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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001072613-23-000586
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		15
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20231129
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231129
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231129

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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16653
		FILM NUMBER:		231452974

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 S. UTICA PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 150
		CITY:			TULSA
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			74114
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(539) 444-8002

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 S. UTICA PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 150
		CITY:			TULSA
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			74114

	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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November&#160;29, 2023, Empire Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), entered into a Securities Purchase
Agreement with Phil Mulacek, an individual (&#8220;Mulacek&#8221;), pursuant to which Mulacek purchased 1,256,832 shares of common stock
of the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $10,054,657.53 (or $8.00 per share), of which (a) $5,000,000 was paid in cash to the
Company and (b) $5,054,657.53 was paid through cancellation and extinguishment of the outstanding principal amount and all accrued interest
thereon under that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note due December 31, 2024, in the original aggregate principal amount of
$5,000,000 (the &#8220;Mulacek Bridge Loan&#8221;), issued by the Company&#8217;s wholly-owned subsidiary, Empire North Dakota LLC (&#8220;Empire
North Dakota&#8221;), to Mulacek (the &#8220;Mulacek Securities Agreement&#8221;).</span></p>

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November&#160;29, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Energy Evolution Master Fund, Ltd, a Cayman Islands
exempted company (&#8220;Energy Evolution&#8221;), pursuant to which Energy Evolution purchased 1,256,832 shares of common stock of the
Company for an aggregate purchase price of $10,054,657.53 (or $8.00 per share), of which (a) $2,000,000 was advanced in cash to the Company
on November&#160;22, 2023, (b) $3,000,000 was paid in cash to the Company and (c) $5,054,657.53 was paid through cancellation and extinguishment
of the outstanding principal amount and all accrued interest thereon under that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note due December
31, 2024, in the original aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 (the &#8220;Energy Evolution Bridge Loan&#8221;), issued by Empire
North Dakota to Energy Evolution (the &#8220;Energy Evolution Securities Agreement&#8221; and collectively with the Mulacek Securities
Agreement, the &#8220;Securities Purchase Agreements&#8221;).</span></p>

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Securities Purchase Agreements also contain certain covenants, representations and warranties, and other customary terms and conditions,
including the Company using its commercially reasonable best efforts to register the resale of the shares of common stock of the Company
described above under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, within 90 days.</span></p>

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<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 0"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">For
a description of any material relationship between the Company and Mulacek and Energy Evolution, see the Company&#8217;s definitive proxy
statement for its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on May
1, 2023 and the Company&#8217;s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September&#160;30, 2023 filed with the SEC on November&#160;13, 2023.</span></p>

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<p style="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 0"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
foregoing summary of the Securities Purchase Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full terms and conditions of
the Securities Purchase Agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated
by reference into this Item 1.01.</span></p>

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information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The sales
of common stock of the Company described above were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance upon the
exemption from the registration requirements of that Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof. Mulacek and Energy Evolution are sophisticated
accredited investors with the experience and expertise to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Company&#8217;s common
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the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.</span></p>

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PURCHASE AGREEMENT</B></FONT></P>

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South Utica Place</FONT></P>

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150</FONT></P>

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Oklahoma 74114</FONT></P>

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444-8002 </FONT></P>

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29, 2023</FONT></P>

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                                            Mulacek</FONT></TD>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">25025
                                            Interstate 45, STE 420</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">The
                                            Woodlands, Texas 77380</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">The
undersigned, Empire Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), hereby agrees with you as follows, effective
as of the date above written:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 15pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>1.</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="width: 20pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Authorization
                                            and Sale of the Common Stock.</B></FONT></TD>
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The Company represents that it has authorized the issuance to you pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof 1,256,832 shares of its
common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;).</FONT></P>

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Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, on the Purchase Date (as defined Section 2 below), the Company shall issue and sell to you,
and you shall purchase from the Company, the Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $10,054,657.53, of which (a) $5,000,000
shall be paid in cash to the Company via wire transfer as set forth below and (b) $5,054,657.53 shall be paid through cancellation and
extinguishment of the outstanding principal amount and all accrued interest thereon under that certain Amended and Restated Promissory
Note due December 31, 2024, in the original aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 (the &#8220;Mulacek Note&#8221;), issued by the
Company&#8217;s wholly-owned subsidiary, Empire North Dakota LLC, to you (collectively, the &#8220;Purchase Price&#8221;).</FONT></P>

