Whiting Petroleum Corporation Announces First Quarter 2007 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call

    DENVER, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whiting Petroleum
 Corporation ( WLL) will release its first quarter 2007 financial and
 operating results on Thursday, April 26, 2007 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 Friday,
 April 27, 2007 to discuss Whiting's first quarter financial and operating
 results. Please call (866) 356-3093 (U.S./Canada) or (617) 597-5381
 (International) to be connected to the call and enter the pass code
 83287998. Access to a live Internet broadcast will be available at
 www.whiting.com by clicking on the link titled "Webcasts."
     A telephonic replay will be available beginning approximately two hours
 after the call on Friday, April 27, 2007 and continuing through Friday, May
 4, 2007. You may access this replay at (888) 286-8010 (U.S./Canada) or
 (617) 801-6888 (International) and entering the pass code 13634988. You may
 also access a web archive at www.whiting.com beginning approximately one
 hour after the conference call.
     About Whiting Petroleum Corporation
     Whiting Petroleum Corporation is a holding company engaged in oil and
 natural gas acquisition, exploitation, exploration and production
 activities 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 www.whiting.com.
 
 

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