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10-K - FORM 10-K - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc13309e10vk.htm
EX-21 - EXHIBIT 21 - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc13309exv21.htm
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc13309exv32w2.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc13309exv31w1.htm
EX-23.2 - EXHIBIT 23.2 - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc13309exv23w2.htm
EX-12.1 - EXHIBIT 12.1 - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc13309exv12w1.htm
EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc13309exv32w1.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc13309exv31w2.htm
EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - BRIGHAM EXPLORATION COc13309exv99w1.htm
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Brigham Exploration Company:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-56961, 333-70137, 333-135073, 333-135028, 333-163501, 333-170669, and 333-170671), on Form S-4 (No. 333-171187) and on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-161455 and 333-165901) of Brigham Exploration Company of our reports dated March 1, 2011, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Brigham Exploration Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, which reports appear in the December 31, 2010 annual report on Form 10-K of Brigham Exploration Company.
     
 
  /s/ KPMG LLP
Dallas, Texas
March 1, 2011