# Pipeline right of way
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-right-of-way/37199
**Category:** McClain County, OK
**Created:** [November 19, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-right-of-way/37199 "2018-11-19T14:45:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@G\_Elassal](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/G_Elassal)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-right-of-way/37199/1 "2018-11-19T14:45:52Z")
What is the expected compensation per rod for a ten inch pipeline running through a long section across the middle of a property?
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### Author:  [@Okcnhra](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Okcnhra)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-right-of-way/37199/2 "2018-11-19T15:52:57Z")
It depends on the permanent ROW granted and pipe size—recently in the McClain / Grady part of town, you could use a rule of thumb of $10/foot per permanent easement—so 40’ would be $400 and 50’ would be $500 per rod. If you are not well-versed in this area and have a proposal, need to google and read all you can. Pipeline company will throw a one-page simple contract at you but ours expanded out to three pages on our family farm. My best analogy for pipeline easement negotiation is the old “Indecent Proposal” movie with Robert Redford and Demi Moore. RR is a multi-millionaire who wants to spend one night with Woody Harrison’s wife for $1,000,000 dollars—keep in mind that you live with that easement probably forever and whatever you agree to in that contract.
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### Author:  [@M\_Barnes](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/M_Barnes)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-right-of-way/37199/3 "2018-11-19T16:02:30Z")
Very good idea to get an attorney involved in the ROW surface use agreements. Your family will have to live with the decisions for decades.
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### Author:  [@G\_Elassal](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/G_Elassal)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-right-of-way/37199/4 "2018-11-19T17:28:59Z")
We have an attorney we used previously. Last pipeline we received 190/rod for a 4” diameter. So do I extrapolate (X2.5) the expected compensation? Thank you for your helpful responses.
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Winblad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Richard_Winblad)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-right-of-way/37199/5 "2018-11-20T23:53:12Z")
You may be in a great bargaining position. Say no and they have to go around you. Your value is a function of the line across your property and the cost to take a different route. Attorney Harlan Hentges 405.340.6554 handles lots of pipeline issues and he is a farm kid.
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### Author:  [@James\_Kyle\_Brooks](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/James_Kyle_Brooks)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-right-of-way/37199/6 "2018-11-21T22:53:56Z")
Bide your time and be the last man standing. I was able to get $8,000 for a pipeline to cross my 2.5 acres in Upton County, Texas because I was the lone holdout in a 164-acre undivided tract. They started out offering me $50. Sometimes slow and steady really does win the race.
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### Author:  [@Frank\_Pfisch](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Frank_Pfisch)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-right-of-way/37199/7 "2018-11-22T02:18:33Z")
> [@Richard\_Winblad](#):
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> Say no and they have to go around you.
What if the pipeline company has the right of eminent domain? Do they still have to go around?
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Winblad](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Richard_Winblad)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-right-of-way/37199/9 "2018-11-28T18:57:01Z")
If the company has right to eminent domain they don’t have to go around, but they must pay a fair value. An attorney like Harlan Hentges handles eminent domain cases. His number is 405.340.6554.
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### Author:  [@MRFAdmin\_SV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/MRFAdmin_SV)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/pipeline-right-of-way/37199/10 "2025-01-11T18:04:09Z")