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Chron: Brazoria County Landowner Wins Eminent Domain Fight Against Pipeline Giant

Houston pipeline operator Enterprise Products Partners will have to renegotiate with a Brazoria County landowner who sought $3.4 million for a pipeline easement across his property, the Texas 1st Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

The decision overturns a November 2018 Brazoria County Court decision allowing the company to use eminent domain to acquire a 30-foot-wide swath of land from Terry Hlavinka for about $132,000 to route the Oyster Creek Lateral Project. The 49-mile pipeline moves propylene from Texas City to a petrochemical plant in Freeport.

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