DENVER (Business Wire) -- Whiting Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: WLL) today announced that it will present at the Wells Fargo Securities MLP Pipeline and E&P, Energy Services & Utility Symposiums at the New York Palace Hotel on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Senior Vice President James T. Brown will discuss the Company's strategy, development plans and outlook.

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's largest projects are in the Bakken and Three Forks plays in North Dakota and its Enhanced Oil Recovery fields in Oklahoma and Texas. The Company trades publicly under the symbol WLL on the New York Stock Exchange. For further information, please visit www.whiting.com.

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