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Big Bakken driller to expand in North Dakota
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ One of the oldest and biggest operators in

North Dakota's oil patch says it's acquiring more acreage in the

state.

Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources Inc. says it has

entered into an agreement to acquire producing and undeveloped

properties for $650 million. The leased property includes about

120,000 acres, primarily in Divide and Williams counties.

Continental says it is currently the largest leaseholder in the

Bakken, with more than 984,000 acres. The company says the proposed

acquisition will increase the total to 1.1 million acres.

Continental has been drilling for more than two decades in North

Dakota and was among the first to tap a Bakken well in 2004 using

horizontal drilling technology.