Produced water and disposal in Nolan 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 →
Nolan County has 193 active injection and disposal wells, 67 of them permitted for disposal, with 548,189 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 13 million barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to September 2025, up 1% on the year before, about 6% of what the permits allow.
Grayrock Energy II, LLC is the largest injector in the county, with 4.0 million barrels reported across 71 active wells.
- 193
- active injection wells, 67 for disposal
- 548K
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 12.6M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Sep 2025 +1%
- 6%
- of permitted capacity used
- 851
- UIC permits on file, all time
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO SEP 2025
Last 12 months 12,583,804 · prior 12 12,505,979(+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grayrock Energy II, LLC | 4M | 71 | 85.8K |
| Scout Energy Management LLC | 3.87M | 17 | 71.8K |
| R2Q Operating LLC | 1.12M | 10 | 59.5K |
| D.K.D. | 866K | 5 | 63.5K |
| Clear Fork, Incorporated | 714K | 7 | 24K |
| Citation Oil & Gas Corp. | 433K | 29 | 61.2K |
| Daylight Petroleum LLC | 333K | 2 | 5.5K |
| Patton, E. N. Oil Company, Inc. | 322K | 1 | 5K |
| Double M Petroproperties, Inc. | 260K | 2 | 8K |
| Sojourner Drilling Corporation | 197K | 3 | 17K |
| Lone Star Operations LLC | 111K | 3 | 6K |
| Gungoll, Carl E. Exploration LLC | 71.3K | 2 | 26.4K |
| Goodrock Natural Resources, LLC | 53.9K | 7 | 39.7K |
| Chisholm Operating, Inc. | 50.4K | 1 | 1K |
| Golden Oil and Ranch, LLC | 47.6K | 1 | 500 |
| Williams Oil Company | 28.5K | 1 | 1K |
| DJ & T Services, LLC | 24.9K | 1 | 2K |
| Shaida, John H. | 16.7K | 1 | 250 |
| VX Operating, LLC | 15.2K | 1 | 500 |
| Nec Operating, LLC | 14.6K | 1 | 300 |
Injection permits
851 UIC PERMITS · 193 ACTIVE · PAGE 8 OF 9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Lake Trammel Unit #12 | L.C.S. Production Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | 5,190–5,251 | Aug 11, 1983 |
| South Lake Trammel Unit #19 | L.C.S. Production Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | 5,158–5,232 | Aug 11, 1983 |
| South Lake Trammel Unit #21 | Betwell Oil & Gas Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | 5,156–5,225 | Feb 9, 1983 |
| South Lake Trammel Unit #22 | Betwell Oil & Gas Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | 5,046–5,244 | Feb 9, 1983 |
| South Lake Trammel Unit #32 | Plantation Operating, LLC | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | 5,239–5,259 | Nov 29, 1983 |
| Rowan & Hope Southwest Unit #43 | Williams Oil Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | 6,287–6,340 | Jul 21, 1965 |
| Collins #1 | Calbro Oil & Gas Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | 5,460–5,480 | Dec 12, 1988 |
| Beene, Tommy H. -A- #2SW | Jin Petroleum LLC | Plugged | Disposal | — | 300 | 3,000–3,300 | Mar 3, 1989 |
| Simmons #1 | Smith Pipe of Abilene | Canceled | Disposal | — | 300 | 5,584–5,690 | Mar 25, 1991 |
| Williamson, M. #3 | Spheric Petroleum Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 300 | 2,842–2,849 | Jun 26, 1991 |
| Lewis #2 | Chisholm Exploration | Plugged | Disposal | — | 300 | 4,914–4,978 | Apr 20, 1995 |
| Arledge Estate "215" #1W | Katsco Energy, Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | 5,028–5,035 | Mar 25, 1996 |
| McDonald #3 | Enrich Oil Corporation | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | 7,116–7,150 | Oct 24, 1997 |
| South Lake Trammel Unit #36 | Merit Energy Company | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | 5,270–5,283 | — |
| South Lake Trammel Unit #47 | L.C.S. Production Company | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | 5,176–5,261 | — |
| Patterson #3 | Gungoll, Carl E. Exploration LLC | Plugged | Disposal | — | 300 | 5,504–5,680 | Mar 23, 2001 |
| Lynch, J. W. #1 | Kirk, T. A. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | 6,033–6,120 | Jul 19, 1966 |
| Antilley, Frank #3 | Grimm, Jack F. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | 4,848–4,856 | Aug 9, 1968 |
| Spires, L. R. #1C | Sun Oil Co., DX Div. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | 7,112–7,124 | Mar 23, 1973 |
| Jaggers, C. L., Estate #6 | Saxon Oil Company | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 300 | — | Sep 10, 1979 |
| Beckham Tannehill Unit #501 | Texaco Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 285 | 3,540–3,544 | Dec 21, 1970 |
| Driggers, J. C. #1 | Mid-America Oil & Gas, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 250 | 3,840–4,956 | Sep 25, 1987 |
| Whitehat Ranch #1 | Patterson, Ben M., Jr. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 250 | 4,062–4,078 | Jul 28, 1988 |
