Pipeline Proposal Revives Eminent Domain Debate
“Amid an oil and gas boom that has increased demand for new pipelines, Texas regulators have proposed new rules that have renewed a clash between two major state interests: energy development and private property rights….
Judges slow Sunoco’s march to the sea
“Judges in Pennsylvania have dealt a setback to a major energy company’s plans to use eminent domain for a natural gas-related pipeline, a novel corporate maneuver that could set a precedent if it were approved….
Questions About Pipelines and Private Property
“Amid an oil and gas boom that has increased demand for new pipelines, Texas regulators have proposed new rules that have renewed a clash between two major state interests: energy development and private property rights….
Enbridge takes next step toward eminent domain
“Enbridge has taken another step toward seeking eminent domain for the remaining land the Canadian-based company needs to build a planned 165-mile oil pipeline from its Flanagan Station to a major refinery hub in Patoka….
Judge allows use of condemnation for oil pipelines
“Phillips 66 now has the final right-of-way needed to continue operation of three oil pipelines that cross the Blackfeet Reservation, carrying Canadian crude to points south. Easements for the pipelines, initially granted in the 1960s…
Secrecy over pipeline is just to benefit developers
“The Pacific Connector pipeline is the chosen route to bring natural gas from the shale oilfields to a not-yet-built natural gas compression plant at Jordan Cove in Coos Bay. Private pipeline developers have been granted…
TX Railroad Commission to close eminent domain loophole, but still too vague
“The Texas Railroad Commission, that regulates the oil and gas industry, recently proposed a new rule to close the so-called ’T-4’ loophole that’s long allowed private pipeline companies to claim common carrier status by simply…
Pipelines and Power Lines
“WHETHER IT’S PIPELINES OR POWER LINES BEING AIMED AT a route across your land, be engaged in the routing process early, get professional legal help with the negotiations and consider some non-monetary options in the…
What is eminent domain?
“Eminent domain, the government’s power to take private property for public use, is rooted in the Fifth Amendment. Typically, the government has invoked that power for public projects like schools and roads. In 2005, the…
The gas company that says it can take your backyard
“For more than a decade, the country around Ronald and Sallie Cox’s home, 25 miles south of Pittsburgh, has been an unchanging landscape of rolling green foothills. Sitting atop a modest promontory, their property is…