Do active New Mexico disposal wells stay in use?
Short answer: yes. Of 684 New Mexico disposal wells that injected in the last 24 months, 651, or 95.2 percent, injected in 2025.
What does active mean here?
A well is active if it injected water at some point in the trailing 24 months.
What did 2025 show?
684 wells were active, and 651 of them, or 95.2 percent, injected in 2025.
Is that changing over time?
Not much. From 1994 to 2025 the trend is essentially flat at about 95 percent. Once a disposal well is active, it tends to stay in use.
Why does it matter to operators?
Active disposal wells keep working year after year, so the tanks feeding them keep filling with water and floating oil.
What can you control at the tank?
Oil floating on top of the water in your tanks still leaves on a vacuum truck, and that costs you money every haul. The Freedom Tool skims that oil off inside the tank, captures richer vapors, and cuts down on vacuum truck trips. It has no moving parts. Contact us to see if it fits your site.
Source: New Mexico state C115 injection reporting, charted by X Tank Co.