UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
______________________________
 
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934




Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):

JANUARY 16, 2018



EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




Delaware
001-16653
73-1238709
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
2651 E. 21 st Street, Suite 310, Tulsa Oklahoma
74114
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 

(539) 444-8002
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 1.01   Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On January 16, 2018, Empire Petroleum Corporation (the "Corporation") entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the "Purchase Agreement"), with Wagon Wheel ArklaTex, LLC and Green Wheel, LLC (collectively, "Seller"), pursuant to which, among other things, the Corporation has agreed to acquire certain oil and gas properties from Seller in North Louisiana comprised of 14,000 gross developed and undeveloped acres and 70 gross wells currently producing approximately 500 gross barrels of oil equivalent per day.  Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (i) the purchase price shall be $14,000,000, subject to customary adjustments, (ii) the effective date of the transactions contemplated by Purchase Agreement shall be January 1, 2018, and (iii) the closing date shall be February 5, 2018.  The Purchase Agreement also contains various representations and warranties, covenants, indemnities, limitations of liability and other terms and conditions that are customary for transactions similar to the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.  The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is only a summary, does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
 
 
 
 
Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d) Exhibits.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Corporation hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally copies of any of the omitted schedules or exhibits upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; provided, however, that the Corporation may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Exchange Act for any schedules or exhibits so furnished.
 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
  EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION  
     
       
Date:  January 22, 2018
By:
/s/ Michael R. Morrisett  
    Michael R. Morrisett  
    President