Pipeline Easement

[buzzbait]

Contacted today they want to put a pipeline in our backyard. I live out in the country and have no neighbors. They want to put it along the lcra transmission lines. Any advice?

[Burnadell]

No advice here, but I am in the middle of pipelines all around me from the East Texas Oilfield with lines built in the '30s and '40s. It is a way of life up here. It looks like it wouldn't do much damage. We all need the product these lines transport. I would just negotiate the best deal you can.

[Big pig]

$ per inch diameter per foot. Trees cut
Paid by $/inch of trunk.

One line only. Buried minimum 3’ deep.
Any cut brush /trees piled and burned. Maybe mulched?
No gaps/gates in fences. No above ground fixtures.
Small 20’ temporary working area and 10’ permanent ROW
If line is inactive for one year, ROW expires and is purged
And abandoned in place.
Mowed yearly. Bored where it crosses any improved roads.

But I ain’t a pipeline guy, just some ideas.

[SwampRanger]

$ per inch diameter per foot. Trees cut
Paid by $/inch of trunk.

One line only. Buried minimum 3’ deep.
Any cut brush /trees piled and burned. Maybe mulched?
No gaps/gates in fences. No above ground fixtures.
Small 20’ temporary working area and 10’ permanent ROW
If line is inactive for one year, ROW expires and is purged
And abandoned in place.
Mowed yearly. Bored where it crosses any improved roads.

But I ain’t a pipeline guy, just some ideas.

All this and Ask for comps! had a company recently offer me 150 bucks a whatever length.....found some comps and 800 is a good starting place up to 1400 ...didn’t even call the guy back after I found these

[doublearrow]

If you ask for anything special get it in writing and recorded. Try to deal with 1 person, not several guys.

[bmac]

If gas line try to get on other side. Some banks have issues with finance if line is to close to house.


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[DeerGeek]

$ per inch diameter per foot. Trees cut
Paid by $/inch of trunk.

One line only. Buried minimum 3’ deep.
Any cut brush /trees piled and burned. Maybe mulched?
No gaps/gates in fences. No above ground fixtures.
Small 20’ temporary working area and 10’ permanent ROW
If line is inactive for one year, ROW expires and is purged
And abandoned in place.
Mowed yearly. Bored where it crosses any improved roads.

But I ain’t a pipeline guy, just some ideas.

Is this a normal condition? I bought a place 10 years ago with an old pipeline on it dug in 1909. It is a 6 inch pipe buried about 12 inches deep. I had a pipeline representative from the company come out about six years ago. He said it has not been used in 20 years. He said they still own the right of way and I could not do anything about it.

Wonder who I can follow up with about having it classified as abandoned?

[AntlerCollector]

Everyone loves gas and oil until someone wants to run the pipeline on their property. My advice is take the money they offer, and enjoy hunting it after they are gone.

MAGA

[TX_Hoghunter]

We have not had many issues. On the one closest to to my house they fly it once a week or so. About once a year I find a crew driving it and cleaning it up.

-john

[Easttxbowman]

Everyone loves gas and oil until someone wants to run the pipeline on their property. My advice is take the money they offer, and enjoy hunting it after they are gone.

MAGA

I’ll be coming to you in the next year... offering you 1/100 of what your truck potentially is worth, if you don’t accept we can negotiate what you think it’s worth and it probably won’t work out, at that point I’ll just condem the truck. Sound fair??

These projects are often worth billlons, they understand it’s worth something to the landowner and they have a duty to the company to get the land as cheap as possible. It’s worth something OP, get the best deal you can.

I’ll agree to the MAGA part though.

[Palmetto]

What size line?

What big pig said, plus make the contract say "exclusive" to this one pipeline.

They're gonna low ball you at first. I have been through this twice, and I always wonder how many people sign the original offer. My baseline is $60/LF. I went through 3 rounds of offers with each land man. On a recent 20" line, the initial off was $30/linear foot & 50' easement. I told them no, I want $60/ft & 30' easement. Took 2 more offers for them to finally get to $57/LF ($950/rod) & 30' easement. The whole process took a couple of months.

The landmen that I have worked with have told me that they have 2 years to start once a contract is signed. If they do nothing, they loose the easement. I had an offer on a line 2 years ago that I should have signed, but I was holding out for more $$. They never came back with another offer, and I later found out that they ended up canceling the job. I could have gotten paid for nothing........Pretty upsetting, but you live an learn. Something you gotta keep in the back of your mind when negotiating.

Good luck, and keep us updated.

[stringmusic]

$1500-$2000/rod. Coming through your homeplace I would want the higher end of that.

[AntlerCollector]

I’ll be coming to you in the next year... offering you 1/100 of what your truck potentially is worth, if you don’t accept we can negotiate what you think it’s worth and it probably won’t work out, at that point I’ll just condem the truck. Sound fair??

These projects are often worth billlons, they understand it’s worth something to the landowner and they have a duty to the company to get the land as cheap as possible. It’s worth something OP, get the best deal you can.

I’ll agree to the MAGA part though.

I hear ya. It's no different than everyone saying "Build the wall." When that wall is running across your land chances are you're getting screwed.

[diamond10x]

$ per inch diameter per foot. Trees cut
Paid by $/inch of trunk.

One line only. Buried minimum 3’ deep.
Any cut brush /trees piled and burned. Maybe mulched?
No gaps/gates in fences. No above ground fixtures.
Small 20’ temporary working area and 10’ permanent ROW
If line is inactive for one year, ROW expires and is purged
And abandoned in place.
Mowed yearly. Bored where it crosses any improved roads.

But I ain’t a pipeline guy, just some ideas.

X2

They will low ball the heck out of you and negotiating on price will take a bit of time but you can get what you feel is acceptable don’t budge. Get everything in writing and recorded YOU want in the contract.

[RMW]

The best thing about a pipeline company going through your property is selling them the water if you have a good well. I pumped 3000 gallons per minute for 2 weeks straight and they paid 1 penny per gallon. On other property they offered 5 cent per gallon but half as much water.