---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001072613-22-000660"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EP"
cik: "0000887396"
company_name: "EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP"
filed_at: "2022-12-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T03:50:13.573971+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Empire Petroleum appoints Stephen L. Faulkner as Controller and CAO

## Summary
- Appointed Stephen L. Faulkner, Jr. as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer effective December 16, 2022.
- Previously served as VP, Controller and CAO of WPX Energy Inc., a publicly traded E&P company.
- Annual base salary of $200,000; initial RSU grant of 411 shares vesting March 31, 2023.
- Eligible for future equity awards and annual bonuses at Board discretion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001072613-22-000660
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EP
- cik: 0000887396
- company_name: EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP
- filed_at: 2022-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000660/0001072613-22-000660-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000660/emp_8k-18672.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001072613-22-000660
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001072613-22-000660.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001072613-22-000660.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen L. Faulkner, Jr. was appointed as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP.
  - Action: joined
  - Role: Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On December 16, 2022, Stephen L. Faulkner, Jr. (Larry), age 51, joined Empire Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261322000660/0001072613-22-000660-index.htm

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