No, it implies access. They have to have access to it to maintain it. They don't own it. The only thing they own is the pipe in the ground. It's all still part of my deed at the court house.
Many people make the mistake of thinking that the landowner no longer owns the well platform or pipeline. So, much so, that they think they can freely drive down it with four-wheelers or hunt on it just because it's a pipeline or well site. They find out differently the hard way if the land owner, deputy, or game warden catches them on it.
“No, it implies access. “
in most states, that’s a type of easement; generally, easements are publicly recorded use-rights by one party of a property owned by another party ... utility easements are the quintessential examples of easements in which utility infrastructure is located on someone else’s property along with rights of access for maintenance activities ...