Tag: Harold Hamm

Column: Oil drillers, not EIA, are responsible for WTI weakness

Column: Oil drillers, not EIA, are responsible for WTI weakness

Harold Hamm says EIA far too optimistic in US production forecasts By John Kemp LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) – The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) is distorting oil prices by being far too optimistic in its forecasts for US production, according to Harold Hamm, the chief executive of Continental Resources. Hamm, who also chairs the […]

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Harold Hamm lacks broad focus needed to be Trump energy secretary

Harold Hamm lacks broad focus needed to be Trump energy secretary

Harold Hamm is parochial, self-interested, and too focused on one sector of American energy industry The rancorous campaign rhetoric is behind us and President-elect Donald Trump is already moderating some of his election promises – but, unfortunately, not the prospect of appointing Bakken billionaire Harold Hamm as energy secretary. Representative Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, a Trump […]

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Did Harold Hamm threaten to drive Canadian, Mexican oil from the American market?

Did Harold Hamm threaten to drive Canadian, Mexican oil from the American market?

Hamm said to be auditioning for energy portfolio if Donald Trump becomes president Bakken oil mogul Harold Hamm, the leading contender to be energy secretary in a Trump Administration, fired a howitzer across the bow of Canada and Mexico during his Thursday speech at the Republican convention. Hamm’s ham-handed delivery and incendiary remarks have mostly […]

Bakken oil company sale disputed by ex-wife of Oklahoma billionaire Harold Hamm

Bakken oil company sale disputed by ex-wife of Oklahoma billionaire Harold Hamm

Jolette Oil one of Hamm’s first successful Bakken oil investments OKLAHOMA CITY – The former wife of billionaire Oklahoma energy tycoon Harold Hamm, who was awarded nearly $1 billion in a divorce settlement, is now suing Hamm over the sale of a company the two co-owned. The lawsuit by Sue Ann Arnall alleges the $4.5 million sale […]