Landowners Impacted by DeLa Pipeline Left in Dark After Rep Says Project Mothballed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 20, 2025
CONTACT:
Mark Hefflinger, Bold Alliance, mark@boldalliance.org
Landowners Impacted by Proposed DeLa Express Petrochemicals Pipeline Left in Dark by Moss Lake Partners After Rep Says Project Mothballed
Coleman County, TX — Landowners across Texas and Louisiana who face eminent domain seizure of their property for Moss Lake Partners' proposed DeLa Express petrochemicals pipeline today questioned the viability of the project, as some impacted landowners have heard from third-party contractors that the project’s viability is in question and it may ultimately be abandoned.
Landowners working with the the Texas Easement Action Alliance landowners’ legal co-op report that Moss Lake Partners has not been in contact with them for months, and efforts to get an update from contractors for the company working on the DeLa project turned up evidence that Moss Lake is no longer pursuing objectives on the ground towards moving forward with the pipeline.
Allison Koester, a third-generation landowner and steward in Coleman County, TX whose family property would be impacted by the proposed project, spoke to a former employee who told her the project is on hold.
“The route of the DeLa Pipeline cuts through the middle of our regenerative ranch.” said Allison Koester, a 3rd generation landowner and steward in Coleman County, TX. “This land that we care for holds deep natural, cultural, and architectural value. We have been rebuilding soil health and plant and wildlife diversity. The quail are finally coming back. We heard from a former Moss Lake Partners employee that the project was on hold. There have been no significant updates in the FERC filings since January of 2025. We are hopeful that the project will be cancelled.”
“My family lives less than 200 feet from the route of the DeLa Pipeline, which you know, has a half mile explosion zone,” says Alyssa Portaro, a landowner in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana and Founder of Habitat Recovery Project. “My son suffers from a respiratory illness and I worry about the impacts of the pipeline's construction and maintenance. We are farmers, campground owners, and our land is Certified Wildlife Sanctuary as well - we don’t want the disruption and exposure. I have called Moss Lake Partner representatives repeatedly. Nothing. We wonder if the project has been abandoned, and we hope that is the case. We’re happy to have organized landowners with TX Easement Action Alliance to raise awareness about this project. Through our organization we plan to continue to share ways landowners can protect and fortify their land against pipelines - whether gas, CO2, or otherwise. In unity we are best positioned to stop the project, share best practices, and negotiate the strongest safety measures for all if it does happen.”
“We have to protect our land & our resources. Being a member of the TEAA gives you the ability to do so when the time comes. For some landowners, that day may never come. But for most, it is only a matter of time before their way of life is threatened. The importance of being part of an alliance like the TEAA that is ready to defend & provide support cannot be understated.,” said Jay Mania, Landowner Organizer with Bold’s Texas Easement Action Alliance.
“DeLa’s lack of transparency around the proposed pipeline is inexcusable. People should not have to put their lives on hold for a project that may or may not be happening. If the company can’t be open and honest about something as basic as the status of the project, how can their word be trusted on any other matter?” said Emma Schmit, Bold Alliance's Pipeline Fighters Director.
About Bold’s Texas Easement Action Alliance:
The Texas Easement Action Alliance is a grassroots organization established for the benefit of landowners and community members impacted by the proposed DeLa Express Pipeline. Constitutional and property rights must be defended to guarantee landowners and communities have an even playing field with multi-billion dollar corporations. TEAA is a landowner-organized and run group designed to help educate and empower others to understand the options available to you to protect your land, family, and future. TEAA works closely with a legal team, issue experts, and landowner organizers to build a network of concerned and affected persons to join together as one powerful group. (https://txeasement.org)
About Bold’s Easement Action Teams:
The Easement Action Teams are a project of the Bold Education Fund. The EATs work with local communities to provide immediate legal representation to landowners facing pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure. Our first priority is to protect landowners’ property rights and water. We believe landowners should have the ultimate right of what does and does not happen on their land. We stand against the use of eminent domain for private gain. (https://easementLLC.org)
About Bold:
The Bold Alliance and Bold Education Fund are coordinating state-based groups with our Pipeline Fighters Hub and landowner legal groups called the Easement Action Teams to stop carbon pipelines from using eminent domain for private gain. We believe that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is unproven and overly expensive and wastefully incentivized approach to climate change, and that the carbon pipelines needed for CCS are poorly planned, under-regulated, and risky infrastructure. These huge and complex projects should not move forward until counties, states and the federal government prove first that they are a better climate solution than renewable energy, and second that safety, planning, and routing standards are in place to avoid inefficient chaotic development driven by wasteful federal spending. (https://boldalliance.org)
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