United States
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 8-K

     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

             Date of Report (Date of earliest event) October 8, 2004


                        Commission File Number: 333-61547

                           CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         Oklahoma                    333-61547               73-0767549
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(State or other jurisdiction of     (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)      File Number)         Identification No.)


302 N. Independence, Suite 1500, Enid, Oklahoma                  73701
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   (Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (580) 233-8955


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          (Former Name or Former Address if Changed Since Last Report)



ITEM 2.04  TRIGGERING  EVENTS THAT  ACCELERATE  OR  INCREASE A DIRECT  FINANCIAL
           OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT


     On October 6, 2004, the Registrant provided notice to the Trustee under the
Indenture  dated  July  24,  1998,  as  amended,   among  the  Registrant,   its
subsidiaries,  and The Bank of New York,  as  successor  to United  States Trust
Company of New York, as Trustee (the  "Indenture")  governing  the  Registrant's
outstanding  10-1/4% Senior  Subordinated  Notes due 2008 (the "Notes") that the
Registrant  will  redeem all of the  outstanding  Notes on  November  22,  2004,
pursuant to the optional redemption  provisions  contained in Section 3.7 of the
Indenture.  The outstanding  principal amount of the Notes is $127,150,000.  The
redemption  price will include the  outstanding  principal  amount of the Notes,
plus interest at an annual rate of 10-1/4%  calculated up to, but not including,
the date of redemption,  plus a redemption  premium of 3.417% of the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes.


                                   SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:  October 8, 2004                    Continental Resources, Inc.

                                          By: ROGER V. CLEMENT
                                              Roger V. Clement
                                              Senior Vice President and
                                              Chief Financial Officer