---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-065580"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MUR"
cik: "0000717423"
company_name: "MURPHY OIL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-10-13T10:25:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-13T10:30:14.921939+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Murphy Oil reports Côte d'Ivoire appraisal success, Vietnam discovery and first oil at Lac Da Vang

## Summary
- Bubale West-1X in Block CI-103 offshore Côte d'Ivoire hit ~88 ft (27 m) of net oil pay in the Turonian, plus deeper Albian hydrocarbons; drilled to 19,357 ft in 9,039 ft water.
- Murphy CI-103 Oil Co. holds 85% working interest and operatorship of Block CI-103; PETROCI holds the remaining 15%.
- Lac Da Trang North-1X in Vietnam's Block 15-1/05 encountered 131 ft (40 m) of net oil pay; Murphy operates with 40% WI, PetroVietnam 35%, SK Earthon 25%.
- First oil at Lac Da Vang field (Block 15-1/05) on Sept. 27, 2026; net peak production of ~10-15 MBOEPD expected in 2028-2029 as wells ramp through 2028.
- Chinook #8 in Walker Ridge Block 425 is online through the Pioneer FPSO at ~15 MBOEPD initial gross; Murphy holds 86.7% WI, Petrobras America 13.3%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-065580
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MUR
- cik: 0000717423
- company_name: MURPHY OIL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-10-13T10:25:25+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717423/000162828026065580/0001628280-26-065580-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717423/000162828026065580/mur-20261012.htm

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