---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-053431"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MUR"
cik: "0000717423"
company_name: "MURPHY OIL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-05T20:37:02+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T20:38:28.425760+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Murphy Oil Q2 net income $232.2M, EPS $1.59; oil discovery in Côte d'Ivoire

## Summary
- Net income attributable to Murphy $232.2M ($1.59 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $1.55.
- Total production 168,995 BOEPD (85,265 BOPD oil); produced at upper end of guidance.
- Capital expenditures $476M; free cash flow $110M; operating cash flow $655.9M.
- Announced oil discovery at Bubale-1X in Côte d'Ivoire; advanced Lac Da Vang project toward first oil.
- Lease operating expense $8.83/BOE; adjusted EBITDAX $632M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-053431
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MUR
- cik: 0000717423
- company_name: MURPHY OIL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T20:37:02+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/717423/000162828026053431/0001628280-26-053431-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717423/000162828026053431/mur-20260805.htm

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