---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-24-014510"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MUR"
cik: "0000717423"
company_name: "MURPHY OIL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T22:52:40.616371+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Murphy Oil names Eric Hambly as President and CEO, succeeding Roger Jenkins effective Jan 1, 2025

## Summary
- Effective Jan 1, 2025, Eric Hambly becomes President & CEO and joins the Board; he was previously President & COO.
- Roger Jenkins retires as CEO on Dec 31, 2024; he will serve as non-executive advisor until Dec 31, 2025.
- Hambly has 26 years in the industry; joined Murphy in 2006 and held roles including EVP Operations.
- Jenkins was CEO since 2013; led Kikeh Field development and key projects.
- Board Chairman Claiborne Deming praised Hambly's leadership and thanked Jenkins for his service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-24-014510
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MUR
- cik: 0000717423
- company_name: MURPHY OIL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717423/000095010324014510/0000950103-24-014510-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717423/000095010324014510/dp218943_8k-1.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-24-014510
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-24-014510.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-24-014510.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric M. Hambly was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at MURPHY OIL CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On October 2, 2024, Murphy Oil Corporation (the “Company”) announced that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) has unanimously appointed Eric M. Hambly, currently the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer, as the President and Chief Executive Officer, effective as of January 1, 2025, and has also elected Mr. Hambly to the Board, effective as of January 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717423/000095010324014510/0000950103-24-014510-index.htm
- Executive change
  Roger W. Jenkins departed as Chief Executive Officer at MURPHY OIL CORP.
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Hambly will be succeeding Roger W. Jenkins, who will be retiring as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a member of the Board, effective as of December 31, 2024, and thereafter is expected to serve as a non-executive employee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717423/000095010324014510/0000950103-24-014510-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.