Mingo Oil Producers v. Kamp Cattle Co.

URBIGKIT, Justice.

We consider an oil lease right-of-entry controversy complicated by a subsequent dollar payment modification agreement as an annual land use rental for access roads and well sites. Mingo Oil Producers (Min-go Oil), lessee, denied access to the leasehold “to conduct its oil and gas production, exploration and drilling operations,” sued Kamp Cattle Company (Kamp Cattle), surface landowner, to establish access and recover damages. We reverse the judgment entered in favor of the landowner.

FACTS

Although this case started with two typical standard form oil and gas leases (Producers…