Exhibit 23.2
[CAWLEY, GILLESPIE & ASSOCIATES LETTERHEAD]
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS
The undersigned hereby consents to the references to our firm in the form and context in which they appear in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Whiting Petroleum Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2009. We hereby further consent to the use of information contained in our reports setting forth the estimates of revenues from Whiting Petroleum Corporation’s oil and gas reserves as of December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 and to the inclusion of our reports dated January 8, 2010 and January 27, 2010 as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Whiting Petroleum Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2009. We further consent to the incorporation by reference thereof into Whiting Petroleum Corporation’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-111056), Form S - -4 (Registration No. 333-121614) and Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-159055).
| Sincerely, | |
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| /s/ Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc. | |
| Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc. | |
| Texas Registered Engineering Firm F-693 | |
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| May 12, 2010 | |
