Kinder Morgan expressed pleasure, but opponents of the company’s planned 430-mile Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) disagreed with a judge’s opinion that the project can proceed.

Travis County District Judge Robert Pitman ruled Feb. 14 against a temporary restraining order sought by the T.R.E.A.D. (Texas Real Estate Advocacy and Defense) coalition to delay construction of the 42-inch pipeline, which would transport natural gas from West Texas oilfields to near Houston.

In his ruling, Pitm...