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Produced water and disposal in Ward 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 →

Ward County has 1,045 active injection and disposal wells, 159 of them permitted for disposal, with 4.9 million barrels a day of permitted capacity.

Operators reported 342 million barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to June 2025, up 2% on the year before, about 19% of what the permits allow.

7 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they injected 42,140 barrels a day in August 2026. Same-well volumes were down 11% on a year earlier.

Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC is the largest injector in the county, with 66 million barrels reported across 16 active wells.

38 M2+ earthquakes were located in the county's area over the last two years, the largest M3.0.

1,045
active injection wells, 159 for disposal
4.91M
bbl/d permitted capacity
342M
bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025 +2%
19%
of permitted capacity used
3,637
UIC permits on file, all time
42.1K
bbl/d, 7 daily reporters, Aug 2026

Reported injection, by month

H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO JUN 2025

Last 12 months 342,470,489 · prior 12 334,273,928(+2%)

020M40M2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

UT BEG TexNet injection reporting tool

Deep disposal, reported daily

42.1K
bbl per day, Aug 2026
7
wells reporting
5
operators
-11%
same wells vs a year earlier
WellOperatorbbl/d
47538287Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC18,805
47538788Pdeh LLC14,767
47537995Velocity Water Solutions, LP5,551
47535935Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC2,297
47536433Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC721
47531589Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC0
47538861Jagged Peak Energy LLC0

Who injects here

Operators with active permits in the county, by reported H-10 volume over the settled year.

OperatorReported, bblActive wellsCapacity bbl/d
Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC66.3M16358K
Crescent Energy Operating, LLC55.8M43347K
Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC42.9M9260K
R360 Water Solutions, LLC41.1M8190K
Two P Partners, LLC20.7M5621.69M
Apache Corporation18.2M10208K
Wes Water Holdings LLC17.9M390K
Continental Resources, Inc.13.8M9156K
Sundown Energy LP10.4M31164K
Layne SWD, LLC8.45M395K
Energy Transfer Company5.17M125K
Pilot Water Solutions Permianllc4.19M255K
Rattler Midstream Operating LLC3.88M370K
TRP Operating LLC3.73M270K
Pdeh LLC3.57M390K
Jagged Peak Energy LLC3.29M388K
Trans-Tex Operating LLC2.82M4363.9K
Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC2.5M7150K
Flux Energy, LLC2.13M480K
Seaboard Operating Co.2.03M1936.6K

Injection permits

3,657 UIC PERMITS · 1,045 ACTIVE · PAGE 13 OF 37

Active permits first, by reported volume, then canceled, plugged, and never-activated permits.

