Produced water and disposal in Taylor 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 →
Taylor County has 89 active injection and disposal wells, 30 of them permitted for disposal, with 84,770 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 1.9 million barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to June 2025, down 3% on the year before, about 6% of what the permits allow.
Sojourner Drilling Corporation is the largest injector in the county, with 359,164 barrels reported across 13 active wells.
- 89
- active injection wells, 30 for disposal
- 84.8K
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 1.9M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025 -3%
- 6%
- of permitted capacity used
- 721
- UIC permits on file, all time
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO JUN 2025
Last 12 months 1,904,809 · prior 12 1,953,836(-3%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sojourner Drilling Corporation | 359K | 13 | 28.4K |
| Earthbound Resources LLC | 247K | 4 | 5.95K |
| 3 S Production, Inc. | 187K | 3 | 2.8K |
| Bullet Development, LLC | 182K | 5 | 6.5K |
| Bridwell Oil Co. | 118K | 2 | 1K |
| Quail Well Service, Inc. | 104K | 3 | 3K |
| Stephens & Johnson Operating Co. | 88.6K | 2 | 2.5K |
| RHB Exploration & Production,llc | 61.6K | 1 | 500 |
| Amherst Energy Holdings, LLC | 61K | 4 | 920 |
| Ice Well Services, Inc. | 51.3K | 1 | 500 |
| MHM Pipeline Co., Inc. | 48.2K | 1 | 300 |
| Cedar Oil Company | 46.7K | 2 | 2K |
| TCS Petroleum Co., LLC | 38.1K | 1 | 250 |
| Star Production, Inc. | 36.4K | 1 | 600 |
| Nosivad Oil, Inc. | 31.7K | 1 | 600 |
| Powell, A. Brandt Co. | 31.5K | 1 | 1K |
| D.J. & T. Energy | 25.5K | 3 | 3K |
| Ohlhausen Oil Company | 25.3K | 2 | 1.2K |
| Bustamante Resources LLC | 20.3K | 3 | 670 |
| Production Operators of TX, LLC | 19.2K | 1 | 80 |
Injection permits
726 UIC PERMITS · 89 ACTIVE · PAGE 8 OF 8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt, Wayne #4 | Headington Oil Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 3,100–3,120 | Jan 22, 1986 |
| Blackwell, J.O. "B #11 | C.A.S. Services, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,028 | Jan 20, 1986 |
| Seymore "A" #1 | L.C.S. Production Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 2,576 | Apr 2, 1986 |
| Wooten, J. W. #1 A | White, Oscar | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,352 | Jan 30, 1986 |
| Allen, Wm. L. #2 | Jin Petroleum LLC | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,719 | Jan 24, 1986 |
| Blackwell, J.O. "B #10 | C.A.S. Services, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,034 | Mar 7, 1986 |
| Blackwell, J.O. "B #3 | C.A.S. Services, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,022 | Mar 7, 1986 |
| Kemper, V. J., Mrs. #6 | Star Production, Inc. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 2,120 | Feb 19, 1986 |
| Davis, Edgar #2 | D. A. B. Oil Service, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 3,135 | May 2, 1985 |
| House, R.L. #2 A | Kollao Properties LLC | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 4,081–4,103 | Nov 19, 1986 |
| King, A.L. "S" #3 | Hudgens Operating Co., Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 3,120 | Dec 16, 1986 |
| Compton #6 | Benson & Schoen Oil Co., Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 3,979–3,985 | Dec 14, 1988 |
| Hooper, D. T. #1 | Petrotex, Inc. | Canceled | Storage | — | — | 2,350–2,400 | Feb 1, 1953 |
| McGehee, T. M. #1 | Petrotex, Inc. | Canceled | Storage | — | — | 2,350–2,400 | Feb 1, 1953 |
| Richards #1 | Petrotex, Inc. | Canceled | Storage | — | — | 2,350–2,400 | Feb 1, 1953 |
| Richards #4 | Petrotex, Inc. | Canceled | Storage | — | — | 2,350–2,400 | Feb 1, 1953 |
| Plowman, B. E. #1 | Petrotex, Inc. | Canceled | Storage | — | — | 2,350–2,400 | Feb 1, 1953 |
| Hughes #4 | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | Inactive | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 1,840–1,847 | Feb 11, 2000 |
| Guitar-Tye #12WI | L.C.S. Production Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Sep 5, 2012 |
| Patterson, J., Etal #8 | H. L. M. Oil Company | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,262 | Sep 14, 1972 |
| Black, W. O. #18 | Choate, Don L. & Wico Oil Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 1,854–1,866 | Jun 20, 1967 |
| Blackburn, Lily O. #3 | Barrett, Arnold & Olga | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Jun 8, 1965 |
| Read, EE et Al #3 | Hack Drlg. Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,287–2,309 | Mar 4, 1965 |
| Young, Bert #10 | Brittany Drilling Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | May 5, 1964 |
| Taylor, L. B. #1 | Curry, Jim B. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Mar 15, 1971 |
| Paul Cook #4 | Bridwell Oil Co. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 4,134–4,146 | Apr 28, 1967 |
Latest disposal drilling permits
W-1 drilling permits in the county tagged as produced-water disposal.
| Issued | Permit | Operator | Lease / well |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 1995 | 442029 | Anderson, James K. Inc. | Sears SWD #1 44131199 |
| Sep 8, 1981 | 132506 | Fisher-Webb, Inc. | Sears Estate SWD #1 44181730 |
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/taylor, documented in the API reference.