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10-K - EXHIBIT 10-K - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc96680e10vk.htm
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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc96680exv99w1.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc96680exv31w2.htm
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EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc96680exv32w2.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc96680exv31w1.htm
EX-23.2 - EXHIBIT 23.2 - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc96680exv23w2.htm
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of Brigham Exploration Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Ben M. Brigham, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and
(2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
         
     
Dated: February 26, 2010  /s/ BEN M. BRIGHAM    
  Ben M. Brigham   
  Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board   
 
This certification shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein by reference.
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Brigham Exploration Company and will be retained by Brigham Exploration Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.