{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-26-112594","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BATL","cik":"0001282648","company_name":"BATTALION OIL CORP","filed_at":"2026-10-01T12:30:28+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-01T12:35:00.487821+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:17:10.353337+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"Battalion Oil adds Brad Juneau to board, expanding it to five directors effective Sept 30, 2026","bullets":["Battalion expanded its board from four to five directors, appointing John \"Brad\" Juneau as an independent director effective September 30, 2026; the board remains majority-independent.","Juneau founded and manages Juneau Exploration L.P. and has 40+ years in oil and gas; he serves on Talos Energy's board and Contango Silver & Gold's board, previously as its chairman.","At Zilkha Energy he rose to SVP Exploration before its $1.5B sale to Sonat in 1998; in 1999 he co-founded Contango Oil & Gas with Ken Peak, whose stock rose from $0.20 to over $75.","Juneau Exploration led the 2009 eastern interior Alaska gold discovery that became the Manh Choh mine, spun out as Contango Ore and in production since 2024.","CEO Matt Steele cited Juneau's \"accretive, consolidation-minded\" M&A experience; the appointment follows March 2026 director changes and the board's stated plan to add independent directors."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-112594","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-112594.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-112594.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-112594.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282648/000110465926112594/0001104659-26-112594-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282648/000110465926112594/batl-20260930x8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:17:10.353337+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}