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on June 20, 2023.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><B>FORM S-8</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 9pt; margin: 8pt 0 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 18pt"><B>EMPIRE PETROLEUM
CORPORATION</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>73-1238709</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">incorporation or organization) </FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>2200 S. Utica Place, Suite 150</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center">(Address, including zip code, of registrant&#8217;s
principal executive offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Empire Petroleum Corporation 2023 Stock and Incentive
Compensation Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center">(Full title of the plan)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Michael R. Morrisett<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Empire Petroleum Corporation</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>2200 S. Utica Place, Suite 150</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>(539) 444-8002</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Copy to:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>J. Ryan Sacra, Esq.<BR>
Conner &amp; Winters, LLP<BR>
4100 First Place Tower</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>15 East Fifth Street<BR>
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103<BR>
(918)&nbsp;586-5711</B></P>

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221;
&#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9;Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9;Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&thorn;</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9;Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&thorn;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9;Emerging growth company&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT>&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8239;&nbsp;Plan Information.*
</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8239;&nbsp;Registrant Information
and Employee Plan Annual Information.* </B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">*Information required by Part I of Form
S-8 constituting the requirements of a Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note
to Part I of Form S-8. Such information is not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;)
either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;). The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to participants in the equity incentive plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Commission under
the Securities Act.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8239;&nbsp;Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The following documents
filed by Empire Petroleum Corporation (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) with the Commission (other than any portions of such filings that
are furnished rather than filed under applicable Commission rules) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange
Act&rdquo;), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
                                            Registrant&rsquo;s annual report on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000285/0001072613-23-000285-index.htm">Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed on March&nbsp;31, 2023</A>;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
                                            Registrant&rsquo;s quarterly report on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000339/0001072613-23-000339-index.htm">Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2023 filed on May&nbsp;15, 2023</A>;</FONT></P><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
                                            Registrant&rsquo;s current reports on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000257/0001072613-23-000257-index.htm">Form 8-K filed on March&nbsp;22, 2023</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000318/0001072613-23-000318-index.htm">May&nbsp;4, 2023</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000365/0001072613-23-000365-index.htm">June&nbsp;15, 2023</A>; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000175392622000383/exh4-1_18605.htm">The
                                            description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s
                                            annual report on Form 10&#45;K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2021, filed on
                                            March&nbsp;31, 2022, including any subsequent amendment or report filed for the purpose of
                                            updating such description.</A> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">In addition, all documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, excluding any information
furnished pursuant to any current report on Form 8-K, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from their respective dates of filing. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained in any other subsequently filed incorporated document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8239;&nbsp;Description
of Securities.</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 5.&nbsp;&#8239;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel.</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">As of the date of this
Registration Statement, attorneys at Conner &amp; Winters, LLP owned 78,000 shares of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8239;&nbsp;Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 145 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &ldquo;DGCL&rdquo;) grants the Registrant the authority to indemnify each of the Registrant&rsquo;s
directors and officers against all expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually
and reasonably incurred by a director or officer that is made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
(whether civil, criminal or otherwise), by reason of the fact that such director or officer is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Registrant or by reason of the fact that such director or officer, at the Registrant&rsquo;s request, is or was serving
at any other corporation or other entity, in any capacity, if such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the Registrant&rsquo;s best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful; provided, that in the case of an action, suit or proceeding
against a director or officer that is brought by the Registrant or in the Registrant&rsquo;s right, the Registrant may indemnify such
director or officer only in respect of expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such director or
officer; provided further, that no such indemnity for expenses may be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such
director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant unless, and only to the extent that, either the Delaware
Court of Chancery or the court in which the action, suit or proceeding against such director or officer was brought shall determine upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability to the Registrant but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such director
or officer is nevertheless fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity from the Registrant for such expenses in an amount deemed proper
by such court.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Unless ordered by a
court, the determination of whether a then sitting director or officer has met the applicable standard for indemnity, i.e., that the
director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the Registrant&rsquo;s
best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was
unlawful, shall be made (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less
than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum,
or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iv) by
the Registrant&rsquo;s stockholders.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Section 145 of the DGCL
also authorizes the Registrant to advance expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) incurred by a director or officer in defending any
action, suit or proceeding against the director or officer prior to a determination of whether the director or officer is actually entitled
to indemnity and to purchase insurance for the benefit of a director or officer against any liability that may be incurred by reason
of the fact that the insured was or is a director or officer, regardless of whether the liability insured could have legally been indemnified
by the Registrant.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the authority
granted the Registrant by Section 145 of the DGCL, the Registrant has provided in the Registrant&rsquo;s amended and restated certificate
of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws for the indemnification of and advancement of expenses to the Registrant&rsquo;s directors
and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law as from time to time in effect; provided, however, the Registrant is
required to indemnify, or advance expenses to, any such director or officer in connection with an action, suit, claim or proceeding initiated
by such director or officer only if the initiation of such action, suit, claim or proceeding has been authorized by the Registrant&rsquo;s
Board of Directors.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">As permitted by Section
102 of the DGCL, the Registrant&rsquo;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that each of the Registrant&rsquo;s
directors shall not be personally liable to the Registrant or the Registrant&rsquo;s stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director; provided, that a director shall be liable for any breach of such director&rsquo;s duty of loyalty to the
Registrant or the Registrant&rsquo;s stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
a knowing violation of law, for liability under Section 174 of the DGCL (involving certain unlawful dividends or stock repurchases),
or for any transaction from which such director derived an improper personal benefit.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Registrant maintains
