Produced water and disposal in Young 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 →
Young County has 468 active injection and disposal wells, 152 of them permitted for disposal, with 310,550 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
Operators reported 15 million barrels injected on H-10 filings in the twelve months to September 2025, up 10% on the year before, about 13% of what the permits allow.
Ridge Oil Company is the largest injector in the county, with 6.4 million barrels reported across 44 active wells.
- 468
- active injection wells, 152 for disposal
- 311K
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 14.7M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Sep 2025 +10%
- 13%
- of permitted capacity used
- 2,229
- UIC permits on file, all time
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO SEP 2025
Last 12 months 14,726,074 · prior 12 13,368,172(+10%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Oil Company | 6.44M | 44 | 58.3K |
| Rover Operating Company, LLC | 833K | 6 | 26.6K |
| Cooper Oil & Gas, LLC | 411K | 14 | 15.3K |
| Nadel and Gussman, L.L.C. | 346K | 2 | 15K |
| Just Oil & Gas, Inc. | 337K | 31 | 11.8K |
| Rhodes Disposal, Inc. | 272K | 1 | 2K |
| J B J Oil Properties, Inc. | 272K | 5 | 13.5K |
| Sky Resources, Inc. | 261K | 7 | 4.95K |
| Kramer Saltwater, Inc. | 235K | 2 | 10K |
| Boss Operating LLC | 235K | 1 | 1K |
| Safari Resources, LLC | 230K | 3 | 2.55K |
| Guidance Oil DEVELOPERS,INC.(1) | 227K | 4 | 1.9K |
| Bennett Resources, Inc. | 212K | 4 | 2.54K |
| Ray Herring Operating Co., LLC | 212K | 2 | 4.1K |
| Roil Operating LLC | 200K | 7 | 2.3K |
| Willowbend Investments, Inc. | 198K | 6 | 2.15K |
| Craig, Robert A. | 194K | 13 | 2.7K |
| JMH Production, LLC | 155K | 2 | 1.25K |
| Tomsha LLC | 153K | 13 | 4.35K |
| Brown, Darryl Operating L.L.C. | 152K | 7 | 3.25K |
Injection permits
2,230 UIC PERMITS · 468 ACTIVE · PAGE 23 OF 23
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larimore Unit #A 4W | Three P Operating Company | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | — | Nov 12, 1971 |
| Larimore Unit #A 3W | Three P Operating Company | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | — | Nov 12, 1971 |
| Larimore Unit #A 11 | Three P Operating Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | Sep 19, 1974 |
| Larimore Unit #6 | Three P Operating Company | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | — | Apr 5, 1976 |
| Finch -A- #18 | Craig, Bob | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 669–678 | Feb 2, 1989 |
| Brown #11 | Echo Production, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Taack, Woodrow #17 | Andrews & Mahler | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Morrison-Harbison Cons. #8 | Littlepage, Tommy | Plugged | Disposal | — | — | — | — |
| Boone #16 | Crenshaw, K. M. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Barrett, W. H. #4 | Freeze, E. & Son | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Carpenter, O. R. #2 | Freeze, E. & Son | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Robinson -B- #4 | Tri-K Production Company, Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Owen, R. D. #18 | Brightman Family Trust | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Cullers -B- #15 | Scott, C.L. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Corbett #9S | Lankford, Dan L. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | — |
| Williams -C- #1 | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd. | Canceled | Disposal | — | — | 2,486–2,704 | Feb 15, 1996 |
| Farmer, W. W. #2 | Kunkel, Raylan | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 779–785 | Feb 8, 1972 |
| Bishop, W. C. #2 | Phillips, M. J. | Plugged | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 519–529 | Mar 1, 1976 |
| King Unit #2 B | Gulf Oil Corp. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 3,116–3,130 | Jan 11, 1966 |
| McCluer, J.A. #203 | Fikes, Leland | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,903–3,001 | Oct 27, 1965 |
| Bavousett A-3 #3A | Bolin Oil Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 3,070–3,112 | Dec 17, 1963 |
| Bavousett A-3 #5A | Bolin Oil Company | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 3,070–3,112 | Dec 17, 1963 |
| Mercer Unit #1 | Dillard, A. R., Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 1,044–1,079 | Mar 25, 1965 |
| Mercer Unit #2 | Dillard, A. R., Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 1,042–1,066 | Mar 25, 1965 |
| Groves, Lem #3 | Kirby, R. S. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Mar 3, 1969 |
| Logan, Dora E. #1 | Sherley, O. C. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | — | Jun 21, 1967 |
| Morgan-Harrison, Dennis #2 | American Petrofina Co. of Tex. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,657–2,665 | May 21, 1965 |
| Morgan-Harrison, Dennis #4 | American Petrofina Co. of Tex. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,703–2,711 | May 21, 1965 |
| Harrison, W.B. #2 | American Petrofina Co. of Tex. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 2,688–2,693 | May 21, 1965 |
| Mercer Unit #4 | Dillard, A. R., Inc. | Canceled | Enhanced recovery | — | — | 1,050–1,080 | May 11, 1964 |
Latest disposal drilling permits
W-1 drilling permits in the county tagged as produced-water disposal.
| Issued | Permit | Operator | Lease / well |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 1990 | 369285 | New Era International | Butler Well No. 2SWD #2 50384136 |
| Jul 14, 1988 | 348724 | Ashtola Exploration Company,inc. | Fort Belknap Saltwater Disposal #1 50339440 |
| Jul 14, 1988 | 348724 | Ashtola Exploration Company,inc. | Fort Belknap Saltwater Disposal #1 50339440 |
| Mar 6, 1980 | 74385 | CA-Tex Drilling, Inc. | Garvey C #2 D 50308576 |
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/young, documented in the API reference.