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                                            of Purchase Price; Delivery.</B></FONT></TD>
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the execution of this Agreement, you shall deliver to the Company (a) wire funds or a check payable to the Company in the amount of the
cash portion of the Purchase Price and (b) the original of the Mulacek Note marked &#8220;CANCELLED&#8221;. Upon receipt of the cash
portion of the Purchase Price and the cancelled Mulacek Note from you (the &#8220;Purchase Date&#8221;), the Company shall promptly issue
and deliver to you the Common Stock.</FONT></P>

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Number:</FONT></P>

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Empire Petroleum Corporation</FONT></P>

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South Utica Place, Suite 150</FONT></P>

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Oklahoma 74114</FONT></P>

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                                            and Warranties of the Company.</B></FONT></TD>
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Company hereby represents and warrants to you as follows:</FONT></P>

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and Standing; Articles and Bylaws</I>. The Company is a corporation duly organized and existing under, and by virtue of, the laws of
the State of Delaware and is in good standing under such laws. The Company is qualified, licensed or domesticated as a foreign corporation
in all jurisdictions where the nature of its business conducted or the character of its properties owned or leased makes such qualification,
licensing or domestication necessary at this time except in those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed and
in good standing does not and will not have a materially adverse effect on the Company, the conduct of its business or the ownership
or operation of its properties. The Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, &#9;Certificate of Designation
of Series A Voting Preferred Stock, and Amended and Restated Bylaws, which have been filed as attachments to the Company&#8217;s reports
it files with Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;), are true, correct and complete, and contain all amendments
through the date of this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">3.2<I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Corporate
Power</I>. The Company has the requisite corporate power to own and operate its properties and assets, and to carry on its business as
presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted. The Company has now, and will have at the Purchase Date, all requisite legal and
corporate power to enter into this Agreement, to sell the Common Stock hereunder, and to carry out and perform its obligations under
the terms of this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 190,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 10,000,000
shares of Series A preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. There are issued and outstanding approximately 22,892,280 shares of common
stock and six shares of Series A preferred stock. The issued and outstanding shares of common stock and Series A preferred stock are
fully paid and nonassessable. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials (as defined in Section&nbsp;4.1(a) below), there are no
outstanding options, warrants or other rights, including preemptive rights, entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire shares
of common stock of the Company.</FONT></P>

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corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and shareholders necessary for the sale and issuance of the Common
Stock pursuant hereto and the performance of the Company&#8217;s obligations hereunder has been taken or will be taken prior to the Purchase
Date. This Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general application affecting enforcement
of creditors&#8217; rights, and except as limited by application of legal principles affecting the availability of equitable&#8239;remedies.</FONT></P>

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Common Stock, when issued in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
and will be free of any liens or encumbrances; provided, however, that such Common Stock and will be subject to restrictions on transfer
under state and/or Federal securities laws, and as may be required by future changes in such laws.</FONT></P>

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shareholder of the Company has any right of first refusal or any preemptive rights in connection with the issuance of the Common Stock
or of any other capital stock of the Company.</FONT></P>

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with Instruments</I>. The Company is not in violation of any terms of its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Certificate
of Designation of Series A Voting Preferred Stock, and Amended and Restated Bylaws, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any judgment,
decree or order applicable to it. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, and the issuance and sale
of the Common Stock pursuant hereto, will not result in any such violation or be in conflict with or constitute a default under any such
term, or cause the acceleration of maturity of any loan or material obligation to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound
or with respect to which it is an obligor or guarantor, or result in the creation or imposition of any material lien, claim, charge,
restriction, equity or encumbrance of any kind whatsoever upon, or, to the knowledge of the Company, give to any other person any interest
or right (including any right of termination or cancellation) in or with respect to any of the material properties, assets, business
or agreements of the Company.</FONT></P>

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etc</I>. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, there are no actions, proceedings or, to the knowledge of the Company, investigations
pending which might result in any material adverse change in the business, prospects, conditions, affairs or operations of the Company
or in any of its properties or assets, or in any impairment of the right or ability of the Company to carry on its business as proposed
to be conducted, or in any material liability on the part of the Company, or which question the validity of this Agreement or any action
taken or to be taken in connection herewith.</FONT></P>

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Consent, etc</I>. Except as may be required in connection with any filings required under the Federal securities laws and/or the securities
laws of any state due to the offer and sale of the Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement, no consent, approval or authorization of,
or designation, declaration or filing with, any governmental unit is required on the part of the Company in connection with the valid
execution and delivery of this Agreement, or the offer, sale or issuance of the Common Stock or the consummation of any other transaction
contemplated hereby.</FONT></P>

