Whiting Petroleum Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Release Date...

Whiting Petroleum Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Release
Date and Conference Call

DENVER, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whiting Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:
WLL) will release its second quarter 2009 financial and operating results on
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 after the market closes. A conference call with
investors, analysts and other interested parties is scheduled for 11:00 a.m.
EDT (10:00 a.m. CDT, 9:00 a.m. MDT) on Thursday, July 30, 2009 to discuss
Whiting's second quarter 2009 financial and operating results. Please call
(866) 770-7120 (U.S./Canada) or (617) 213-8065 (International) to be connected
to the call and enter the pass code 36660813. Access to a live Internet
broadcast will be available at http://www.whiting.com by clicking on the
"Investor Relations" box on the menu and then on the link titled "Webcasts."

A telephonic replay will be available beginning approximately two hours after
the call on Thursday, July 30, 2009 and continuing through Thursday, August 6,
2009. You may access this replay at (888) 286-8010 (U.S./Canada) or (617)
801-6888 (International) and entering the pass code 56978642. You may also
access a web archive at http://www.whiting.com beginning approximately one
hour after the conference call.

About Whiting Petroleum Corporation

Whiting Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation, is an independent oil
and gas company that acquires, exploits, develops and explores for crude oil,
natural gas and natural gas liquids primarily in the Permian Basin, Rocky
Mountains, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast and Michigan regions of the United
States. The Company trades publicly under the symbol WLL on the New York
Stock Exchange. For further information, please visit http://www.whiting.com.

SOURCE Whiting Petroleum Corporation

John B. Kelso, Director of Investor Relations of Whiting Petroleum
Corporation, +1-303-837-1661, john.kelso@whiting.com