Coyote Lake Ranch, LLC v. City of Lubbock

“Absent an agreement to the contrary, an oil-and-gas lessee has an implied right to use the land as reasonably necessary to produce and remove the minerals but must exercise that right with due regard for the landowner’s rights.” Ante at 55. This is the common-law “accommodation ' doctrine,” and it is a well-established tenet of our oil-and-gas jurisprudence. See Memman v. XTO Energy, Inc., 407 S.W.3d 244, 249 (Tex.2013); Tarrant Cty. Water Control, & Imp. Diet. No. One v. Haupt, Inc., 854 S.W.2d 909, 911 (Tex.1993); Getty Oil Co. v. Jones, 470 S.W.2d 618, 621 (Tex. 1971). Addressing an issue…