a general liability insurance policy that covers certain liabilities of the Registrant&rsquo;s directors and officers arising out of
claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 7. &#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 8. &#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Exhibits.</B></FONT></P>

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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.1in; width: 7%"><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Number</U></B></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%; padding-top: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 90%; padding-right: 53.65pt; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 12.9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><U>Description</U></B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 7.4pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 0.1in"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 53.65pt; padding-left: 12.9pt"></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 7.4pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000310/empire-prox_18715.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.1</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 53.65pt; padding-left: 12.9pt"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261323000310/empire-prox_18715.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Empire
                                            Petroleum Corporation 2023 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by
                                            reference to Annex A to the Registrant&rsquo;s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with
                                            the Commission on May&nbsp;1, 2023).</A></FONT><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 7.4pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh5_18728.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">5*</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 0.1in"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 53.65pt; padding-left: 12.9pt"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh5_18728.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Opinion
                                            of Conner &amp; Winters, LLP.</A></FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 7.4pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh23-1_18728.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">23.1*</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 0.1in"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 53.65pt; padding-left: 12.9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh23-1_18728.htm">Consent
    of Grant Thornton LLP.</A></FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 7.4pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh23-2_18728.htm">23.2*</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 0.1in"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 53.65pt; padding-left: 12.9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh23-2_18728.htm">Consent
    of Moss Adams LLP.</A></FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 7.4pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh23-3_18728.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">23.3*</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 0.1in"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 53.65pt; padding-left: 12.9pt"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh23-3_18728.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent
                                            of Cawley, Gillespie &amp; Associates, Inc.</A></FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 7.4pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh5_18728.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">23.4*</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 0.1in"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 53.65pt; padding-left: 12.9pt"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh5_18728.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent
                                            of Conner &amp; Winters, LLP (included in Exhibit 5).</A></FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 7.4pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#a_001">24*</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 0.1in"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 53.65pt; padding-left: 12.9pt"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#a_001">Power
                                            of Attorney (included on the signature page).</A></FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 7.4pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh107_18728.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">107*</A></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 0.1in"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 53.65pt; padding-left: 12.9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="exh107_18728.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Filing
    Fee Table.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">*Filed herewith.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item 9. &#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Undertakings.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(i)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(ii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT> To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective Registration Statement;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&#9;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 1in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(iii)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Provided, however</I>, that
the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 96.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(3)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
at the termination of the offering.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(b)<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</FONT>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the Registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</FONT></P>

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</FONT>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of
the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Tulsa, State of Oklahoma on the 20<SUP>th</SUP> day of June, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 51%"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">President and Chief Executive Officer </FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><A NAME="a_001"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael R. Morrisett and Stephen L. Faulkner, Jr.,
and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his
or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his, her or their substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director, President and</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June
                                   20, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer and</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Accounting Officer</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June
                                   20, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Stephen
    L. Faulkner, Jr. </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(Principal Financial Officer and <BR>
    Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Phil E. Mulacek</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director and Chairman of
    the Board</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June
                                   20, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Phil E. Mulacek</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Andrew L. Lewis</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June
                                   20, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Andrew L. Lewis</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
    Ben J. Marchive II</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June
                                   20, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ben J. Marchive II</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
    Mason H. Matschke</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June
                                   20, 2023</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Mason H. Matschke</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June 20, 2023.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EMPIRE PETROLEUM
CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
73-1238709
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
2200 S. Utica Place, Suite 150
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114
(Address, including zip code, of registrant's
principal executive offices)
Empire Petroleum Corporation 2023 Stock and Incentive
Compensation Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Michael R. Morrisett
President and Chief Executive Officer
Empire Petroleum Corporation
2200 S. Utica Place, Suite 150
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114
(539) 444-8002
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
J. Ryan Sacra, Esq.
Conner & Winters, LLP
4100 First Place Tower
15 East Fifth Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
(918) 586-5711
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer,"
"smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
þ
Smaller reporting company
þ
Emerging growth company
o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark
if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
o
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.    Plan Information.*
Item 2.    Registrant Information
and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*Information required by Part I of Form
S-8 constituting the requirements of a Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note
to Part I of Form S-8. Such information is not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to participants in the equity incentive plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Commission under
the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.    Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.
