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July 31, 2019 Posted in Articles Share

Plains Pipeline announced two new projects that would transport crude oil from the Midwest through Cushing, Oklahoma to Corpus Christi, Texas. The Liberty Pipeline would transport crude oil to...

July 31, 2019 Posted in Articles Share

The Houston Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment rendered in favor of Grimes County and against Texas Central Partners, the company behind the proposed Dallas-Houston bullet train.  The case...

June 21, 2019 Posted in Articles Share

Phillips 66 and Plains All American recently announced a new project called the Red Oak Pipeline that is intended to transport crude oil from Cushing, Oklahoma to Sealy, Texas.  Enterprise Products,...

May 28, 2019 Posted in Articles Share

Sen. Lois Kolkhorst announced on May 26 that her bill, SB 421, aimed at reforming the eminent domain process to protect landowners had failed. 

April 10, 2019 Posted in Articles Share

The White House has announced the President intends to execute two new executive orders that will make it easier for the oil and gas industry to obtain permits for pipeline construction.  The...

April 10, 2019 Posted in Articles Share

Senate Bill 421, the omnibus eminent domain reform bill filed by Senator Lois Kolkhorst, has passed the Texas Senate by a vote of 28-3.  The bill was opposed by oil and gas interests in the Senate...

March 12, 2019 Posted in Articles Share

As part of the Texas Tribune’s ongoing reporting on the border wall project called The Taking, Barron Adler partners Roy Brandys and Nick Laurent were quoted regarding President Trump’s emergency...

March 11, 2019 Posted in Articles Share

The Texas Observer featured an legal battle over claims of contamination on a south Texas ranch.  The Texas Observer reports that “massive levels of beryllium and cadmium, both known human...

March 5, 2019 Posted in Articles Share

On March 4, the Senate State Affairs Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 421 which would reform eminent domain procedures for private condemnors like pipeline companies.  The bill, sponsored by...