The addition of Mandarin Chinese increases the
total number of languages supported by Nexidia to 19.0 million cubic feet of gas equivalent per day
(MMcfe/d). This is an attractive acquisition
for Whiting.70 to $3. Now that
Whiting owns 100% of the partnerships, the partnerships' working interests
will be promptly assigned to Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation which will
continue to evaluate the properties for proved and non-proved reserves
drilling potential.

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This
is due to the fact that the Nexidia language models allow audio to be marked
and searched phonetically.0 11.75

Green River Basin 6. In addition, Whiting continues to evaluate other properties for
acquisition in the second half of 2005. Whiting assumes no obligation,
and disclaims any duty, to update the forward -looking statements in this press
release.

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SAN FRANCISCO, SpeechTEK West -- Nexidia, the
leading provider of audio search and speech analytics solutions, announced
today the availability of its Mandarin Chinese language model for audio
search, retrieval and analysis. Nexidia's proven technology is a fundamentally different approach
and is the only audio-video search solution that can answer the market demand
for a highly scalable and accurate solution. For more information, please
visit http://www.5 98% 68%
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TOTALS $95.3 18.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June(e)
Operated 7 9 8 6 6 12
Non-operated 11 8 11 12 6 4
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Totals 18 17 19 18 12 16

(e) = estimated

July(e) Aug(e) Sept(e) Oct(e) Nov(e) Dec(e)
Operated 12 10 12 12 11 10
Non-operated 5 5 5 5 5 5
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Totals 17 15 17 17 16 15

(e) = estimated

About Whiting Petroleum Corporation

Whiting Petroleum Corporation is a growing energy company based in Denver,
Colorado.

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Whiting Petroleum Announces $30.5 Million Acquisition; Acquires 17.4 Bcfe for $1.75/Mcfe

5 million purchase is effective
January 1, 2005 and has been adjusted for year-to-date production.

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The table below provides Whiting Petroleum's operated and non-operated rig
count year-to-date as well as estimates for the remainder of 2005. The
schedule provides for an approximate doubling of the number of operated rigs
in the second half of 2005. All statements other than historical facts,
including, without limitation, statements regarding Whiting 's future business
strategy, projected production, reserves, costs and capital expenditures, and
plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking
statements.

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Nexidia Announces Availability of Mandarin Chinese Language Model for Audio Search and Analysis

The
Company's stock trades publicly under the symbol WLL on the New York Stock
Exchange.

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The
process is adaptable to a range of audio analyses, excels across the full
spectrum of audio quality, and supports language ID and music + silence
detection.
Whiting Petroleum continues to expect its 2005 exploration and development
expenditures to total between $130 million and $150 million. The Company
expects its second quarter 2005 production volumes to average approximately
180 MMcfe per day or a total of 16.

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The analysis of these results delivers critical business
information which organizations across many industries are using to help
achieve corporate goals of operational efficiencies, increased customer
satisfaction and revenue growth and optimization.nexidia. The $30.

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The partnership properties are located primarily in Louisiana,
Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Wyoming.

Purchase Proved %
Price (In Reserves Natural
Acquisition millions) (Bcfe) Gas % Developed

Institutional
Partnerships $30.9x $1.0x $1. Due to the
cooperation of the drilling contractors with whom Whiting has had long-term
relationships, Whiting has now received additional rigs and firm rig
commitments.

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75 per thousand cubic feet
of gas equivalent (Mcfe). Current production attributable to the property
interests is approximately 4.1x $1. Volker, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Whiting Petroleum stated, "We are pleased to have acquired these interests
from the institutional partners, some of whom have been our partners for
20 years.

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4 billion cubic feet of natural gas
equivalent (Bcfe) has been assigned to the property interests , 62% of which is
crude oil, translating to an acquisition cost of $1.0 50.4 Bcfe for the quarter . For further information, please visit http://www.

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"Our language portfolio continues to grow , and we are aggressively adding
more languages in response to increased market demand," said John Willcutts,
president and CEO of Nexidia. Additionally, we are able to deliver models to support
languages as they are spoken every day - which means accommodating uses of
accented language, non-standard grammar, blended languages, brand names,
proper names and even slang.
Based on years of research and development, Nexidia's phonetic engine is the
only tool that allows the user to search on proper names, places, industry
terms and jargon without extensive training and cumbersome dictionaries . We expect strong net after-tax cash flow and
margins from these properties comparable to our first quarter 2005 net margins
(i.

