Case number: 4:20-bk-32021 - Whiting Petroleum Corporation and Whiting US Holding Company - Texas Southern Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Whiting Petroleum Corporation and Whiting US Holding Company

  • Court

    Texas Southern (txsbke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    Christopher M. Lopez

  • Filed

    04/01/2020

  • Last Filing

    05/07/2025

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

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COMPLX, LEAD, COMPLX



U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Southern District of Texas (Houston)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 20-32021

Assigned to: Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M. Lopez
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  04/01/2020

Debtor

Whiting Petroleum Corporation

1700 Lincoln Street
Suite 4700
Denver, CO 80203
DENVER-CO
Tax ID / EIN: 20-0098515

represented by
Vienna Flores Anaya

Jackson Walker LLP
2323 Ross Avenue, Suite 600
Dallas, TX 75201
214-953-6047
Fax : 214-661-6647
Email: vanaya@jw.com

Beau Butler

Jackson Walker LLP
100 Congress Avenue
Suite 1100
Austin, TX 78701
512-236-2256
Email: bbutler@jw.com

Matthew D Cavenaugh

Jackson Walker LLP
1401 McKinney Street
Ste 1900
Houston, TX 77010
713-752-4200
Email: mcavenaugh@jw.com

Michael A. Garza

Vinson & Elkins
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, TX 77002
713-758-2703
Fax : 713-615-5225
Email: mgarza@velaw.com

Veronica Ann Polnick

Jackson Walker, LLP
1401 McKinney St.
Suite 1900
Houston, TX 77010
713-752-4200
Fax : 713-754-6716
Email: vpolnick@jw.com

Douglas B Rosner

Goulston & Storrs
One Post Office Square
Boston, MA 02109
617-574-6517
Email: drosner@goulstonstorrs.com

Brian E Schartz

Kirkland and Ellis LLP
609 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
713-836-3600
Email: brian.schartz@kirkland.com

Jennifer F Wertz

Jackson Walker LLP
100 Congress Ave
Suite 1100
Austin, TX 78701
512-236-2247
Fax : 512-391-2147
Email: jwertz@jw.com

Debtor

Whiting Canadian Holding Company ULC

1700 Lincoln Street
Suite 4700
Denver, CO 80203
DENVER-CO
Tax ID / EIN: 98-1193662
fka
Kodiak Oil and Gas Corporation (Yukon)

fka
Kodiak Oil and Gas Corporation (BC)

fka
Kodiak Oil and Gas ULC


represented by
Matthew D Cavenaugh

(See above for address)

Debtor

Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation

1700 Lincoln Street
Suite 4700
Denver, CO 80203
DENVER-CO
Tax ID / EIN: 84-0918829

represented by
Matthew D Cavenaugh

(See above for address)

Jennifer F Wertz

(See above for address)

Debtor

Whiting Resources Corporation

1700 Lincoln Street
Suite 4700
Denver, CO 80203
DENVER-CO
Tax ID / EIN: 57-1191218
fka
Kodiak Oil & Gas (USA) Inc


represented by
Matthew D Cavenaugh

(See above for address)

Debtor

Whiting US Holding Company

1700 Lincoln Street
Suite 4700
Denver, CO 80203
DENVER-CO
Tax ID / EIN: 47-2452900

represented by
Jennifer F Wertz

(See above for address)

Trustee

Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Indenture Trustee


represented by
Winstol Dean Carter, Jr.

Morgan Lewis et al
1000 Louisiana St
Ste 4000
Houston, TX 77002
713-890-5140
Email: winn.carter@morganlewis.com

Trustee

Delaware Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee

c/o Sean E. O'Donnell
Herrick, Feinstein LLP
2 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212-592-1400

represented by
Jarrod B. Martin

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
600 Travis Street
Suite 5600
Houston, TX 77002
713-576-0388
Email: jbmartin@bradley.com

U.S. Trustee

US Trustee

Office of the US Trustee
515 Rusk Ave
Ste 3516
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 718-4650

represented by
Alicia Lenae Barcomb

DOJ-Ust
515 Rusk Ave.
Suite 3516
Houston, TX 77002
713-718-4661
Email: alicia.barcomb@usdoj.gov

Hector Duran, Jr

U.S. Trustee
515 Rusk
Ste 3516
Houston, Tx 77002
7137184650
Email: Hector.Duran.Jr@usdoj.gov

Millie Aponte Sall

Office of the United States Trustee
515 Rusk Street
Suite 3516
Houston, TX 77002
713-718-4650
Email: millie.sall@usdoj.gov

Stephen Douglas Statham

DOJ-Ust
7230 Latitude St
Corpus Christi, TX 78414
713-876-9571
Email: statham01@gmail.com

Aubrey L. Thomas

Office of the US Trustee
615 E. Houston St.
Suite 533
San Antonio, TX 78205
210-472-4640
Fax : 210-472-4649
Email: aubrey.thomas@usdoj.gov

Creditor Committee

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
represented by
Jason S Brookner

Gray Reed & McGraw LLP
1601 Elm Street
Suite 4600
Dallas, TX 75201
(469) 320-6132
Fax : (214) 953-1332
Email: jbrookner@grayreed.com

Steven William Golden

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
1700 Broadway
36th Floor
New York, NY 10019
212-561-7700
Email: sgolden@pszjlaw.com

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
05/07/2025All motions, responses, documents or other pleadings that pertain to disputes concerning Jackson Walker or former Bankruptcy Judge David Jones should be filed in District Court Case Number 4:23cv4787. (dah4)
05/06/20251495Order Referring Various Matters to Judge Lopez signed by Chief Judge Alia Moses on 5/6/2025 (dah4)
05/06/20251494Order Referring Various Matters to Judge Lopez signed by Chief Judge Alia Moseson 5/6/2025 (dah4)
05/06/20251493COPY of MEMORANDUM AND OPINION in 4:23cv4787 Adopting in Part and Rejecting in Part the Bankruptcy Court's Report and Recommendation, WITHDRAWING the Reference of each of the 34 bankruptcy cases and Granting the UST's Motion for a Status Conference 29 MOTION for Hearing or Status Conference Hearing re: 28 Objections to Report and Recommendations, 7 Reply, 25 Notice (Other), 6 Response, 5 Objections to Report and Recommendations, 2 MOTION to Withdraw Reference. Order forthcoming to set a date and time for a Status Conference. (Signed by Judge Alia Moses) Signed on 4/9/2025 (dah4)
04/17/20251492Chapter 11 Post-Confirmation Report for Quarter Ended 3/31/2025 (Filed By Whiting Petroleum Corporation ). (Wertz, Jennifer) (Entered: 04/17/2025)
03/18/20251491Emergency Motion Requesting Clarification of Case Management Order and Matters Referred to Miscellaneous Proceeding Filed by Interested Party Jackson Walker LLP (Boland, Jason)
01/07/20251490Chapter 11 Post-Confirmation Report for Quarter Ended 12/31/2024 (Filed By Whiting Petroleum Corporation ). (Wertz, Jennifer)
12/19/20241489Chapter 11 Post-Confirmation Report for Quarter Ended 6/30/2024 (Filed By Whiting Petroleum Corporation ). (Wertz, Jennifer)
10/11/20241488Order : Third Case Management Order (rgs4)
10/08/20241487Second Case Management Order. Signed on 10/8/2024. (rgs4)