WellOperatorStatusPurposeReported, bblbbl/d permittedZone, ftPermitted
1ARSTOW Townsite #3DJetta Operating Company, Inc.CanceledDisposal—30,0006,000–8,500May 8, 2015
Schmid SWD #1RBJ & Associates, LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0004,500–6,000Sep 21, 2015
University 17-35 SW #1MTN Energy Operating, LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0005,000–7,300Apr 28, 2014
Cross V 34-127 #1WDCimarex Energy Co.CanceledDisposal—30,0005,720–7,100May 20, 2014
Pine Ridge 34-176 #1WDCimarex Energy Co.CanceledDisposal—30,0005,460–7,200Jul 9, 2014
Super Saver SWD #2NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0004,800–7,650Oct 27, 2015
Winchester 34-142 #1DAnadarko E&P Onshore LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0005,200–6,800May 19, 2015
APC 34-189 #1DAPC Water Holdings 1, LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0005,095–7,375Aug 18, 2017
University 42-18 #1DFelix Water Investments, LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0005,050–7,200Oct 19, 2021
University 34-16 #1Felix Water, LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0004,850–7,040Oct 19, 2021
HNG Fee 57 #1Abraxas Petroleum CorporationInactiveDisposal—30,0004,950–6,409Feb 27, 2019
Bobcat 88-F #1Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0004,800–7,150Jan 27, 2022
Koehn #10Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0003,400–4,200Jul 5, 2019
Koehn #9Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0003,300–4,100Jul 6, 2019
Koehn #11Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0003,400–4,200Jul 6, 2019
University 27-18 #1Felix Water, LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0005,100–7,390Aug 16, 2019
Fiesta SWD #1Select Energy Services, LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0004,570–7,600Sep 24, 2019
Burkholder SWD #1Select Energy Services, LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0004,700–7,400Oct 14, 2019
Big John SWD #1Select Energy Services, LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0004,900–7,600Oct 14, 2019
Caprito 83 #1Abraxas Petroleum CorporationInactiveEnhanced recovery—30,00013,240–13,474Nov 26, 2019
Colt McCoy 11 SWD #1UL Water Midstream LLCCanceledDisposal—30,0004,947–5,840Jul 14, 2020
Semper FI SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLCCanceledDisposal—25,0004,270–6,100Mar 24, 2015
Wallis A #3Atlantic Operating, Inc.CanceledDisposal—25,0002,600–2,898Aug 25, 2009
Wallis "A" #1Centennial Resource Prod, LLCPluggedDisposal—25,0002,676–2,800Feb 28, 2011
Burkholder 34-231 W #1DChesapeake Operating, Inc.CanceledDisposal—25,0004,700–8,000Feb 28, 2012
Burkholder 34-215 W #1DChesapeake Operating, Inc.CanceledDisposal—25,0004,840–7,800Dec 27, 2011
Bramblett 1-17 WRD #2DChesapeake Operating, Inc.CanceledDisposal—25,0004,960–8,100May 14, 2012
Bramblett 1-17 WRD #3DChesapeake Operating, Inc.CanceledDisposal—25,0004,935–8,030May 15, 2012
Gillham 1-51 #1Shell Western E&PCanceledDisposal—25,0004,910–8,050Sep 11, 2012
Landry Reed SWD #1Henderson & Erickson, Inc.CanceledDisposal—25,0002,900–5,500Sep 23, 2013
CR 160 SWD #1Manhattan Petroleum, Inc.CanceledDisposal—25,0004,600–8,000Dec 2, 2014
University Medina 19 #1DShell Western E&PCanceledDisposal—25,0005,045–8,465Oct 20, 2018
University San Anton #1DShell Western E&PCanceledDisposal—25,0005,035–8,465Oct 27, 2018
Stewart Farms SWD #1Rrig Exploration, LLCCanceledDisposal—25,0005,300–7,600Sep 6, 2019
Bevo 12 SWD #1UL Water Midstream LLCCanceledDisposal—25,0004,954–5,845Oct 31, 2019
Gene Stallings 19 SW #1UL Water Midstream LLCCanceledDisposal—25,0005,188–8,881Jan 23, 2020