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James J. When used in this press release, words such as "expect,"
"intend," "plan," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe " or "should" or the
negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology are generally
intended to identify forward-looking statements.

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Some drilling activity has been pushed to the second half of 2005 due to
general industry conditions related to drilling rig availability. Whiting Petroleum Corporation is a holding company engaged in oil
and natural gas acquisition, exploitation, exploration and production
activities primarily in the Rocky Mountain, Permian Basin, Gulf Coast,
Michigan , Mid-Continent and California regions of the United States.whiting.

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The Nexidia language models are developed based on audio samples
incorporating gender, dialects, accents, pronunciation patterns and data
capture methods.

We appreciate their long-term interest in Whiting's acquisition ,
exploitation and exploration activities. Under
the terms of the partnership agreements, after the investment of their initial
capital in the early 1990s, the partnerships have not had capital for
drilling. Such forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such
statements .

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Green River Basin $65.29
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TOTALS 10.80 per Mcfe after all cash costs -- lease operating
expenses, production taxes, general and administrative costs, interest expense
and cash taxes).

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Whiting
funded the acquisition using cash on hand and did not incur any debt .
The table below summarizes certain statistics about this acquisition and
Whiting's Green River Basin acquisition, which closed March 31, 2005. Therefore, due to 2005 operations, drilling and acquisitions to
date, Whiting expects to meet its 2005 total production guidance of 67 Bcfe to
69 Bcfe.

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It is these language models and the non-dictionary
based approach that is core to Nexidia 's ability to generate accurate
meaningful results. The ability to develop a language modeled on audio that is
representative of the characteristics and quality of real speech is pivotal in
making audio mining and speech analytics widely applicable to audio-video
search in all organizations. Based on the
current schedule, Whiting expects to spend roughly two-thirds of its drilling
budget in the second half of 2005. Whiting typically owns 50% - 100% working
interests in its operated properties.

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Company Updates Drilling Schedule and
Estimated Second Quarter Production

DENVER, Whiting Petroleum Corporation
(NYSE: WLL) announced today that its wholly owned operating subsidiary,
Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, acquired all the limited partnership
interests in three institutional partnerships managed by its wholly owned
subsidiary , Whiting Programs, Inc. Some, but not all, of the risks and uncertainties include: our
level of success in exploitation, exploration, development and production
activities; the timing of our exploration and development expenditures,
including our ability to obtain drilling rigs; our ability to identify and
complete acquisitions and to successfully integrate acquired businesses and
properties; unforeseen underperformance of or liabilities associated with
acquired properties; inaccuracies of our reserve estimates or our assumptions
underlying them; failure of our properties to yield oil or natural gas in
commercially viable quantities; our inability to access oil and natural gas
markets due to market conditions or operational impediments; and our ability
to replace our oil and natural gas reserves.

It is the earliest form of the English language.

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Nexidia's unique patent-pending phonetic speech technology enables all
qualities of audio to be rendered searchable at over 55 times real time., $3.

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By transforming audio data into
actionable intelligence, Nexidia allows both government and commercial
enterprises, in industries such as Healthcare, Insurance, Financial Services,
Media Creation and Aggregation, Telecommunications and Outsourcing, to
leverage untapped information previously locked away in audio-video content.com. The properties have moderate production decline rates and
contain long-lived reserves.

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e. Historically, drilling opportunities were farmed out.

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Based on independent engineering, 17.9 83% 76%

Average Daily $/Proved
Production R/P Reserves
Acquisition (MMcfe/d) Ratio ($/Mcfe)

Institutional
Partnerships 4.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that Whiting believes to be
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

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"Nexidia's phonetic approach to audio search
and speech analytics enables us to rapidly address the language needs for all
of our customers ."

About Nexidia
Nexidia is a leading provider of highly scalable, highly accurate audio-
video search and speech analytics software."
The proved reserve estimates are based on the partnerships' independent
engineering as of January 1, 2005, adjusted for subsequent production .

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It was written and spoken in England from roughly the 5th to the 11th century.

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