0000899733-04-000009 Sample Contracts

SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT

Shareholder Agreement • February 3rd, 2004 • Equity Oil Co • Crude petroleum & natural gas

• Contract Type
  Shareholder Agreement
• Filed
  February 3rd, 2004
• Company
  Equity Oil Co
• Industry
  Crude petroleum & natural gas

SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT, dated as of February 1, 2004 (the "Agreement"), among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), WPC Equity Acquisition Corp., a Colorado corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), and John W. Straker, Jr. as Shareholder (as such term is defined below).

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION, WPC EQUITY ACQUISITION CORP. and EQUITY OIL COMPANY February 1, 2004

Merger Agreement • February 3rd, 2004 • Equity Oil Co • Crude petroleum & natural gas • Colorado

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  February 3rd, 2004
• Company
  Equity Oil Co
• Industry
  Crude petroleum & natural gas
• Jurisdiction
  Colorado

This Agreement and Plan of Merger ("Agreement") is made as of February 1, 2004, by and among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), WPC Equity Acquisition Corp., a Colorado corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), and Equity Oil Company, a Colorado corporation (the "Company"). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Exhibit A.