Continental Resources, Inc.: North Dakota operator

Production in the monthly reports

Wells reporting oil, August 20262,484of 2,758 wells listed; 1 withheld (confidential)

Oil in the report135,626barrels a day13.2% of all oil printed that month

Flared share of its reported gas2.0%

Most wells in one report2,758August 2026

Wells reporting oil, by month

Oil in the report, barrels a day

Table: by year

Source: the free NDIC Monthly Production Reports, as first reported. Every figure is in this page's data file.

Wells today

3,368 oil and gas wells list Continental Resources, Inc. as operator in the state's wells layer of November 6, 2026. The status codes are the Industrial Commission's.

Wells by NDIC status, November 6, 2026
Status	Wells
Active	2,530
Inactive	105
Temporarily abandoned	26
Confidential	74
Permitted, not yet drilled	16
Plugged and abandoned	86
Abandoned	96
Dry hole	26

Active, inactive and temporarily abandoned wells by spud period
Spud period	Wells	Active	Inactive	Temporarily abandoned
Before 2008	152	144	6	2
2008 to 2012	637	590	40	7
2013 to 2017	865	804	48	13
2018 to 2022	688	673	11	4
2023 on	319	319	0	0

Older wells are more often inactive or temporarily abandoned, so compare like periods, not totals. A well acquired from another operator is listed under its operator today.

Drilling and orders

Wells spudded per year (wells it operates today, by spud date)
Year	Wells spudded
2026	15
2025	76
2024	122
2023	126
2022	148
2021	169
2020	83
2019	139
2018	177
2017	118
2016	75
2015	176
2014	312
2013	240
2012	226
2011	174
2010	149
2009	40
2008	85

From the wells layer of November 6, 2026; wells it acquired are counted in the year they were spudded. 15 were spudded in the twelve months before the snapshot.

Orders signed with it as applicant, by year (from 2008)
Year	Orders
2026	70
2025	57
2024	53
2023	41
2022	24
2021	32
2020	40
2019	54
2018	47
2017	18
2016	37
2015	86
2014	91
2013	119
2012	149
2011	159
2010	221
2009	55
2008	98

From the project's index of signed NDIC orders: facts machine-extracted from the orders, not individually reviewed; applicant names matched to the report name.

Changes of operator of record

Wells whose operator of record changed to it (five or more in a month)
Month	From	Wells
Aug 2024	XTO Energy Inc	46
Mar 2023	White Rock Oil & Gas, LLC	12
Jul 2022	XTO Energy Inc	34
Jan 2013	Samson Resources Company	25
Apr 2012	Newfield Production Company	17
Oct 2008	Chesapeake Operating, Inc.	9
Jun 2008	Wyoming Resources Corporation	6

Wells whose operator of record changed from it (five or more in a month)
Month	To	Wells
Feb 2017	Southwestern Production Corp.	12
Sep 2016	Kraken Operating, LLC	67
Jun 2011	Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP	6
Nov 2009	Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP	10

A change of operator of record is what the monthly reports show; it does not say why. Sales, mergers, renamed legal entities and new contract operators all look the same. Months link to that month's Pulse issue.

Notes

The operator of record is the company named on the state's monthly report rows; parent companies and ownership are not shown. Volumes are those printed for its wells, as first reported: confidential wells are withheld, and before May 2015 wells in unitized pools appear only inside unit totals. Status codes are the Industrial Commission's, as its wells layer lists them; they are not a judgement of compliance. Nothing here is a financial, legal or engineering assessment.

Built November 8, 2026 from reports through August 2026 and the wells layer of November 6, 2026. Corrections: see contact.