ENID, Okla., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE: CLR) plans to announce third quarter 2009 earnings on Thursday, November 5, 2009 before the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company plans to host a conference call on the same day at 10 a.m. ET to discuss its results for the quarter.

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Those wishing to listen to the conference call may do so via the Company's web site at www.contres.com or by phone:

    Continental Resources Third Quarter 2009 Conference Call
    Time and date: 10 a.m. ET
    Thursday, November 5, 2009
    Dial in: 888-713-4217

Those who wish to participate in the conference call via telephone may use the following link to pre-register for this conference call. Callers who pre-register will be given a unique PIN to gain immediate access to the call and bypass the live operator. They may pre-register at any time, including up to and after the call start time. To pre-register please go to: https://www.theconferencingservice.com/prereg/key.process?key=P86EGKTML

Continental Resources is a crude-oil concentrated, independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company with operations in the Rocky Mountain, Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast regions of the United States. The Company focuses its operations in large new and developing plays where horizontal drilling, advanced fracture stimulation and enhanced recovery technologies provide the means to economically develop and produce oil and natural gas reserves from unconventional formations.

    Contact:  Investor Relations            Media
              Warren Henry, VP Investor     Brian Engel, VP Public
              Relations                     Affairs
              (580) 548-5127                (580) 249-4731
              warrenhenry@contres.com       brianengel@contres.com

SOURCE Continental Resources