---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001072613-22-000627"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EP"
cik: "0000887396"
company_name: "EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T21:55:10.033824+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Empire Petroleum CAO Angela M. Baker resigns effective Nov 30, 2022

## Summary
- Angela M. Baker resigns as Chief Accounting Officer, effective November 30, 2022.
- She may stay past Nov 30 on a part-time or consulting basis to ensure smooth transition.
- No successor named; departure is a resignation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001072613-22-000627
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EP
- cik: 0000887396
- company_name: EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000627/0001072613-22-000627-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000627/emp_8k-18671.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001072613-22-000627
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001072613-22-000627.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001072613-22-000627.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Angela M. Baker resigned as Chief Accounting Officer at EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On November 7, 2022, Angela M. Baker informed Empire Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) that she was resigning as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company effective November 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000627/0001072613-22-000627-index.htm

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