Those improvements, combined with rising oil prices and strong well results from an emerging growth play, catapulted the company’s stock: Thanks to those gains, Continental Resources’ stock ended the year just 36% below its all-time high, which it set right before oil prices started crumbling in 2014. While a return of triple-digit oil is unlikely for quite some time, Continental Resources does not need oil that high to thrive in the future, thanks to its improving drilling results.