---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001072613-23-000439"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EP"
cik: "0000887396"
company_name: "EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP"
filed_at: "2023-08-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T09:50:38.892961+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Empire Petroleum Q2 2023 net loss $2.5M, revenue $9.7M, volumes up 6% sequentially

## Summary
- Revenue $9.7M; net loss $2.5M ($0.11/diluted); adjusted net loss $2.4M ($0.11/diluted).
- Adjusted EBITDA $0.2M; ended Q2 with $1.6M liquidity.
- Sales volumes 2,135 Boe/d (66% oil), up 6% sequentially and 4% YoY.
- Capital spending H1 2023 $3.1M on recompletions and sidetrack drilling in North Dakota.
- On Aug 9, 2023, acquired additional working interests in three Lea County, NM properties with largest shareholder.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001072613-23-000439
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EP
- cik: 0000887396
- company_name: EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP
- filed_at: 2023-08-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000439/0001072613-23-000439-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000439/emp_8k-18745.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP reported second quarter of 2023 results: revenue $9.7 million, net income $2.5 million, EPS $0.11 per diluted share.
  - Period: second quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $9.7 million
  - Net income: $2.5 million
  - EPS: $0.11 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Reported revenue of $9.7 million, a net loss of $2.5 million, or $0.11 per diluted share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000439/0001072613-23-000439-index.htm

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