Continental Resources News

We are almost to June. That means the summer driving season has started with Memorial Day.

The firm set an "outperform" rating and a $103.00 price target on the stock. CLR has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports.

Earlier this month we talked about the startling revelation that there is an ocean of oil under the American west and the possible implications that could portend for America's future.

Shale oil and natural gas-focused producer Continental Resources Inc said on Friday it named Kirk Kinnear as its new vice president of oil marketing logistics.

CLR has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports. Analysts at Jefferies Group reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of Continental Resources in a research note to investors on Monday, May 7th.

Plenty of energy conferences start in the wonky policy weeds and stay there. That wasn't the case with this week's Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in North Dakota, which featured a big dose of raw presidential politics.

Just weeks after Hamm joined the Romney campaign, he gave $985,000 to a pro-Romney super PAC, according to campaign reports.

In this Dec. 6, 2010, file photo, Harold Hamm, chief executive officer of Continental Resources Inc.

Just one month after he was named Mitt Romney's top energy adviser, Oklahoma billionaire Harold Hamm contributed $985,000 to the top pro-Romney Super PAC -- a donation that was the second largest the group collected in April, according to a new campaign disclosure filing today.

A super PAC backing Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign raised $4.6 million in April, just-filed Federal Election Commission reports show.

According to GuruFocus Insider Data , these are the largest CEO buys during the past week.

Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources is bringing in oil and natural gas industry veteran Rick Bott as its new president and chief operating officer, effective June 4. Industry veteran Rick Bott will step into those roles next month with the Oklahoma City -based oil company, which has been growing exponentially - thanks to its surging ... (more)

Continental Resources Inc. announced a transition in senior management, reflecting the company's high rate of growth and continued focus on exploration and oil production.

The expected Republican nominee will join Fallin on Wednesday for an event at the Oklahoma Republican Party Headquarters in Oklahoma City.

Last week we talked about how the depressed share price of Northern Oil & Gas , along with the value of their underlying assets, oil & gas production and impressive growth, made NOG "The Bargain of the Bakken" and compared their metrics and valuation to that of Oasis Petroleum .

If it only takes one man to start a revolution, then that man is Harold Hamm and his revolution is the Bakken shale play.

Continental Resources opened at 77.69 on Monday. Continental Resources has a 1-year low of $42.43 and a 1-year high of $97.19. The company has a market cap of $14.126 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.09. Continental Resources last released its earnings data on Wednesday, May 2nd.

Exterran Holdings Inc. is an oil and gas services company, which specializes more on natural gas services than on oil well services.

In its April 30 edition, Time magazine ranked Harold Hamm, chairman and CEO of Continental Resources Inc.

The firm currently has a "sector perform" rating on the stock. Continental Resources opened at 81.94 on Friday.