Darrell Royal 9 SWD #1UL Water Midstream LLCCanceledDisposal—25,0005,030–7,188Jun 19, 2020
E King Gill 2 SWD #1UL Water Midstream LLCCanceledDisposal—25,0005,077–8,000Jun 22, 2020
12TH Man SWD #1UL Water Midstream LLCCanceledDisposal—25,0005,177–8,894Aug 10, 2020
Dead Water #18SDBlackbeard Operating, LLCInactiveDisposal—24,5006,345–7,445Jun 27, 2025
Harrison SWD (2) #1Helms Oil & Gas, LLCCanceledDisposal—22,5005,450–6,300Oct 31, 2019
Estes, W. A. #140Two P Partners, LLCPluggedDisposal—20,0003,766–4,050Aug 29, 1997
Hsa Sec. 3 CO2 #378WChevron U. S. A. Inc.CanceledDisposal—20,0002,400–3,850Nov 5, 1997
Hutchings Stock Assn. #1035Sundown Energy, Inc.CanceledDisposal—20,0003,362–8,043Nov 17, 1997
Hutchings Stock Assn. #1055WSundown Energy, Inc.CanceledDisposal—20,0003,330–8,020Nov 17, 1997
Hutchings Stock Assn. #1066DSundown Energy LPPluggedDisposal—20,0003,378–8,026Mar 2, 1999
Hutchings Stock Assn. #1452Sundown Energy, Inc.CanceledDisposal—20,0003,352–8,021Nov 17, 1997
Hutchings Stock Assn. #41HFour Corners Petroleum II, LLCPluggedDisposal—20,0003,350–5,080Feb 4, 2002
Caprito 39 #1DSandridge Expl. and Prod., LLCPluggedDisposal—20,0004,700–5,700Jan 25, 2011
8106 JV-P West Barstow #1MTN Energy IncCanceledDisposal—20,0006,600–7,100Jun 23, 2011
Milner 46 #1Jetta Operating Company, Inc.CanceledDisposal—20,0006,579–7,106Feb 21, 2013
Habanero SWD #1Mesquite SWD IncCanceledDisposal—20,0004,500–7,000Sep 4, 2012
Ward County #1SWAdvantek Waste Mgmt Services LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0005,500–6,500Dec 8, 2015
University "17-40" #2Spindletop Drilling Co.CanceledDisposal—20,0005,200–6,596May 2, 2013
Ward County #1Advantek Waste Mgmt Services LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0004,900–6,500Dec 8, 2015
Grandfalls SWD #1Henderson & Erickson, Inc.CanceledDisposal—20,0004,500–9,000Oct 23, 2013
Barstow SWD #13:16 Disposal Systems,series LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0005,100–7,300Mar 21, 2014
University 17-22 #1Flux Energy, LLCInactiveEnhanced recovery—20,0005,032–7,400Aug 15, 2014
South Monahans SWD #1Henderson & Erickson, Inc.CanceledDisposal—20,0003,550–7,300Mar 11, 2015
Lasater A #1DOccidental Permian Ltd.CanceledDisposal—20,0006,000–7,000Mar 26, 2015
Ward County #1Advantek Shelby County LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0005,100–6,500May 11, 2021
Kevin Flahive-Foro #201SDBlackbeard Operating, LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0003,600–5,000May 31, 2019
Barstow 2 SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0006,250–8,100Jul 16, 2020
Gulfstream SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0004,950–8,150Sep 24, 2019
Rogue SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0004,772–8,006Sep 23, 2021
The Rattler SWD #1Overflow Energy Permian, LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0005,200–8,300Nov 5, 2019
Polar Bear SWD #15Layne SWD, LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0004,400–7,000Nov 26, 2019
Eli Cash #1DSedalia Operating, LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0005,400–8,450Dec 22, 2019
Penguin SWD #19Layne SWD, LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0004,400–7,000Mar 5, 2020
Denali 231 SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0004,600–6,550Mar 5, 2020
Whale SWD #17Layne SWD, LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0004,400–7,000Mar 11, 2020
Quito SWD #1Advance Energy Partners, LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0004,500–8,000Apr 21, 2020
Bad Turtle #1DDiamondback E&P LLCCanceledEnhanced recovery—20,0004,795–8,200May 29, 2020
