Pipeline, gathering, transmission, and utility easements across hundreds of tracts — routed, negotiated, executed, and recorded. Plus the surface use, survey access, and damages settlements that make construction possible.
Right-of-way is its own discipline within the land function. We staff dedicated ROW landmen and project managers for pipeline operators, midstream companies, electric utilities, water and produced-water gathering systems, and any project that needs continuous land control along a defined corridor.
Survey access, route planning, landowner outreach, and re-routing during construction.
Easement terms, per-rod and lump-sum compensation, restoration covenants, damages.
Signed easements, recording packets, condemnation support, and post-construction releases.
Full-cycle pipeline right-of-way acquisition for intrastate and interstate pipelines, gathering systems, and product-specific transport lines. We handle the route from kickoff meeting through construction handoff.
Crude oil, natural gas, NGL, and condensate pipeline ROW · Intrastate and interstate pipeline routing · Per-rod, per-acre, and lump-sum compensation models · Easement width, depth, and multi-line provisions · Surface restoration, depth-of-cover, and re-vegetation covenants · Pre-construction site inspections and baseline photographs · Temporary work-space easements and laydown yards · Recording coordination across multiple counties
Production gathering systems carry oil, gas, condensate, and produced water from wellsite to central facility. We handle the easements with multi-line and multi-product provisions, plus the surface access and metering-station siting that go with them.
Multi-line gathering easement drafting · Multi-product (oil, gas, NGL, water) language · Future-expansion and additional-line provisions · Metering station and tap site control · Take-point and delivery-point coordination · Mainline valve, launcher, and receiver site control · SCADA and telemetry easement provisions
For electric utilities, IPP gen-tie lines, and the transmission corridors that connect renewable projects to the grid — we run the ROW acquisition under the regulatory framework specific to electric infrastructure.
Transmission line ROW (138 kV, 230 kV, 345 kV, 500 kV) · Distribution line easements · Gen-tie line ROW for renewable interconnection · Substation, switching yard, and capacitor bank site acquisition · PUCT routing certificate (CCN) support in Texas · FERC and state regulatory ROW coordination · Vegetation management and reclearing easement language · Underground transmission and utility duct bank ROW
Produced water and source water move through their own gathering and disposal networks. We handle the ROW for source-water, completions-water, and saltwater disposal (SWD) lines, plus the related facility siting.
Fresh-water and brackish-water supply pipeline ROW · Completions water gathering and recycling lines · Produced water gathering ROW · Saltwater disposal (SWD) pipeline easements · Water well pad and pump station site control · SWD facility site control and Class II well surface rights · Texas Water Code groundwater conservation district coordination
Compressor stations, central facilities, and processing plants need dedicated site control with noise, setback, and operational easements distinct from a linear ROW.
Compressor station site acquisition · Central separator and tank battery site control · Gas processing plant and cryogenic facility siting · Noise, setback, and air-quality covenants · Emergency-services access and gate provisions · Site fence-line, vegetation, and lighting agreements · Reclamation and post-decommissioning restoration
Before any easement can be negotiated, surveyors need access. We secure survey-access agreements, permission-to-enter letters, and preliminary route consents at scale.
Survey-access agreement drafting and execution · Permission-to-enter letters for environmental and geotechnical crews · Cultural resource (Phase I) survey access · Centerline survey access · Wetland and waters-of-the-US delineation access · Preliminary route community-outreach campaigns · County road and ROW utility crossing permits
ROW work generates damages at every phase. We calculate, document, and settle damages under industry-standard schedules and operator-specific authority matrices — with the release documentation that closes each claim.
Pre-construction landowner sit-down and damage inspection · AAPL and industry-standard damage schedules · Crop, timber, fence, and improvement damages · Cattle and livestock loss settlements · Water well and water quality impact settlements · Cultural and archaeological resource damages coordination · Release agreements with covenant-not-to-sue language · Post-construction reclamation verification
Common-carrier pipelines and regulated utilities have eminent domain authority in Texas under Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 111 and similar statutes. We support the condemnation process from final offer through commissioners' hearing on the land-side.
Bona fide offer letters per Tex. Prop. Code § 21.0113 · Common-carrier pipeline qualification support · Final offer / bona fide offer compliance · Petition exhibits and metes-and-bounds preparation · Special commissioners' hearing prep · Appraisal coordination and damages testimony support · Possession deposit and writ-of-possession coordination · Settlement negotiation through the condemnation process
When a pipeline reaches end of life, the ROW comes back to the surface owner unless held by reversion language. We handle abandonment notices, partial releases, and quiet-title cleanups across legacy corridor portfolios.
PHMSA abandonment notice support · Texas RRC P-5 / P-4 operator change for legacy ROW · Partial release of easement · Full release of recorded easement · Reversionary interest analysis under easement form · Quiet title coordination for cloud-on-title ROW · Surface restoration verification at release
Federal and tribal corridors require ROW grants issued by the BLM (federal lands) or BIA (tribal / allotted lands), with NEPA review and ONRR rental obligations.
BLM ROW grant applications (Form SF-299) · FLPMA Title V ROW grants · Mineral Leasing Act ROW grants (Form 3104) · BIA tribal ROW under 25 CFR § 169 · Tribal council consent and approval coordination · NEPA categorical exclusion and EA support · ONRR ROW rental reporting and payment
Renewable energy projects depend on transmission and collection-system corridors. We handle the ROW for solar gen-tie lines, wind farm collection systems, battery storage interconnection, and CO2 pipelines for CCS projects.
Solar gen-tie transmission ROW · Wind farm underground collection-system easements · Battery storage interconnection corridors · CO2 pipeline ROW for CCS projects · Hydrogen and ammonia pipeline corridors · Substation, switching yard, and POI siting · Cross-corridor coordination with existing pipeline operators
A ROW campaign typically starts with a preliminary route and a target list of ownerships. We deploy landmen to the affected counties, schedule kickoff meetings with affected owners, run survey access in parallel, and negotiate easement terms tract by tract. As survey and engineering finalize the route, easement documents lock in. Bonus payment and recording follow execution. Weekly status reporting tracks tracts contacted, signed, paid, and recorded against the construction deadline.
Right-of-way landman · ROW acquisition · pipeline ROW · gathering system easement · multi-line easement · multi-product easement · transmission line ROW · gen-tie line · PUCT CCN routing certificate · FERC regulatory ROW · SWD pipeline easement · produced water gathering ROW · compressor station site acquisition · survey access agreement · permission to enter · cultural resource survey · damages settlement · AAPL damage schedule · condemnation support · eminent domain pipeline · bona fide offer · Tex. Prop. Code 21.0113 · common-carrier pipeline · special commissioners hearing · pipeline abandonment · PHMSA abandonment · partial release of easement · quiet title ROW · BLM ROW grant · FLPMA Title V · SF-299 · Mineral Leasing Act ROW · BIA tribal ROW · 25 CFR 169 · CO2 pipeline ROW · CCS pipeline corridor.
Pipeline, transmission, gathering, water — tell us the route and the deadline.