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Continental Carbon, headquartered in Houston, has two other plants: one in Ponca City, Oklahoma, and one in Sunray, Texas. Legal background The Continental Carbon Company’s plant in Phenix City ...
The main office was in Ponca City and the company stayed in operation until November 1916 when it was sold for cash and stock in the Marland Oil Company, later (January 3, 1921), incorporated in Delaware to acquire through an exchange of stock control of the Marland Refining Co. and Kay County Gas Co. Name changed to Continental Oil Company ...
The company was founded in 1917, by E. W. Marland, Ponca City, Oklahoma oil exploration pioneer, when he assembled his various holdings including the 101 Ranch Oil Company into one unit. By 1920 it is estimated that Marland and his partners controlled 10% of the world's oil production (the equivalent of Saudi Arabia in 2006) and that Marland ...
The main office was later moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma, when in 1929, Marland Oil Company (founded by exploration pioneer E. W. Marland) acquired the Continental Oil Company. [10] [12] Marland Oil acquired the assets (subject to liabilities) of Continental Oil Company for a consideration of 2,317,266 shares of stock. The merged company took ...
Combined with the investment from Continental Resources, Summit Carbon Solutions now has over $600 million of equity commitment for its proposed carbon capture and storage project in the Williston ...
Isaac Blake, the founder of the Continental Oil Company (now ConocoPhillips). His son was the actor and opera singer Winfield Blake. In 1875, the "Continental Oil and Transportation Company" (acronym "Conoco") was founded in Ogden, Utah by Isaac Blake. [8] In 1885, Conoco was reincorporated as part of Standard Oil. [9]
The Ponca City region of Oklahoma is part of "Tornado Alley". Tornadoes are most common in April, May, and June. Ponca City faces very hot and humid summers with temperatures frequently rising to over 100 °F (38 °C), as well as severe storms. During the winters, Ponca City has mild to cold temperatures with occasional snowstorms and ice.
Continental Resources, Inc. is a petroleum and natural gas exploration and production company headquartered in Oklahoma City. [1] The company was founded by Harold Hamm in 1967 at the age of 21 as Shelly Dean Oil Company, originally named for Hamm's two daughters. In 1990, Shelly Dean re-branded itself as Continental Resources.