secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP (EP)
CIK:        0000887396
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001072613-23-000318
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Empire Petroleum promotes Larry Faulkner to CFO, appoints Kevin Vann to board
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- Stephen L. Faulkner promoted to CFO effective April 28, 2023; also remains Chief Accounting Officer; base salary $260,000/year.
- J. Kevin Vann appointed to Board of Directors as independent director; term expires at 2023 annual meeting.
- Faulkner previously served as Controller and CAO; prior roles include VP/Controller/CAO of WPX Energy and CFO of Lobeck Taylor Foundation.
- Michael Morrisett relinquishes principal financial officer duties; Faulkner reports to him as CEO.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000318/0001072613-23-000318-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000318/emp_8k-18719.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001072613-23-000318

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