---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001072613-25-000857"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EP"
cik: "0000887396"
company_name: "EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP"
filed_at: "2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T19:35:14.393516+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Empire Q3 net loss $3.8M, revenue $9.4M; rights offering $2.5M, NM regulatory win

## Summary
- Q3 net loss $3.8M ($0.11/diluted share) on $9.4M product revenue; adjusted EBITDA $0.1M.
- Net production 2,398 Boe/d (65% oil), up 5% oil vs Q2-25.
- Rights offering raised ~$2.5M gross; Chairman Mulacek fully subscribed and exercised oversubscription.
- New Mexico Commission confirmed Empire's ROZ rights, denied competitor SWD wells; stay granted for rehearing.
- Inaugural Texas drilling targeting 2026; Q4 workover to finalize target zones.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001072613-25-000857
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EP
- cik: 0000887396
- company_name: EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP
- filed_at: 2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261325000857/0001072613-25-000857-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261325000857/emp_8k-19016.htm

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