Energy Pipelines | Wetsel, Carmichael, Allen, & Lederle, L.L.P.

Do I have to allow a survey of my land by a pipeline company?

On behalf of Wetsel, Carmichael, Allen, & Lederle, L.L.P. | Jan 18, 2020 | Energy Pipelines

In Texas, certain pipeline companies have the power of eminent domain. Eminent domain is a sovereign’s power to take land for certain public purposes, but the sovereign (Texas) has delegated that power to pipeline companies that meet threshold requirements. It is this...