Continental Resources

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Continental Resources was founded in 1967 by Harold Hamm, who started the company as Shelly Dean Oil Co.; it was renamed Continental Resources in 1990. Today, the company is headquartered in Oklahoma City and is known for pioneering unconventional oil development, especially horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing in key U.S. plays. The company became public in 2007 and was taken private in 2022.

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