Our Services

Answering the question of “how do we get from point A to point B?” is the first step in every project as we begin initial project scoping. Whether it be a pipeline or electric power lines, identifying the best route that you want to take and can take is all rather complicated and requires extensive resources to ensure your energy project starts off on the right track.

With boots on the ground all across the Southern United States, our local knowledge and expertise are unparalleled and the key to our ability to provide comprehensive, thorough route options on behalf of our clients. Depending on the project, route development can largely depend on the project’s stage in the purpose of the pipeline and its clients’ operations: upstream, midstream, or downstream.

Upstream — Refers to the transportation of substances during the initial production phase (transporting raw crude oil and natural gas production).
Midstream — Midstream activities and services involve the processing, storing, transporting, and marketing of these substances (such as pipeline that could transport natural gas or oil properties to a well or gas processing plant).
Downstream — The transportation of refined substances, such as the refining of crude oil into gasoline, diesel, or other fuels, to the endpoint of sale (such as pipeline transporting fuel to sales facilities or refineries).

Once routes are examined and determined, our job is to then identify property owners and locate deeds in order to begin negotiations for any right of way land usage. This process includes identifying metes and bounds, additional surveying, and appropriate permitting.

Norfleet Land Services offers a variety of surveying and mapping solutions, including specialized solutions such as pre-condition and post-condition circumstance assessments with commercial drone technology, all to fit our client’s needs. Our surveying services include boundary, construction, and topographic surveying for energy developments and overhead electric transmission lines.

A surveyor’s primary responsibility is to survey the anticipated route so we can better understand the lay of the land before moving forward. By employing the best and brightest professional land surveyors, our surveys are not just used for mapping but also as a tool for assessing and managing risk as it relates to right of way placement and any potential land ownership conflicts. As experts in survey coordination, it is our responsibility to maintain thorough and accurate data throughout the life of a project to ensure we commit to the best, most efficient route possible while avoiding any costly land-related problems.

Norfleet’s expert team of document specialists enable us to provide clients with a variety of comprehensive legal document preparation services, including contracts, project proposals, title certificates and title curative paperwork, right of way agreements, surface use agreements, and initial offer letters and agreements.

Our detailed document preparation processes ensures no stone is left unturned and that project documentation remains up to date; preparing our clients with the ability to meet any and all regulatory compliance through federal or state governments. By partnering closely with project managers and title services experts, we are proud to employ experienced, cross-functional team members who are dedicated to fulfilling client needs with swiftness and diligence.

No matter the size of a project, permitting is a critical part of the project that requires a skilled, dedicated team to see the permitting through in an efficient and timely manner. From assessing the necessary permitting to ensuring that permitting requirements are followed through until the last man leaves the property, the Norfleet permitting staff is fast-moving and dependable with a comprehensive understanding of all permit needs.
Collaborating with government agencies, property owners, and regulatory consultants is our specialty; providing our clients with peace of mind and the assurance that their bases are covered, their interests are prioritized, and permits are acquired. With extensive experience in permitting strategy, active permitting, and post-permitting follow through, we are committed to obtaining all necessary environmental permits and regulatory items while also providing support and feedback throughout the project to ensure the permit guidelines are being upheld and adhered to.

Combined with the line-list (which serves as a paper trail and the project’s ultimate source of truth in the field), the Norfleet Project Tracker is a common thread across a project that enables records management, 24/7 support, accessibility, and transparency for all involved parties. This online project tracker allows us to essentially provide a better, clearer picture that visually communicates with clients and landowners with capabilities such as online multi-dimensional mapping and route analysis tools.

• Norfleet enables clients to view maps of their project from any device, whether in the office or in the field.
• Landowners can enjoy peace of mind with insight into the pipeline routes through high-quality property maps of their land.

With the interface’s route analysis tools, Norfleet is capable of generating a preliminary line-list at the beginning of a project by identifying landowners, finding permit crossings, and analyzing pipeline routes, all before getting into the title services portion of a project.