# Eminent domain re pipeline easement
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/eminent-domain-re-pipeline-easement/84502
**Category:** Leon County, TX
**Created:** [November 4, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/eminent-domain-re-pipeline-easement/84502 "2025-11-04T03:53:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@chuck](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/chuck)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/eminent-domain-re-pipeline-easement/84502/1 "2025-11-04T03:53:56Z")
Can a private pipeline utilize eminent domain to initiate condemnation proceedings for a pipeline easement? I can appreciate that a common carrier pipeline, publicly regulated, can claim it serves the public good. But a private pipeline seems a stretch? If they can, what’s to stop a power company from condemning 2,000 acres for a solar panel installation?
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### Author:  [@TennisDaze](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TennisDaze)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/eminent-domain-re-pipeline-easement/84502/2 "2025-11-04T04:32:16Z")
A private pipeline can qualify as a common carrier in Texas. It is not restricted to publicly traded companies. The test is whether it will carry oil or gas for third parties, not just their own products. [https://agrilife.org/texasaglaw/2014/03/31/eminent-domain-in-texas-part-3-oil-and-gas-pipelines/](https://agrilife.org/texasaglaw/2014/03/31/eminent-domain-in-texas-part-3-oil-and-gas-pipelines/)
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### Author:  [@chuck](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/chuck)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/eminent-domain-re-pipeline-easement/84502/3 "2025-11-04T12:36:21Z")
Thank you for the explanation.
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### Author:  [@sfchuck](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/sfchuck)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/eminent-domain-re-pipeline-easement/84502/4 "2025-11-04T12:57:35Z")
They can also call it a “gas gathering pipeline” and invoke eminent domain. Otherwise, supposedly, the gas would have to be flared, resulting in economic waste—so, a public good.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2026, 3:54am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/eminent-domain-re-pipeline-easement/84502/5 "2026-02-02T03:54:40Z")
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