/ Unit #3013 | Limark Corporation | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 4,065 | Aug 11, 1976 |
Latest disposal drilling permits
W-1 drilling permits in the county tagged as produced-water disposal.
| Issued | Permit | Operator | Lease / well |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 1979 | 41690 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Brewster #3 27980087 |
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/lamb, documented in the API reference.