Harold Hamm, founder and chairman emeritus of Continental Resources, sits down with Chief Content Office Randall Lane to discuss his contributions to the American oil and gas industry.

00:00 Introduction
00:48 Beginnings as a Sharecropper’s Son
03:21 Discovering a Passion for Oil and Gas
08:18 Early Industry Days
11:37 Shifting to Horizontal Drilling
14:06 Industry Skepticism
17:00 Overcoming Technological Hurdles
20:04 Perfecting Fracture Stimulation and Taking Continental Public
23:05 Re-shaping American Energy Production
26:37 Building a “Culture of the Possible”
28:03 Advice For The Next Generation
30:13 The Future of Energy

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