---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001072613-25-000401"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EP"
cik: "0000887396"
company_name: "EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP"
filed_at: "2025-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T06:58:44.493133+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Empire Petroleum Q1 2025 net loss $4.2M on $9M revenue; production down 13% QoQ

## Summary
- Q1 net production 2,049 Boe/d (65% oil), down 13% from Q4 and 7% YoY.
- Total product revenue $9.0M, down 11% QoQ and 12% YoY; net loss $4.2M ($0.12/diluted share).
- Adjusted EBITDA negative $0.6M; company cites severe weather and EOR disruptions in North Dakota.
- Starbuck EOR disrupted by pipeline failure and manufacturing defects; restored early Q2 with production up 70%.
- Expected resolution with NMOCD on wastewater litigation; costs since 2021 over $30M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001072613-25-000401
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EP
- cik: 0000887396
- company_name: EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP
- filed_at: 2025-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261325000401/0001072613-25-000401-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261325000401/emp_8k-18956.htm

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