TRK 70 SWD #1Ranchwater Disposal, LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0004,620–7,500Dec 4, 2020
Flounder SWD #1Layne SWD, LLCCanceledDisposal—20,0004,600–7,700Feb 2, 2021
University a 12-18 #9201Apache CorporationInactiveDisposal—20,0005,300–7,235Jul 28, 2022
University "21-18" #1Apache CorporationCanceledDisposal—20,0005,100–7,235Jul 28, 2022
University "20-18" #5 RApache CorporationInactiveDisposal—20,0005,155–7,246Aug 5, 2022
Tunstill #1Blackbeard Operating, LLCPluggedDisposal—15,0004,938–6,630Apr 22, 2015
7276 JV-S Wedge #1BTA Oil Producers, LLCPluggedDisposal—15,0005,546–5,752Feb 18, 2014
Allar-Marston #12SDBlackbeard Operating, LLCCanceledDisposal—15,0005,100–10,300May 31, 2016
Marston-Koehn #7Blackbeard Operating, LLCPluggedEnhanced recovery—15,0004,368–5,010May 31, 2016
G & W #1DMW Petroleum CorporationCanceledDisposal—12,0005,116–6,295Mar 29, 1979
China Lake SWD #1Enron Oil & Gas CompanyCanceledDisposal—10,0004,760–6,325May 14, 1987
Obrien, G. W., Etal #1140WChevron U. S. A. Inc.CanceledEnhanced recovery—10,0002,481–3,390Aug 28, 1997
WWW Ramsey Unit #1DOXY USA Inc.PluggedDisposal—10,0005,590–5,862Jun 17, 2008
Caprito 99 #1Abraxas Petroleum CorporationInactiveDisposal—10,0004,870–5,005Mar 18, 1997
Barstow -22- #10Jetta Operating Company, Inc.PluggedDisposal—10,0006,627–8,500May 8, 2015
Obrien, G. W., Etal #1226WTwo P Partners, LLCCanceledEnhanced recovery—10,0005,100–6,000May 30, 2012
Drifter 34-166 #1WDCimarex Energy Co.CanceledDisposal—10,0005,050–7,350Aug 16, 2011
University 17-5 #1DSandridge Expl. and Prod., LLCCanceledDisposal—10,0005,000–5,800Sep 1, 2011
David L. Marston #7SDBlackbeard Operating, LLCCanceledDisposal—10,0004,300–10,300Dec 19, 2013
Robeson, F. T. #5CBP Operating LLCCanceledDisposal—10,0003,200–5,025May 31, 2019
Marder, Gordon #3CBP Operating LLCCanceledDisposal—10,0003,200–5,025May 31, 2019
Sloan, S.A. #21CBP Operating LLCCanceledDisposal—10,0003,150–5,050Jul 7, 2019
Sloan, S.A. #20CBP Operating LLCCanceledDisposal—10,0003,150–5,050Jul 7, 2019
Thanos #1DDiamondback E&P LLCCanceledDisposal—10,0004,980–8,000Jan 10, 2020
9406 JV-P Taurus #1Abraxas Petroleum CorporationInactiveDisposal—10,00013,520–13,720Oct 11, 2021
University 18-19 #1Apache CorporationInactiveDisposal—10,0005,300–7,195Jul 28, 2022
University 13-17 #1W D W Operators, Inc.CanceledDisposal—8,0005,000–7,000Apr 30, 1996

Latest disposal drilling permits

W-1 drilling permits in the county tagged as produced-water disposal.

IssuedPermitOperatorLease / well
Jan 30, 2026913025Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLCDunagan West SWD #1 47539034
Jan 30, 2026913024Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLCDunagan East SWD #2 47539035
Apr 2, 2025907112Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLCUniversity 36-17 SWD #1 47538967
Apr 2, 2025907111Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLCUniversity 15-17 SWD #2 47538966
Apr 2, 2025907109Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLCUniversity 5-17 SWD #1 47538965
Jan 17, 2025905279Waterbridge Stateline LLCWildcat SWD #1 47538916
Nov 8, 2024903894Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLCCoyote 121-34 SWD #1 47538867
Oct 31, 2024903670Jagged Peak Energy LLCUL Cochise 12 SWD #1D 47538861
Oct 7, 2024903095Waterbridge Texas Operating LLCGray SWD 81 #2 47538853
Jan 23, 2024896666Point Energy Partners Petro, LLCParker SWD #2 47538744

About this data

RRC UIC well master and H-10 injection reports, settled through Jun 2025; TexNet daily injection for Aug 2026; disposal permit tags from Petrora's sector classifier.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/water/tx/ward, documented in the API reference.