Empire Petroleum (EP) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2025)

Empire Petroleum (EP) reported Operating Expenses of $66.0 million for Q4 2025, up 370.75% on a YoY basis from $14.0 million in Q4 2024, and up 409.9% sequentially from $12.9 million in Q3 2025.

Empire Petroleum (EP) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Empire Petroleum (EP) has 16 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $66.0 million in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Expenses rose 370.75% year-over-year to $66.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at $105.5 million (up 84.1% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $105.5 million, up 84.1% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses advanced to $66.0 million in Q4 2025, from $12.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $66.0 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $3.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $14.3 million and a median of $12.8 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses slumped 35.08% in 2021 and soared 370.75% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Tracing EP's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $10.0 million in 2021, then advanced by 29.14% to $12.9 million in 2022, then advanced by 20.79% to $15.6 million in 2023, then fell by 10.37% to $14.0 million in 2024, then soared by 370.75% to $66.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows EP's Operating Expenses at $66.0 million in Q4 2025, $12.9 million in Q3 2025, and $13.7 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Conocophillips 141.43 Bn 135.06 Bn 9.48 Bn 2.28 Bn
2 Eog Resources 74.61 Bn 70.76 Bn - 4.32 Bn
3 Diamondback Energy 55.39 Bn 55.39 Bn 4.22 Bn 4.12 Bn
4 Woodside Energy 41.28 Bn 35.34 Bn 2.71 Bn -
5 Occidental Petroleum 32.80 Bn 28.99 Bn 4.87 Bn 4.86 Bn
6 Eqt 32.48 Bn 32.37 Bn 1.42 Bn 60.22 Mn
7 Texas Pacific Land 27.36 Bn 27.11 Bn - 54.49 Mn
8 Devon Energy 26.53 Bn 24.72 Bn 3.61 Bn 3.64 Bn
9 Expand Energy 21.67 Bn 19.37 Bn 4.21 Bn 2.87 Bn
10 Empire Petroleum 86.84 Mn 85.65 Mn 689,000.00 65.97 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 65.97 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 12.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 13.66 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 12.96 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 14.01 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 14.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 14.72 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 13.78 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 15.63 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 11.78 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 12.01 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 12.27 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 12.94 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 12.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 9.87 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 8.69 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 10.02 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 7.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 6.79 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 2.96 Mn