Pennaco Energy, Inc. v. Kd Company Llc, a Wyoming Close Limited Liability Company

KAUTZ, Justice.

[¶1] Pennaco Energy, Inc. (Pennaco) obtained oil and gas leases in northeastern Wyoming. - Pennaco then made contracts with the surface landowners, who were predecessors of Appellees. These agreements granted Pennaco access to and use of the landowners' land during exploration and production under the mineral leases. In the agreements, Pennaco committed to pay for damages and for use of the land and, when operations ceased, to restore the land as nearly as possible to its prior' condition. Pennaco developed its coalbed methane operation, drilling for and producing gas, and made…