Continental: Experience improves returns

Rates of return increasing even as costs rise in North Dakota because of experience drilling and completing multi-stage wells

Eric Lidji

For Petroleum News Bakken

Earlier in the year, Continental Resources Inc. anticipated its Bakken returns would improve as its drilling operations became more efficient. Now, even with costs increasing, the Oklahoma City-based company appears to be making good on that claim. With oil selling at $90 per barrel, Continental est....

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