---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001072613-22-000308"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EP"
cik: "0000887396"
company_name: "EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP"
filed_at: "2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T03:20:19.760691+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Empire Petroleum appoints Eugene Sweeney as COO effective Feb 24, 2022

## Summary
- Eugene Sweeney, 54, appointed Chief Operating Officer, reporting to CEO Thomas Pritchard and President Michael Morrisett.
- Mr. Sweeney previously served as VP Operations then Chief Operations Officer, overseeing the XTO/ExxonMobil asset transition.
- Base salary of $260,000 per year; eligible for discretionary annual bonuses and equity awards under the 2021 Stock Plan.
- Prior roles include VP Well Interventions at Cudd Energy Services (RPC, Inc.) and Central Operations/Engineering Leader at BP.
- Holds B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Univ. of Michigan, M.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001072613-22-000308
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EP
- cik: 0000887396
- company_name: EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP
- filed_at: 2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000308/0001072613-22-000308-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000308/emp_8k-18597.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001072613-22-000308.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001072613-22-000308.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eugene Sweeney was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Effective February 24, 2022, the Board of Directors of Empire Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Eugene Sweeney, age 54, as Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000308/0001072613-22-000308-index.htm

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