Whiting Petroleum

Whiting Petroleum Corporation
Company typePublic company
IndustryPetroleum industry
Founded1980 (1980)
FateMerged to form Chord Energy
HeadquartersDenver, Colorado, U.S.
Key people
Kevin S. McCarthy, Chairman
Lynn A. Peterson, CEO & President
James P. Henderson, CFO
ProductsPetroleum
Natural gas
Natural gas liquids
Production output
91.9 thousand barrels of oil equivalent (562,000 GJ) per day (2021)
Revenue $1.533 billion (2021)
1,583,789,000 United States dollar (2022) 
$427 million (2021)
Total assets $2.457 billion (2021)
Total equity $1.663 billion (2021)
Number of employees
356 (2022)
Footnotes / references

Whiting Petroleum Corporation was a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration primarily in the Bakken Formation and Three Forks Shale. It was organized in Delaware with its operational headquarters in Denver, Colorado.

As of December 31, 2021, the company had approximately 326.0 million barrels of oil equivalent (1.994×109 GJ) in proved reserves, of which 58% was petroleum, 20% was natural gas liquids, and 22% was natural gas.