---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000717423-23-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MUR"
cik: "0000717423"
company_name: "MURPHY OIL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T09:58:47.202424+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.78
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Murphy Oil Q2 net income $0.62/sh; signs Côte d'Ivoire PSCs, agrees $150M Canadian divestiture

## Summary
- Q2 production 184 MBOEPD exceeded upper guidance; net income $98M ($0.62 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $0.79.
- Exploration expense $116M includes $80M Chinook #7 dry hole, $17M Mexico write-off, $10M Côte d'Ivoire seismic.
- Signed PSCs as operator for five deepwater blocks offshore Côte d'Ivoire; includes Paon discovery with development plan due by 2025.
- Agreed to divest non-core Kaybob Duvernay and Placid Montney assets for C$150M, closing expected Q3 2023.
- 2023 CAPEX narrowed to $950M-$1.025B; full-year production guidance raised to 180-186 MBOEPD.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000717423-23-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MUR
- cik: 0000717423
- company_name: MURPHY OIL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.78
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717423/000071742323000048/0000717423-23-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717423/000071742323000048/mur-20230803.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  MURPHY OIL CORP reported the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: net income $98 million, EPS $0.62 net income per diluted share.
  - Period: the second quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Net income: $98 million
  - EPS: $0.62 net income per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE: MUR) today announced its financial and operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023, including net income attributable to Murphy of $98 million, or $0.62 net income per diluted share.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717423/000071742323000048/0000717423-23-000048-index.htm

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