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| 8-K - FORM 8-K - WHITING PETROLEUM CORP | d78399e8vk.htm |
| EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - WHITING PETROLEUM CORP | d78399exv99w1.htm |
Exhibit 99.2
| Company contact: | John B. Kelso, Director of Investor Relations 303.837.1661 or john.kelso@whiting.com |
Whiting Petroleum Corporation Elects James T. Brown President and COO
James J. Volker Remains Chairman and CEO
Mark R. Williams Elected Senior Vice President, Exploration and Development
DENVER — December 16, 2010 — Whiting Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: WLL) today announced that
its Board of Directors elected James T. Brown President and Chief Operating Officer of Whiting
Petroleum Corporation, effective January 1, 2011. Mr. Brown joined Whiting Petroleum Corporation
in May 1993 as a consulting engineer, became Operations Manager in 1999, was elected Vice President
of Operations in 2000 and has held the position of Senior Vice President since May 2007. He began
his career with Shell Oil Company in 1975 and subsequently held engineering and supervisory
positions at BP and his own consulting firm. He has oil and gas experience in most Lower 48 basins
as well as Alaska. Mr. Brown holds a Bachelor’s Degree in civil engineering from the University of
Wyoming and an MBA from the University of Denver.
James J. Volker continues to serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Whiting Petroleum
Corporation. Mr. Volker joined Whiting in August 1983 as Vice President of Corporate Development
and served in that position through April 1993. In March 1993, he became a contract consultant to
Whiting and served in that capacity until August 2000, at which time he became Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Volker was appointed President and Chief Executive
Officer and a director in January 2002. Mr. Volker was co-founder, Vice President and later
President of Energy Management Corporation from 1971 through 1982. He has more than 39 years of
experience in the oil and natural gas industry. Mr. Volker has a degree in finance from the
University of Denver, an MBA from the University of Colorado and has completed H. K. VanPoolen and
Associates course of study in reservoir engineering.
Whiting’s Board of Directors also elected Mark R. Williams to the position of Senior Vice
President, Exploration and Development of Whiting Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Williams joined the
Company in December 1983 as Exploration Geologist and has been Vice President of Exploration and
Development at Whiting since December 1999. He has 27 years of domestic and international
experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Williams holds a Master’s Degree in geology from the
Colorado School of Mines and a Bachelor’s Degree in geology from the University of Utah.
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.
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