| Whitehat Ranch #2 | Patterson, Ben M., Jr. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 250 | 4,089–4,107 | Jun 28, 1991 |
| Cooper J.B. #2 | Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Abilene | Canceled | Disposal | — | 200 | 4,214–4,352 | Jun 30, 1978 |
| Lake Trammel Unit #22 | Brothers Operating Company Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 5,250–5,294 | Oct 2, 1980 |
| Lake Trammel Unit #33 | Brothers Operating Company Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 5,248–5,336 | Oct 2, 1980 |
| Lake Trammel Unit #86 | Merit Energy Company | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 5,050–5,227 | Oct 2, 1980 |
| Sweetwater /Canyon Sand/ Unit #33 | Canyon Resources, Inc | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 5,234–5,266 | Feb 9, 1982 |
| Fitzgerald #3 | Wylie, Jerry E. Oil Drilling Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 200 | 3,855–3,870 | Oct 25, 1983 |
| Moore #3 | Heart Land Petroleum Corporation | Canceled | Disposal | — | 200 | 4,612–4,740 | Oct 18, 1985 |
| Stewman Ranch #7 | Enrich Oil Corporation | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 7,189–7,220 | Oct 20, 1997 |
| Sliger, G. B. #3 U | Andalucia Oil Company | Plugged | Disposal | — | 200 | 5,153–5,162 | Apr 6, 1967 |
| Rayburn, H. F. #2 | Sun Exploration & Production Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 200 | 5,971–5,981 | Apr 27, 1964 |
| Beckham #1 | Walsh & Watts, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 155 | 3,270–3,330 | Apr 18, 1968 |
| Nabers, R. D. #3 | Hancock, J. D., Trustee | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 5,600–5,630 | Mar 25, 1968 |
| Sweetwater /Canyon Sand/ Unit #41 | Canyon Resources, Inc | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 5,134–5,147 | Aug 25, 1971 |
| Sweetwater /Canyon Sand/ Unit #42 | Canyon Resources, Inc | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 5,045–5,136 | Aug 25, 1971 |
| Michaels #3 D | Adkins, R. L. Corp. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 3,632–3,690 | Sep 22, 1981 |
| Arledge, J. W. Jr. Est. #2A | Harvey, Mike W. Oil & Gas | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 2,690–2,740 | Dec 6, 1985 |
| Nabers, R. D. #2 | Hancock, J. D., Trustee | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 4,500–4,800 | Oct 15, 1963 |
| Davis "145-S" #3 | Cockrell Production Co., Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 3,963–3,968 | Jan 24, 1992 |
| Davis #4 | Cockrell Production Co., Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 150 | 3,964–3,970 | Jan 24, 1992 |
| TXL #2 | Trek Resources, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 150 | 4,101–4,116 | Feb 5, 2001 |
| Walls, Ruth #1 | Bridwell Oil Co. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 100 | 4,496–4,514 | Apr 12, 1978 |
| Sweetwater /Canyon Sand/ Unit #52 | Pgi Operating, LLC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 5,082–5,172 | Jul 6, 1993 |
| Chinquapin Strawn Unit #24 | Pendragon Oil Co. | Plugged | Disposal | — | 100 | 5,146–5,167 | Mar 28, 1979 |
| Wilson, Wm. B., Etal -A- #2 | Keith & Mazur | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 5,172–5,182 | Oct 30, 1967 |
| Group 4000 Unit "A" #16B | Winchester Energy, LLC | Inactive | Enhanced recovery | — | 100 | 3,950–4,050 | May 20, 2021 |
| Ussery, Urcy M. #5D | Kinlaw Oil Corporation | Canceled | Disposal | — | 70 | 2,173–5,703 | Dec 13, 1962 |
| Davis, W.W. #3 | St. Clair Energy Corporation | Canceled | Disposal | — | 60 | 3,240–3,250 | May 31, 1995 |
| Williams/Patton Trusts #2 | Sweetwater Drilling Co., Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | 50 | 5,898–5,906 | Feb 25, 1987 |
| Sweet, Louis Etal #2 | Jordan, R. H. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 50 | 4,000–4,030 | Jan 27, 1977 |
| Tatum Est. #1 | Moore, Rex R., Jr. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | 30 | 6,344–6,394 | Sep 22, 1969 |
| Carpenter, E. H. #1 | Owens, Sherwood B. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 30 | 5,185 | Jun 14, 1966 |
| Sliger, G. B. #2W | Chan West Oil Corporation | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | 15 | 5,004–5,008 | Jan 14, 1986 |
| Beckham Tannehill Unit #104 | Texaco Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Oct 20, 1970 |
| Beckham Tannehill Unit #201 | Texaco Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Oct 20, 1970 |
| Beckham Tannehill Unit #301 | Texaco Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Oct 20, 1970 |
| Beckham Tannehill Unit #304 | Texaco Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Oct 20, 1970 |
| Beckham Tannehill Unit #801 | Texaco Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Oct 20, 1970 |
| Beckham Tannehill Unit #1003 | Texaco Inc. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Oct 20, 1970 |
