We believe we are among the most efficient and cost-effective producers of oil and natural gas on the planet. One reason why, is we are invested in the United States, with a premier portfolio of assets in unconventional resource plays in North Dakota, Montana, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Texas. We believe these assets represent decades of future development and production, with the opportunity to grow to meet the increasing energy demands of the modern world, here and across the globe.

Where we produce

We are the largest leaseholder in the Bakken field that stretches across parts of North Dakota and Montana. We also have significant positions in the SCOOP and STACK plays of the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma and newly acquired positions in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Permian Basin of Texas.

A 50-year record of success

We have been in this business a very long time. And we’re here to stay. Unlike companies that recently jumped in with no track record and little experience, we are a true oil and natural gas innovator. We were one of the first companies to deploy horizontal drilling on a large scale, enabling us to become a leader in well safety and environmental stewardship. Horizontal drilling remains a game-changing technology that has fundamentally altered the economic and geopolitical realties of our world.

Horizontal drilling

Decades ago, we created the ECO-Pad^® technology that allowed us to drill multiple wells from a single site, maximizing the benefits of horizontal drilling and minimizing our drilling and production footprint. Today, we can drill up to 12 wells from a single pad reaching out nearly two miles or more in any direction. Over time, it has become the industry standard.

Well stimulation

Tight rock formations hold huge reservoirs of oil and natural gas. Thanks to horizontal drilling, new stimulation advances and better, more accurate mapping technologies, we have unlocked the hydrocarbons that were previously unreachable or uneconomic to produce.

At Continental Resources, our focus is on helping to solve the major societal issues facing our world, including health, education, and energy poverty. We believe focusing on these core areas ensures the health and security-based energy needs of humankind are met.

Environmental Management Programs

We fulfill our commitment to environmental stewardship through implementation of our environmental policies, standards, and procedures. Environmental training, a core requirement for our employees and contractors, expands employee and contractor knowledge and awareness, improves environmental performance, and enhances compliance with environmental laws and regulations. In addition, we utilize health, safety, and environmental (HSE) data management software to record and monitor environmental incidents, track corrective actions, perform quality audits and inspections, trend the information we gather, and evaluate our progress. This enables us to have meaningful conversations about the environmental data we collect, enhance our decision-making, and continuously improve our environmental programs.

Health & Safety

At Continental, safety is our core value – nothing is more important than ensuring our employees, contractors, and neighbors all go home safely at the end of the day. We believe everyone deserves a safe workplace, and Continental’s safety culture and programs are driven by leadership that starts with our CEO and extends down to our newest employees.

We drive this culture through a robust health and safety program that includes employee orientation and training; company specific guidelines and procedures; contractor management; risk assessments; hazard identification and mitigation; audits; and incident reporting, investigation, and corrective/preventive action development. We strive for continuous improvement in our efforts to reduce, mitigate, and/or eliminate hazards prior to incidents occurring within our operations.

We start with the “S” in ESG.

We produce oil and natural gas, and we believe nothing is more essential to modern life. By any measure of societal good, the energy we produce has enormous benefit. From enhancing our nation’s economic and national security to providing the fuels that power our everyday life, Continental Resources is committed to making affordable energy accessible to all.

“We all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.”

— President John F. Kennedy

Kennedy’s words were spoken more than 60 years ago, but they remain true. In the 1960s, America’s population was 180 million people, today it’s over 330 million. In the 1960s, the world had 3 billion souls; today it’s estimated to be nearly 8 billion. Energy consumption has increased as dramatically, (275%+) as more and more people across the globe aspire to a modern lifestyle.

Currently, the products we produce fuel 85% of the world’s energy demand. Hydrocarbons have lifted billions out of poverty. In short, no technology and no energy source has had a more dramatic impact or done more good for our society and our way of life.

The food we eat, the way we heat and cool our homes, the clothes we wear, the medicines that keep us healthy, the electricity grids, the transportation networks – virtually everything we rely on to power modern life is dependent on hydrocarbons.

We recognize we are in a time of energy transition. We have been in the past and will be in the future. Energy demands increase and we must find ways to meet this increase while being stewards of our environment. We also recognize the beneficial needs for hydrocarbons isn’t going to go away anytime soon.

American energy is a job creator, an economic catalyst, and a huge contributor of tax revenue to local, state, and federal governments. The industry is a generous contributor to the common good, funding charities and community organizations across the country. For example, our founder has given over $65 million to cure diabetes with an additional focus to make insulin affordable.

Recently, President Joe Biden addressed congress, saying only 15% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions are coming from the United States and that we can’t address the challenge alone.

We agree. There are two billion people living in energy poverty, burning wood and dung to meet basic needs. What if American natural gas was the answer? What if American energy helped wean the developing world off solid fuel consumption and coal-fire electricity generation? The impact would be tremendous. The United States is already leading the industrialized world in reducing emissions thanks in large part of the use of clean burning, energy dense natural gas. In countries with the lowest access to oil and gas for energy, both poverty and death rates attributable to air pollution are highest. Hydrocarbons produced responsibly save lives.

America’s energy independence has also had a profound effect on geopolitics. We are no longer dependent on unreliable and unfriendly regimes for our energy.

Horizontal drilling has unlocked vast reserves of American energy, resulting in a trillion-dollar swing annually to the benefit our economy. Our national and economic security has been enhanced. One result was, in 2020, the United States helped broker the Abraham Accords – a series of agreements that turned adversaries into allies. Israel found new consensus with its neighbors including United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. These newly formed alliances have the potential to stabilize the Middle East, and lead to increased trade, investment, and shared security.

Society is better because of what we do and how we do it. We believe we will continue to play an essential and responsible role in securing America’s future for decades to come.