Whiting Petroleum Corporation CEO James J. Volker to Speak at Upcoming Investor Events

Whiting Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: WLL) today announced that James J. Volker, Whiting’s Chairman and CEO, will be a keynote speaker at the DUG Bakken and Niobrara Conference. Mr. Volker’s presentation will be at 4:40 p.m. Mountain Time on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.

Mr. Volker will be the keynote luncheon speaker at the IPAA Oil and Gas Investment Symposium at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers in New York City. Mr. Volker’s presentation will begin at 12:45 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Monday, April 7, 2014. Mr. Volker’s live presentation may be accessed on the Internet by logging onto the following link: http://www.investorcalendar.com/CEPage.asp?ID=172410. The presentation materials and link to the webcast will also be available on Whiting’s website at www.whiting.com beginning April 7, 2014. You may access the presentation by clicking on the “Investor Relations” box on the menu and then on the link titled "Webcasts."

About Whiting Petroleum Corporation

Whiting Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation, is an independent oil and gas company that explores for, develops, acquires and produces crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids primarily in the Rocky Mountain and Permian Basin regions of the United States. The Company’s largest projects are in the Bakken and Three Forks plays in North Dakota, the Niobrara play in northeast Colorado and its Enhanced Oil Recovery field in Texas. The Company trades publicly under the symbol WLL on the New York Stock Exchange. For further information, please visit http://www.whiting.com.