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Registration and Filings</I>. The outstanding shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;). The Company has filed all reports required by Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the last two fiscal years. All of such reports were, at the time they were filed, complete and
accurate in all material respects and did not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.</FONT></P>

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                                            and Warranties of Purchaser and Restrictions on Transfer Imposed by the Securities Act.</B></FONT></TD>
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and Warranties by Purchaser</I>. You represent and warrant to the Company as follows:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 -9pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You
have reviewed the following copies of the Company&#8217;s (all of which, including the exhibits thereto, are collectively referred to
as the &#8220;Disclosure Materials&#8221;):</FONT></P>

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                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(ii)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Quarterly
                                            Report on Form 10Q for quarter ended September 30, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(iii)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2023 located at [html address] </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(iv)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on November 1, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(v)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on October 12, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(vi)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on September 25, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on August 15, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(viii)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Quarterly
                                            Report on Form 10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(ix)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on July 13, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(x)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on June 15, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(xi)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on May 16, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(xii)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Quarterly
                                            Report on Form 10-Q for quarter ended March 31, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(xiii)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on May 4, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Annual Report filed on May 2, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(xv)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">2023
                                            Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on May 1, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(xvi)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(xvii)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Annual
                                            Report on Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2022 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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have also reviewed the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Certificate of Designation of Series A Voting
Preferred Stock, and Amended and Restated Bylaws.</FONT></P>

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are experienced in evaluating and investing in companies such as the Company. You are able to bear the full economic risk of your investment
in the Common Stock. Further, you understand that the Common Stock purchased hereby is of a highly speculative nature and could result
in the loss of your entire investment.</FONT></P>

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have been furnished by the Company with all information requested concerning the proposed operations, affairs and current financial condition
of the Company. Such information and access have been available to the extent you consider necessary and advisable in making an intelligent
investment decision. In addition, you have received and reviewed copies of the Disclosure Materials and have had the opportunity to discuss
the Company&#8217;s business, management and financial affairs with its Chief Executive Officer and President or Chief Financial Officer.
You understand that such discussions, as well as the Disclosure Materials and any other written information issued by the Company, were
intended to describe certain aspects of the Company&#8217;s business and prospects which it believes to be material but were not necessarily
a thorough or exhaustive description.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 63pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Common Stock to be acquired by you will be acquired, solely for your account, for investment purposes only and not with a view to the
resale or distribution thereof, are not being purchased for subdivision or fractionalization thereof, and you have no contract, undertaking,
agreement or arrangement with any person to sell or transfer such Common Stock to any person and do not intend to enter into such contract
or arrangement.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 63pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You
understand that the Common Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;),
nor are they registered or qualified under the blue sky or securities laws of any state, by reason of their issuance in a transaction
exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Sections 3(b) or 4(2) of the Securities
Act and available exemptions from the registration requirements of any applicable state securities laws. You further understand that
the Common Stock must be held by you indefinitely and you must therefore bear the economic risk of such investment indefinitely, unless
a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act or is exempt from registration.</FONT></P>

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have the full right, power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation upon you, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general
application affecting enforcement of creditors&#8217; rights, and except as limited by application of legal principles affecting the
availability of equitable remedies.</FONT></P>

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are an accredited investor as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC.</FONT></P>

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initialing one of the categories below, the undersigned represents and warrants that the undersigned comes within the category so initialed
and has truthfully set forth the factual basis or reason the undersigned comes within that category. ALL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS
PARAGRAPH WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. The undersigned agrees to furnish any additional information which the Company deems necessary
in order to verify the answers set forth below.</FONT></P>

