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As a recovery in economic activity and travel boosted oil prices to multi-year highs, shale producer Continental Resources Inc posted a fourth-quarter profit that surpassed Wall Street expectations.

In general, for the last three months of 2021, world crude oil prices averaged $80 per barrel as demand recovered from a pandemic-induced crash. Results of such a hike are pleasing to the eye: a barrel of crude in the U.S. is currently trading for close to $95 a barrel.

In response to this, Continental Resources' adjusted average net sales price in the fourth quarter rose to $55.27 per barrel of oil equivalent (boe) — easily doubling the numbers of the year prior.

After pumping out 160,600 barrels of oil per day (bopd) in 2021, the company set its full-year target to average between 195,000 to 205,000 bbl/d of oil. And in order to achieve this, purchased near the end of the last year Pioneer's Delaware Basin position in the Permian area (covering approximately 92,000 net acres in Pecos, Reeves, Ward, and Winkler Counties with net production of approximately 50,000 boe/d) will come in handy.

It is estimated that natural gas will be produced at a rate of 1.04 billion to 1.14 billion cubic feet per day (cfpd) in 2022.

Aiming to boost the rates, Continental already forecasted, that it will spend $2.3 billion in the coming year, including an increase of 15% in legacy costs in Bakken and Anadarko, as well as a rise of $500 million related to its Permian acquisition and the purchase of Chesapeake Energy assets in Wyoming.

To compare, in 2021 the company's capital expenditures totaled just $1.56 billion.

And it's not just a bunch of empty promises: last week Continental Resources raised its quarterly dividend by 15% to 23 cents per share. In addition, the company will increase its share repurchase program from $1 billion to $1.5 billion.

The market reported an adjusted net income for the Continental of $651 million, or $1.79 per share during the quarter, beating analysts' expectations per share by no small margin of 0.09 cents. While it may seem not that impressive, during the same period a year prior the company reported a loss of $82 million, or 23 cents per share — a great comeback!

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