Produced water and disposal in Limestone 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 →
Limestone County has 25 active injection and disposal wells, 9 of them permitted for disposal, with 75,750 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 2.4 million barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to June 2025, down 1% on the year before, about 9% of what the permits allow.
Brown Oil & Gas Co. is the largest injector in the county, with 1.1 million barrels reported across 11 active wells.
TexNet located 2 M2+ earthquakes in the county's area over the last two years, the largest M3.4.
- 25
- active injection wells, 9 for disposal
- 75.8K
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 2.43M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025 -1%
- 9%
- 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 2,426,268 · prior 12 2,442,862(-1%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Oil & Gas Co. | 1.11M | 11 | 23K |
| Diversified Production LLC | 721K | 3 | 13K |
| Culver & Cain Production LLC | 485K | 2 | 750 |
| Hilltex Operating Company, LLC | 63.9K | 1 | 3.5K |
| Southwest Operating, Inc.-Tyler | 45.5K | 1 | 2.5K |
| Hilcorp Energy Company | 6.18K | 1 | 4K |
| Valence Operating Company | — | 2 | 14K |
| Lodestone Operating, Inc. | — | 1 | 5K |
| Stroud Petroleum, Inc. | — | 1 | 5K |
| Haynie Energy Services LLC | — | 1 | 3K |
| Beehive Operating, LLC | — | 1 | 2K |
Injection permits
104 UIC PERMITS · 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward, Sophronia #3 | HGD | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | 850–880 | Nov 12, 1984 |
| Mills, T. B. Heirs #3 | Lytle & Phillips | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 1,042 | Aug 20, 1985 |
| Ferguson Gas Unit #2D | Mitchell Energy Corporation | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 9,163 | Apr 17, 1985 |
| Mackey, W. F. #1 | Hancock, Guy | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Feb 12, 1986 |
Latest disposal drilling permits
W-1 drilling permits in the county tagged as produced-water disposal.
| Issued | Permit | Operator | Lease / well |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2007 | 647644 | Cor-Tex Oil Field Services, LLC | Thornton SWD #1 29332051 |
| Oct 16, 2007 | 647644 | Cor-Tex Oil Field Services, LLC | Thornton SWD #1 29332051 |
| Jul 15, 2004 | 548192 | Devon Energy Operating Co., L.P. | Devon Fee NP SWD #1 29302164 |
| Mar 14, 2003 | 529484 | XTO Energy Inc. | Hudson SWD #1 29331497 |
| Oct 18, 2000 | 500883 | Phillips Petroleum Company | Bradley "a" SWD #1 29331363 |
| Jul 29, 1997 | 465607 | Mitchell Energy Corporation | Rothermel SWD #1 29331220 |
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/limestone, documented in the API reference.