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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000887396-11-000034
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	10-Q/A
CONFIRMING COPY:	
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110930
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110930

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000887396
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				731238709
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		10-Q/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16653

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4444 E 66TH STREET
		STREET 2:		LOWER ANNEX
		CITY:			TULSA
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			74136-4207
		BUSINESS PHONE:		918-488-8068

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4444 E 66TH STREET
		STREET 2:		LOWER ANNEX
		CITY:			TULSA
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			74136-4207

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICOMM RESOURCES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951115

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICOMM CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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<P STYLE="font-weight: bold; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">UNITED
STATES<BR>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>Washington,
D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">FORM
10-Q/A</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(Amendment No. 1 to
Form 10-Q)</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">_________________</P>

<P STYLE="font-weight: bold; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">[X]<FONT face="Wingdings"></FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)<BR>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</P>

<P STYLE="font-weight: bold; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">For
the quarterly period ended:&nbsp;June 30, 2011</P>

<P STYLE="font-weight: bold; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">or</P>

<P STYLE="font-weight: bold; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">[ ]<FONT face="Wingdings"></FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)<BR>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</P>

<P STYLE="font-weight: bold; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">For
the transition period from: _____________ to _____________</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center">_________________</P>

<P STYLE="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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     <TD STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">(State or Other Jurisdiction</TD>
     <TD STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">(Commission</TD>
     <TD STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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     <TD STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">of Incorporation or Organization)</TD>
     <TD STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">File Number)</TD>
     <TD STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 6pt"><B>4444 E. 66TH STREET, LOWER ANNEX, TULSA,
OKLAHOMA 74136-4207<BR></B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 6pt"><B>918-488-8068<BR></B>(Registrant&rsquo;s
telephone number, including area code)</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 6pt"><B>N/A</B><BR>(Former
name or former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">_________________</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports),
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;[x]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;[ ]</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File
required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (&sect;232.405 of this chapter) during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such
files).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;[x]&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;[ ]</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.</P>

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     <TD STYLE="width: 25%; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">Large accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;[ ]</TD>
     <TD STYLE="width: 20%; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;[ ]&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD STYLE="width: 25%; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;[ ]&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD STYLE="width: 30%; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">Smaller reporting company&nbsp; [x]&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;[
]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;[x]</P>

<P STYLE="font-weight: bold; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">APPLICABLE
ONLY TO REGISTRANTS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY<BR>PROCEEDINGS
DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS:</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by SectionS 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a
court.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;[ ]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;[ ]</P>

<P STYLE="font-weight: bold; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">APPLICABLE
ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt">Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer&rsquo;s classes of common
stock, as of August 12, 2011 was 83,564,235.&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0 0 10pt; font-size: 9pt"><FONT STYLE="line-height: 115%">This Form 10-Q/A is being filed by Empire
Petroleum Company (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) as Amendment No. 1 (this &ldquo;Form 10-Q/A&rdquo;) to its Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2011 (the &ldquo;Previous Form 10-Q&rdquo;). This Form 10-Q/A amends and restates
Item 6 of the Previous Form 10-Q in its entirety. No other information contained in the Previous Form 10-Q is being amended.
Accordingly, this Form 10-Q/A should be read in conjucntion with the Precious Form 10-Q and the Company&rsquo;s filings made
with the Securities and Exchange Commission subsequent to the filing of the Previous Form 10-Q, including any amendments to
those filings. The purpose of filing this Form 10-Q/A is to provide a date on the certifications required by Exchange Act Rule
13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) and Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(b) or 15d-14(b).</FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">PART II. OTHER INFORMATION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Item 6. Exhibits</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 11%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">31</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 89%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">Certification of Chief Executive Officer (and
    principal financial officer) pursuant to Rules 13a - 14 (a) and 15(d) - 14(a) promulgated under the</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Item 601(1) (31) of </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">Regulation S-K, as adopted pursuant to
    Section 302 of the Sarbanes-</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">Oxley Act of 2002 (submitted herewith).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">32</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">Certification of Chief Executive Officer (and principal financial
    officer) pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002 (submitted herewith).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace"></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">EMPIRE PETROLEUM
CORPORATION</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">SIGNATURES</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the</FONT></P>

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thereunto duly authorized.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">Date: September 30, 2011</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace"><U>By: /s/ Albert E. Whitehead</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">Albert E. Whitehead</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Principal</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">EXHIBIT 31</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">CERTIFICATION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">I, Albert E. Whitehead, certify that:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">1. I have reviewed this quarterly report
on Form 10-Q/A of Empire</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Petroleum Corporation;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">2. Based on my knowledge, this report does
not contain any</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the period</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">covered by this report;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
and other financial</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">information included in this report, fairly
present in all material respects</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">the financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">registrant as of, and for, the periods presented
in this report;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s)
and I are responsible</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(f) and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a) Designed such disclosure
controls and procedures, or caused such</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">registrant, including
its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">which this report is
being prepared;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b) Designed such internal
control over financial reporting, or caused</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">such internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">accounting principles;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c) Evaluated the effectiveness
of the registrant's disclosure controls</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">and procedures and presented
in this report our conclusions about the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(d) Disclosed in this
report any change in the registrant's internal</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant's</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">most recent fiscal quarter
(the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">the case of an annual
report) that has materially affected, or is</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">control over financial
reporting; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s)
and I have disclosed,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">reporting, to the registrant's
auditors and the audit committee of</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">the registrant's board
of directors (or persons performing the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">equivalent functions):</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a) All significant deficiencies
and material weaknesses in the design</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrant's ability to</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">record, process, summarize
and report financial information; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b) Any fraud, whether
or not material, that involves management</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">or other employees who
have a significant role in the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">registrant's internal
control over financial reporting.</P>


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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;September 30, 2011</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><U>/s/ Albert E. Whitehead<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></U></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace"><U></U></FONT></TD>
    <TD>Albert E. Whitehead</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">EXHIBIT 32</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">CERTIFICATION PURSUANT
TO</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center">SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY
ACT OF 2002</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">In connection with the quarterly report of
Empire Petroleum Corporation</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">(the &quot;Company&quot;) on Form 10-Q/A for
the period ending June 30, 2011 as</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on the date hereof (the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&quot;Report&quot;), I, Albert E. Whitehead,
Chief Executive Officer (and principal</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">financial officer) of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Act of 2002, that:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(1) The Report fully
complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(2) The information contained
in the Report fairly presents, in all</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">of the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;September 30, 2011</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 51%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace"><U>/s/ Albert E. Whitehead</U>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">Albert&nbsp;E. Whitehead</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">A signed original of this written statement
required by Section 906 has been</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">provided to the Company and will be retained
by the Company and furnished to</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">the Securities and Exchange Commission or
its staff upon request.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The foregoing certification is being furnished
to the Securities and Exchange</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Courier New, Courier, Monospace; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Commission as an exhibit to the Report and
shall not be considered filed as</P>

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