EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP
Empire Petroleum Corporation (NYSE American: EMP) operates as an independent energy company focused on unlocking value in developed oil and natural gas assets across the United States. The company's website is www.empirepetroleumcorp.com. From the company’s description.
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What EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP does
In the company’s own words
Empire Petroleum Corporation (NYSE American: EMP) operates as an independent energy company focused on unlocking value in developed oil and natural gas assets across the United States. The company's website is www.empirepetroleumcorp.com.
Empire operates through four wholly-owned subsidiaries: Empire New Mexico LLC, Empire North Dakota LLC, Empire Texas LLC, and Empire Louisiana LLC. The company functions as a single operating segment engaged in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids.
The company's primary business strategy centers on cost-effectively optimizing well production, reducing unit operating costs, and targeting proved developed producing acquisitions in predictable fields with historically low production decline and long reserve lives. Empire's portfolio consists of approximately 1,077 gross wells (753 net wells) across its operating regions.
Empire New Mexico represents the company's largest asset base with approximately 709 gross wells on 48,000 gross acres in Lea County, primarily producing oil from the Grayburg and San Andres formations. Empire North Dakota operates approximately 243 gross wells on 24,200 gross acres, with recent focus on enhanced oil recovery development in the Starbuck Field. Empire Texas holds concentrated acreage in the East Texas Basin with 118 gross wells on 43,000 gross acres, while Empire Louisiana operates seven gross wells in the Gulf Coast region.
During 2025, the company produced 524,646 barrels of oil, 860,599 thousand cubic feet of natural gas, and 150,224 barrels of natural gas liquids, representing total production of 818,303 barrels of oil equivalent. The company employs 61 full-time employees and maintains corporate headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with field offices in North Dakota, Texas, and New Mexico.
Empire's proved developed reserves totaled 7,625 million barrels of oil equivalent at December 31, 2025. The company markets its production to third-party purchasers through standard energy industry practices, with oil sold via truck transport or pipeline and natural gas and NGLs sold primarily at lease locations using market-based pricing.
Company details
- Sector
- Energy
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Extraction
- Headquarters
- TULSA, OK
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 887396
- SIC
- 1311
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP — and what changed
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