0001193125-17-080283.txt : 20170313 0001193125-17-080283.hdr.sgml : 20170313 20170313160302 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-080283 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170307 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20170313 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170313 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WHITING PETROLEUM CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001255474 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 200098515 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31899 FILM NUMBER: 17685237 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1700 BROADWAY, SUITE 2300 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80290 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-837-1661 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1700 BROADWAY STREET 2: STE 2300 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80290-2300 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WHITING PETROLEUM HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030721 8-K 1 d358878d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported): March 7, 2017

 

 

Whiting Petroleum Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-31899   20-0098515

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1700 Broadway, Suite 2300, Denver, Colorado 80290-2300

(Address of principal executive offices, including ZIP code)

(303) 837-1661

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 C.F.R. §230.425)

 

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 C.F.R. §240.14a-12)

 

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 C.F.R. §240.14d-2(b))

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 7, 2017, Brent P. Jensen, the Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of Whiting Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”), who was the Company’s designated principal accounting officer, informed the Company that he will resign effective March 17, 2017.

Effective March 17, 2017, Sirikka R. Lohoefener, the current Controller of the Company, will be the Controller and Treasurer of the Company and the Company’s designated principal accounting officer. Ms. Lohoefener, age 38, joined the Company in June 2006 as a Senior Financial Accountant, became Financial Reporting Manager in January 2011 and was appointed Controller in March 2015. She was previously with Wagner, Burke & Barnes, LLP, a public accounting firm previously based in Golden, Colorado. She has 11 years of oil and gas accounting experience and is a Certified Public Accountant. Ms. Lohoefener holds a Master of Accountancy degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

      WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION
Date: March 13, 2017     By:  

    /s/ Bruce R. DeBoer

          Bruce R. DeBoer
          Vice President, General Counsel and
          Corporate Secretary

 

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