Produced water and disposal in Lavaca 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 →
Lavaca County has 28 active injection and disposal wells, 27 of them permitted for disposal, with 148,900 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 8.1 million barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to June 2025, down 24% on the year before, about 15% of what the permits allow.
Field Site Solutions, LLC is the largest injector in the county, with 5.1 million barrels reported across 1 active well.
1 M2+ earthquakes were located in the county's area over the last two years, the largest M2.7.
- 28
- active injection wells, 27 for disposal
- 149K
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 8.1M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025 -24%
- 15%
- of permitted capacity used
- 104
- UIC permits on file, all time
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO JUN 2025
Last 12 months 8,095,725 · prior 12 10,634,697(-24%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field Site Solutions, LLC | 5.05M | 1 | 20K |
| Mines Power, LLC | 1.37M | 1 | 25K |
| FW Eagle Ford I, LLC | 996K | 1 | 25K |
| Charolais Energy, LLC | 230K | 1 | 3K |
| Dewbre Petroleum Corporation | 218K | 2 | 1K |
| Pro Field Services, Inc. | 136K | 1 | 1.2K |
| Capital Star Oil & Gas, Inc. | 83.5K | 4 | 16.3K |
| Messy Oil and Gas, LLC | 13.4K | 1 | 1K |
| Merit Energy Company | 86 | 2 | 8K |
| Evx Operating LLC | — | 1 | 15K |
| Fowler Oil & Gas LLC | — | 3 | 10K |
| Water Energy Services, LLC | — | 1 | 5K |
| Greenstone Energy, LLC | — | 1 | 5K |
| Proline Energy Resources Inc | — | 2 | 4.4K |
| Mountain V Texas, LLC | — | 2 | 3K |
| Olipdp II, LLC | — | 1 | 3K |
| Viper S.W.D., LLC | — | 1 | 1.5K |
| Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc. | — | 1 | 1K |
| Vaquero Operating | — | 1 | 500 |
Injection permits
104 UIC PERMITS · 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen, Alton C., et Al #4 | Mitchell Energy Corporation | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 2,495 | — |
| Ashford (Yegua) Unit #201 | Triad Energy Exploration, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 5,223 | Oct 23, 1984 |
| Ashford Yegua Unit #501D | Triad Energy Exploration, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 3,595–3,670 | Dec 18, 1985 |
| Neuhaus, F. W. #8 | Neg Operating LLC | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,850–5,870 | Nov 4, 1998 |
Latest disposal drilling permits
W-1 drilling permits in the county tagged as produced-water disposal.
| Issued | Permit | Operator | Lease / well |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2015 | 810404 | High Roller Wells, L.L.C. | Moulton SWD #2 28533970 |
| Nov 24, 2014 | 800702 | Overflow Energy, LLC | Michalec SWD #1 28533949 |
| Apr 16, 2014 | 781975 | Red Wolf Oil Company, Inc. | Moulton SWD #1 28533809 |
| Apr 16, 2014 | 781975 | High Roller Wells, L.L.C. | Moulton SWD #1 28533809 |
| Nov 12, 2013 | 772751 | Bellows Operating Co., L. C. | Zant SWD #1D 28533744 |
| Jun 2, 2012 | 741541 | Pinnergy, Ltd. | Yoakum SWD #1 28533644 |
| Aug 8, 2002 | 522608 | United Oil & Minerals L. P. | United SWD #2R 28532981 |
| May 31, 2002 | 520572 | United Oil & Minerals L. P. | United SWD #2 28532969 |
| Nov 23, 1999 | 489785 | United Oil & Minerals, Inc. | United SWD #1 28532762 |
| Jun 11, 1999 | 485138 | Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation | Dry Hollow SWD #1 28532718 |
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/lavaca, documented in the API reference.