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Hamm’s Continental to buy 50% of Mercuria Argentina oil firm

Buenos Aires Times · 1h ago · 🇦🇷 Argentina

Hamm’s Continental to buy 50% of Mercuria Argentina oil firm

Billionaire shale pioneer Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources signs agreements to buy half of Argentine shale oil firm Phoenix Global Resources, owned by Mercuria Energy Group. Leer más

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