The following documents
filed by Empire Petroleum Corporation (the "Registrant") with the Commission (other than any portions of such filings that
are furnished rather than filed under applicable Commission rules) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
·
The
                                            Registrant's annual report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed on March 31, 2023
;
·
The
                                            Registrant's quarterly report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 filed on May 15, 2023
;
·
The
                                            Registrant's current reports on
Form 8-K filed on March 22, 2023
,
May 4, 2023
and
June 15, 2023
; and
·
The
                                            description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's
                                            annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed on
                                            March 31, 2022, including any subsequent amendment or report filed for the purpose of
                                            updating such description.
In addition, all documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, excluding any information
furnished pursuant to any current report on Form 8-K, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from their respective dates of filing. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained in any other subsequently filed incorporated document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 4.    Description
of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.    Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel.
As of the date of this
Registration Statement, attorneys at Conner & Winters, LLP owned 78,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.
Item 6.    Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") grants the Registrant the authority to indemnify each of the Registrant's
directors and officers against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually
and reasonably incurred by a director or officer that is made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
(whether civil, criminal or otherwise), by reason of the fact that such director or officer is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Registrant or by reason of the fact that such director or officer, at the Registrant's request, is or was serving
at any other corporation or other entity, in any capacity, if such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the Registrant's best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful; provided, that in the case of an action, suit or proceeding
against a director or officer that is brought by the Registrant or in the Registrant's right, the Registrant may indemnify such
director or officer only in respect of expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such director or
officer; provided further, that no such indemnity for expenses may be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such
director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant unless, and only to the extent that, either the Delaware
Court of Chancery or the court in which the action, suit or proceeding against such director or officer was brought shall determine upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability to the Registrant but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such director
or officer is nevertheless fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity from the Registrant for such expenses in an amount deemed proper
by such court.
Unless ordered by a
court, the determination of whether a then sitting director or officer has met the applicable standard for indemnity, i.e., that the
director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the Registrant's
best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was
unlawful, shall be made (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less
than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum,
or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iv) by
the Registrant's stockholders.
Section 145 of the DGCL
also authorizes the Registrant to advance expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by a director or officer in defending any
action, suit or proceeding against the director or officer prior to a determination of whether the director or officer is actually entitled
to indemnity and to purchase insurance for the benefit of a director or officer against any liability that may be incurred by reason
of the fact that the insured was or is a director or officer, regardless of whether the liability insured could have legally been indemnified
by the Registrant.
Pursuant to the authority
granted the Registrant by Section 145 of the DGCL, the Registrant has provided in the Registrant's amended and restated certificate
of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws for the indemnification of and advancement of expenses to the Registrant's directors
and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law as from time to time in effect; provided, however, the Registrant is
required to indemnify, or advance expenses to, any such director or officer in connection with an action, suit, claim or proceeding initiated
by such director or officer only if the initiation of such action, suit, claim or proceeding has been authorized by the Registrant's
Board of Directors.
As permitted by Section
102 of the DGCL, the Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that each of the Registrant's
directors shall not be personally liable to the Registrant or the Registrant's stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director; provided, that a director shall be liable for any breach of such director's duty of loyalty to the
Registrant or the Registrant's stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
a knowing violation of law, for liability under Section 174 of the DGCL (involving certain unlawful dividends or stock repurchases),
or for any transaction from which such director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant maintains
a general liability insurance policy that covers certain liabilities of the Registrant's directors and officers arising out of
claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.
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Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.    Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Empire
                                            Petroleum Corporation 2023 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by
                                            reference to Annex A to the Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with
                                            the Commission on May 1, 2023).
5*
Opinion
                                            of Conner & Winters, LLP.
23.1*
Consent
    of Grant Thornton LLP.
23.2*
Consent
    of Moss Adams LLP.
23.3*
Consent
                                            of Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc.
23.4*
Consent
                                            of Conner & Winters, LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
24*
Power
                                            of Attorney (included on the signature page).
107*
Filing
    Fee Table.
_______________
*Filed herewith.
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Item 9.    Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
Provided, however
, that
the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of
the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Tulsa, State of Oklahoma on the 20
th
day of June, 2023.
EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Michael R. Morrisett
Michael R. Morrisett
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael R. Morrisett and Stephen L. Faulkner, Jr.,
and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his
or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his, her or their substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
    Michael R. Morrisett
Director, President and
Chief Executive Officer
June
                                   20, 2023
Michael R. Morrisett
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
    Stephen L. Faulkner, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Accounting Officer
June
                                   20, 2023
Stephen
    L. Faulkner, Jr.
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/
    Phil E. Mulacek
Director and Chairman of
    the Board
June
                                   20, 2023
Phil E. Mulacek
/s/
    Andrew L. Lewis
Director
June
                                   20, 2023
Andrew L. Lewis
/s/
    Ben J. Marchive II
Director
June
                                   20, 2023
Ben J. Marchive II
/s/
    Mason H. Matschke
Director
June
                                   20, 2023
Mason H. Matschke
/s/
    J. Kevin Vann
Director
June 20, 2023
J. Kevin Vann
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