Blevins v. Continental Resources Oil and Gas Settlement

What happened

Continental Resources allegedly failed to pay statutory interest on late oil-and-gas proceeds payments to landowners under Oklahoma law. Continental denied all wrongdoing but agreed to settle to avoid the costs and uncertainty of continued litigation.

Do you qualify?

Anyone who received payments from Continental Resources for oil and/or gas production from Oklahoma wells, or whose proceeds were sent as unclaimed property to a government entity, from May 1, 2017, through February 28, 2025, and whose payments did not include statutory interest. This includes owners of royalty interests, overriding royalty interests, and working interests.

What you can claim

Read from the official settlement notice.

• Cash distribution from settlement fund

  Class members who do not timely and properly submit a Request for Exclusion and are not otherwise excluded from the Settlement Class will receive a share of the Net Settlement Fund calculated according to the Allocation Methodology.

Who is in the class

All non-excluded persons or entities who, during the Claim Period: (1) (a) received payments from Continental (or Continental's designee) for oil and/or gas proceeds from Oklahoma wells, or (b) whose proceeds from Oklahoma wells were sent as unclaimed property to a government entity by Continental; and (2) whose payments or proceeds did not include statutory interest under the PRSA. The Settlement Class includes owners of royalty interests, overriding royalty interests, and working interests.

Quoted from the settlement notice.

How to file

The claim filing period has closed. Distribution checks were issued beginning March 27, 2026, to eligible class members. No new claims can be filed. Contact the Settlement Administrator at 1-866-287-0745 or info@blevins-continental.com if you believe you are entitled to a distribution.