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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 8, 2022

Registration No. 333-248897

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Registration Statement No. 333-248897

WHITING HOLDINGS LLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

88-3102137

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 1500

Houston, Texas 77002

(281) 404-9500

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

M. Scott Regan

General Counsel

c/o Chord Energy Corporation

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 1500

Houston, Texas 77002

(281) 404-9500

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

David P. Oelman

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

845 Texas Avenue, Suite 4700

Houston, Texas 77002

(713) 758-2222

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for comply with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act ☐

EXPLANATORY NOTE — DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

Whiting Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (f/k/a/ New Ohm LLC) (the “Company”), as successor in interest to Whiting Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Whiting”), is filing this Post-Effective Amendment (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) to the following Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), originally filed by Whiting with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

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Registration Statement No. 333-248897 on Form S-8, filed on September 18, 2020, registering 4,035,885 shares of Whiting’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Whiting Common Stock”).

On July 1, 2022, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 7, 2022, by and among Whiting, Chord Energy Corporation (f/k/a Oasis Petroleum Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“Chord”), Ohm Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Chord (“Merger Sub”), and the Company, (i) Merger Sub merged with and into Whiting, with Whiting continuing its existence as the surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”) as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Chord, and subsequently, (ii) the Surviving Corporation merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Chord (the “Merger”).

Following the completion of the Merger, (i) each share of Whiting Common Stock issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger was converted into the right to receive $6.25 in cash, without interest, and 0.5774 shares of Chord’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Chord Common Stock”), (ii) all existing shares of Chord Common Stock remained outstanding and (iii) Oasis Petroleum Inc. changed its name to Chord Energy Corporation. This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed as a result of the Merger.

The Company, by filing this Post-Effective Amendment, hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and removes from registration any and all shares of Whiting Common Stock registered but unsold or otherwise unissued under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof. This filing is made in accordance with the undertakings made by Whiting in Part II of the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that had been registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on July 8, 2022.


WHITING HOLDINGS LLC

By:		/s/ Daniel E. Brown
		Daniel E. Brown
		President and Chief Executive Officer

Note: No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to Form S-8 Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.