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UNITED\ue000 STATES
SECURITIES\ue000 AND\ue000 EXCHANGE\ue000 COMMISSION
Washington,\ue000 D.C.\ue000 20549
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FORM\ue000 8-K
CURRENT\ue000 REPORT
Pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Section\ue000 13\ue000 or\ue000 15(d)\ue000 of
the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934
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Date\ue000 of\ue000 Report
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(Date\ue000 of\ue000 earliest
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event\ue000 reported):
February\ue000 23,\ue000 2009
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(Exact\ue000 name\ue000 of\ue000 registrant\ue000 as\ue000 specified\ue000 in\ue000 its\ue000 charter)
Delaware
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20-0098515

(State\ue000 or\ue000 other jurisdiction\ue000 of incorporation)

(Commission\ue000 File
Number)
(IRS\ue000 Employer
Identification\ue000 No.)
\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue0001700\ue000 Broadway,\ue000 Suite\ue000 2300,\ue000 Denver,\ue000 Colorado\ue000 80290-2300\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000
(Address\ue000 of\ue000 principal\ue000 executive\ue000 offices,\ue000 including\ue000 ZIP\ue000 code)
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(Registrant\u2019s\ue000 telephone\ue000 number,\ue000 including\ue000 area\ue000 code)
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Check\ue000 the\ue000 appropriate\ue000 box\ue000 below\ue000 if\ue000 the\ue000 Form\ue000 8-K\ue000 filing\ue000 is\ue000 intended\ue000 to\ue000 simultaneously\ue000 satisfy\ue000 the\ue000 filing\ue000 obligation\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 registrant\ue000 under\ue000 any\ue000 of
the\ue000 following\ue000 provisions:
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Written\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 425\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 C.F.R.\ue000 \u00a7230.425)
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Soliciting\ue000 material\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 14a-12\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 C.F.R.\ue000 \u00a7240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 14d-2(b)\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act
(17\ue000 C.F.R.\ue000 \u00a7240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 13e-4(c)\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act
(17\ue000 C.F.R.\ue000 \u00a7240.13e-4(c))
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Item\ue000 2.02.\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000 Results\ue000 of\ue000 Operations\ue000 and\ue000 Financial\ue000 Condition.
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On\ue000 February\ue000 23,\ue000 2009,\ue000 Whiting\ue000 Petroleum\ue000 Corporation\ue000 issued\ue000 a\ue000 press\ue000 release\ue000 announcing\ue000 its\ue000 financial\ue000 and\ue000 operating\ue000 results for\ue000 the\ue000 fourth\ue000 quarter\ue000 and\ue000 year\ue000 ended\ue000 December\ue000 31,\ue000 2008\ue000 and\ue000 providing\ue000 certain\ue000 guidance\ue000 for\ue000 the\ue000 first\ue000 quarter\ue000 of\ue000 2009\ue000 and\ue000 full\ue000 year\ue000 2009.\ue000 \ue000 A\ue000 copy of\ue000 such\ue000 press\ue000 release\ue000 is\ue000 furnished\ue000 as\ue000 Exhibit\ue000 99\ue000 and\ue000 is\ue000 incorporated\ue000 by\ue000 reference\ue000 herein.

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Item\ue000 9.01.\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000 Financial\ue000 Statements\ue000 and\ue000 Exhibits.
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(a)
Financial\ue000 Statements\ue000 of\ue000 Businesses\ue000 Acquired.\ue000 \ue000 Not\ue000 applicable.
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(b)
Pro\ue000 Forma\ue000 Financial\ue000 Information.\ue000 \ue000 Not\ue000 applicable.
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(c)
Shell\ue000 Company\ue000 Transactions.\ue000 \ue000 Not\ue000 applicable.
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(d)
Exhibits:
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(99)
Press\ue000 Release\ue000 of\ue000 Whiting\ue000 Petroleum\ue000 Corporation,\ue000 dated\ue000 February\ue000 23,\ue000 2009.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 the\ue000 requirements\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934,\ue000 the\ue000 registrant\ue000 has\ue000 duly\ue000 caused\ue000 this\ue000 report\ue000 to\ue000 be\ue000 signed
on\ue000 its\ue000 behalf\ue000 by\ue000 the\ue000 undersigned\ue000 hereunto\ue000 duly\ue000 authorized.
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WHITING\ue000 PETROLEUM\ue000 CORPORATION
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Date:\ue000 February\ue000 23,\ue000 2009
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By:
/s/\ue000 James\ue000 J.\ue000 Volker
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James\ue000 J.\ue000 Volker
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Chairman,\ue000 President\ue000 and\ue000 Chief\ue000 Executive\ue000 Officer
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