Kinder Morgan has won a court victory over opponents of its proposed Permian Highway Pipeline, a system that could move up to 2 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day from the Permian Basin to the Agua Dulce hub.

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A Travis County (Texas) District Court ruled that the Texas Railroad Commission is not required to set standards for routing pipelines or private land-takings. Judge Lora Livingston’s ruling removes a challenge to the state’s licensing process that lets gas pipeline companies determine their own route and take land without a landowner’s consent. Under Texas law, the state allows gas pipeline operators that qualify as utilities to use eminent domain to take land for the public good.