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Continental Resources

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Continental Resources, Inc. is the world's largest privately held oil and natural gas producer. The company has an operational history spanning over 60 years and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Its status as a private entity provides the freedom to invest with a long-term horizon, supporting a focus on sustained innovation and operational excellence.

The company's technical expertise centers on unconventional resource development, including horizontal drilling and advanced well stimulation techniques. Its proprietary ECO-Pad technology allows multiple wells to be drilled from a single site, maximizing efficiency while minimizing environmental footprint. This system can drill up to 12 wells from a single pad extending nearly two miles in any direction.

Continental Resources operates across major North American basins, including the Bakken play in North Dakota and Montana, the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma, the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, and the Permian Basin in Texas. The company also has an international presence in Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale play and Turkey's Diyarbakır Basin.

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