Barron Adler Managing Partner Chris Clough was quoted recently in an article published by Business Insider regarding the SpaceX facility is Cameron County, Texas. The article explores whether SpaceX or any related entities...
Chris Oddo and Chris Clough Awarded Austin Monthly 2019 Top Attorneys Award
September 25, 2019
Barron Adler partners Chris Oddo and Chris Clough were recently named as two of 2019’s Top Attorneys by the Austin Monthly publication. All attorneys honored by this award are Austin attorneys who have distinguished...
Permian Highway Pipeline Set to Begin Construction
August 26, 2019
Construction on the $2 billion Kinder Morgan project called the Permian Highway Pipeline is set to begin. The project is expected to transport 2.1 billion cubic feet of gas per day from West Texas to the Houston area. ...
Kinder Morgan Announces New Pipeline
July 31, 2019
Kinder Morgan has informed investors it is evaluating a new pipeline, called the Permian Pass Pipeline, that would ship natural gas from the Permian Basin to the Texas-Louisiana border. The route for the new pipeline has...
Plains Pipeline Announces Two New Projects
July 31, 2019
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 Cushing, Oklahoma and the Red...
Appellate Court Rules in Favor of Bullet Train
July 31, 2019
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 will now go back to the...
Red Oak Pipeline Announced
June 21, 2019
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, which operates an oil...
Sen. Lois Kolkhorst announced on May 26 that her bill, SB 421, aimed at reforming the eminent domain process to protect landowners had failed. ...
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 executive orders, which will be...
Texas Senate Passes Eminent Domain Reform Bill
April 10, 2019
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 and opposition is expected...