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Exhibit
32.1
Written
Statement of the Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
Solely
for the purposes of complying with 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I, the undersigned Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Whiting Petroleum Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certify, based on my knowledge,
that the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2009 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in
the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
and results of operations of the Company.
/s/
James J. Volker
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James
J. Volker
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Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Date:
March 1, 2010
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