---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001072613-26-000451"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EP"
cik: "0000887396"
company_name: "EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-15T20:03:58+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T20:07:52.639400+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Empire Petroleum Q1 2026 net loss $6.6M; revenue $7.7M down 15% YoY; production falls 8%

## Summary
- Q1 2026 net loss of $6.6M ($0.18/diluted share) vs. $4.2M loss in Q1 2025; Adjusted EBITDA –$0.7M vs. –$0.6M.
- Revenue $7.7M, down 15% YoY; production 1,880 Boe/d (8% lower YoY) impacted by operational issues and weather.
- Rights Offering raised $10M gross; $3M convertible note settled with equity; debt reduced $5M.
- Texas gas: 3 wells reactivated (+45% net volumes vs Q4 2025); compression capacity expanded >500% to ~3 MMcfd.
- Louisiana three-well program drilling by end of Q2; New Mexico regulatory appeal ongoing; expects op-ex reduction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001072613-26-000451
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EP
- cik: 0000887396
- company_name: EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T20:03:58+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/887396/000107261326000451/0001072613-26-000451-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261326000451/emp_8k-19061.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001072613-26-000451.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP reported financial results for first quarter 2026.
  - Period: first quarter 2026
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Empire Petroleum Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its financial and operating results for the first quarter 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261326000451/0001072613-26-000451-index.htm

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