Chord Energy Corporation is a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration and hydraulic fracturing in the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana.

[1] In June 2007, the company acquired 175,000 net acres and 1 thousand barrels of oil equivalent (6,100 GJ) per day of production in Williston, North Dakota for $83 million.

[1] In 2008–2009, the company acquired an additional 131,000 net acres and 1.1 thousand barrels of oil equivalent (6,700 GJ) per day of production nearby for $54 million.

[3] In 2016, the company acquired 55,000 net acres and 226 gross operated drilling locations in the Williston Basin from SM Energy for $785 million.

[13][14] In February 2024, Chord Energy announced the acquisition of Canada's Enerplus for operations in the Williston Basin in North Dakota.