| Coda Whiteaker #6 | Texaco Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | 4,650 | — |
| Ussery Urcy Mae #2D | Subsurface Specialty Co., Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| TXL -A- #2 | National Coop Refinery Assoc | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 2,704 | — |
| Boyd -B- #22 | Texaco Producing Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 4,127 | Nov 5, 1980 |
| Boyd -C- #6 | Texaco Inc. | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | 5,750 | — |
| Boyd -C- #7 | Texaco Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | Jun 14, 1971 |
| Boyd -C- #9 | Texaco Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | Jun 14, 1971 |
| Boothe #2 | Cities Service Oil & Gas Corp. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 6,082 | — |
| Group 4000 Unit #18 | Schneider Energy Exploration,inc | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Group 4000 Unit #26 | Schneider Energy Exploration,inc | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Group 4000 Unit #36 | D. A. B. Oil Service, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Cochran Est. #7 | Foree & Guffey | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Killgore, C. B. #1 | Samson Resources Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Hanks, Billie -A- #11 | Texaco Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 4,670 | — |
| Michaels #3D | K-Dab Oil Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 3,784 | — |
| Wilks, J. G. #1 D | Nueve Operating Co. of Texas | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 3,678 | — |
| Jesse #1 | Nueve Operating Co. of Texas | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 3,582 | — |
| Sears #1 S | Nueve Operating Co. of Texas | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 3,613 | — |
| Lake Sweetwater Strawnodom) Unit #1WS | Petranol America Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 3,488–3,744 | — |
| South Lake Trammel Unit #29 | Allegro Operating, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 5,172–5,212 | Nov 6, 1970 |
| Lake Trammel Unit #26 | U.S. Capital Corp.of America,inc | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Jul 18, 1961 |
| Lake Trammel Unit #41 | U.S. Capital Corp.of America,inc | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Jul 17, 1961 |
| Lake Trammel Unit #91 | U.S. Capital Corp.of America,inc | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Spires, L. R. -D- #1 C | Midland Resources, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 663 | — |
| North Nena Lucia Unit #5 | Wagner, Duer & Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| North Nena Lucia Unit #4B | Wagner, Duer & Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Nov 8, 1961 |
| North Nena Lucia Unit #91 | Wagner, Duer & Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| North Nena Lucia Unit #107 | Wagner, Duer & Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Nov 8, 1961 |
| North Nena Lucia Unit #109 | Wagner, Duer & Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Nov 8, 1961 |
| Southwest Nena Lucia Unit #102 | Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Abilene | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | Jan 1, 1962 |
| Southwest Nena Lucia Unit #1205W | Oryx Energy Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 6,890 | Dec 15, 1986 |
| Southwest Nena Lucia Unit #1303 | Oryx Energy Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | Jan 1, 1962 |
| Southwest Nena Lucia Unit #2002W | Oryx Energy Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 6,890 | Dec 15, 1986 |
| Southwest Nena Lucia Unit #2103W | Oryx Energy Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | Jan 1, 1962 |
| Southwest Nena Lucia Unit #2301W | Oryx Energy Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | Jan 1, 1962 |
| Southwest Nena Lucia Unit #3101W | Oryx Energy Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | Jan 1, 1962 |
| Southwest Nena Lucia Unit #3503W | Oryx Energy Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | Jan 1, 1962 |
| Southwest Nena Lucia Unit #916 | Oryx Energy Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | Jan 1, 1962 |
Latest disposal drilling permits
W-1 drilling permits in the county tagged as produced-water disposal.
| Issued | Permit | Operator | Lease / well |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2023 | 889364 | D.K.D. | Roscoe SWD #1 35333746 |
| Dec 15, 2015 | 812533 | Cinnabar Operating, LLC | Brooks Ranch SWD #1D 35332304 |
| Jul 28, 2015 | 808692 | Santa Rita Holdings, LLC | Cox SWD #1 35333575 |
| Jun 1, 1981 | 119677 | A & a Transports, Inc. | Sears, Lance "A" #1 D 35330140 |
| Oct 17, 1979 | 60929 | Price, W. H. | Whiteside #2D 35330739 |
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/nolan, documented in the API reference.