It conducts its main oil production activities in the United States, Canada and, as of 1984, in Yemen.
[1] In the past, the company was owned by American oil tycoon Haroldson Lafayette Hunt.
[3][4][5] Together with Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., the company drills wells in the Eagle Ford Shale Play, located in the Western Gulf Basin in South Texas.
[6] Hunt Oil is one of the largest privately held companies in the United States, with $4 billion in 2013 revenues.
It is one of several Hunt companies active in energy, real estate, investments, ranching and infrastructure.