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  <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Category&#8239;I&#8239; &#8239;&#8239;</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 3%"></TD>
  <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">______</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 84%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">The
  undersigned is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with the undersigned's
  spouse, presently exceeds U.S. $1,000,000.</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Explanation. In calculation of net worth the undersigned
  may not include equity in the undersigned&#8217;s primary residence, however the undersigned can include equity in all other real estate.
  The calculation of net worth may also include the undersigned&#8217;s personal property, cash, short term investments, stocks and securities.
  Equity in personal property and real estate should be based on the fair market value of such property less debt secured by such property.
  Any debt that secures the undersigned&#8217;s primary residence can be excluded from liabilities in calculating the undersigned&#8217;s
  net worth, as long as the debt does not exceed the fair market value of the property (except that if the amount of such debt outstanding
  at the time of the undersigned&#8217;s purchase of the Shares exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days before such time, other than as
  a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability). If, however,&nbsp;the
  amount of the debt exceeds the fair market value of the primary residence and the mortgagee&nbsp;or other lender has recourse to the
  undersigned personally&nbsp;for any deficiency, that&nbsp;excess liability should be deducted from the undersigned's net worth.&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Category&#8239;II &#8239;</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 3%"></TD>
  <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">______</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 84%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">The
  undersigned is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) who had an individual income in excess of U.S. $200,000 in each
  of the two most recent years, or joint income with the undersigned's spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of the two most recent years,
  and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Category&#8239;III&#8239;</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 3%"></TD>
  <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">______</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 84%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black; letter-spacing: -0.15pt">The
  undersigned otherwise meets the definition of &ldquo;Accredited Investors&rdquo; as defined in Section 230.501(a) of the Act</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">.</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 -9pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You
were not offered the Common Stock by means of general solicitations, publicly disseminated advertisements or sales literature.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">4.2<I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Legends</I>.
The instrument representing the Common Stock shall be endorsed with the legend set forth below:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 1in 0 89pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER ANY STATE
SECURITIES ACT. THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS (I)
THEY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES ACT, OR (II) THE COMPANY
SHALL HAVE BEEN FURNISHED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER ANY
OF SUCH ACTS.</FONT></P>

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addition, the instrument representing the Common Stock shall be endorsed with any other legend required by any state securities laws.
The Company need not register a transfer of legended Common Stock and may also instruct its transfer agent not to register the transfer
of the Common Stock, unless one of the conditions specified in each of the foregoing legends is satisfied.</FONT></P>

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                                            by Purchaser.</B></FONT></TD>
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acknowledge and understand that the Company has agreed to offer and sell the Common Stock to you based upon the representations and warranties
made by you in this Agreement, and you hereby agree to indemnify the Company and to hold the Company and its incorporators, officers,
directors and professional advisors harmless against all liability, costs or expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees) arising by reason
of or in connection with any misrepresentation or any breach of such representations and warranties by you, or arising as a result of
the sale or distribution of any Common Stock by you in violation of the Securities Act or other applicable law.</FONT></P>

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                                            Registration Rights.</B></FONT></TD>
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Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to (a) cause a registration statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of the
Common Stock to be filed with the SEC and become effective no later than February 15, 2024 and (b) keep such registration statement continuously
effective under the Securities Act until November 15, 2024.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">7.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Successors
and Assigns</I>. All the provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the parties shall bind and inure to the benefit of respective
successors and permitted assigns of each party.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">7.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Notices</I>.
All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by first class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed (a)&nbsp;if to you, at your address set forth on the first page hereof, or at such other address as you shall have
furnished to the Company in writing, or (b)&nbsp;if to the Company, at its address set forth on the first page hereof, or at such other
address as the Company shall have furnished to you in writing in accordance with this Section 7.2.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">7.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Waivers;
Amendments</I>. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified with (but only with) the written consent of the Company and
you. Any amendment, modification or waiver effected in compliance with this Section 7.3 shall be binding upon the Company and you. No
failure or delay of the Company or you in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single
or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude
any other or further exercise thereon or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Company and you hereunder
are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which each would otherwise have.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">7.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Separability</I>.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
The parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions,
the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.</FONT></P>

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Law</I>. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of Delaware without regard to principles
of conflicts of law, except as otherwise required by mandatory provisions of law.</FONT></P>

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Headings</I>. The section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed in any way to affect
the interpretation of any provisions of this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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Agreement</I>. This Agreement and the other documents delivered pursuant hereto constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement
between the parties hereto with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof.</FONT></P>

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Fees</I>. You represent and warrant to the Company that no finder or broker has been retained by you in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and you hereby agree to indemnify and to hold the Company and its respective officers, directors and controlling
persons, harmless of and from any liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder&#8217;s fee to any broker or
other person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such liability or asserted liability) for which you, or any of
your employees or representatives, are responsible. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold you, and your respective officers,
directors and controlling persons, harmless of and from any liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder&#8217;s
fee to any broker or other person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such liability or asserted liability) for
which it, or any of its employees or representatives, are responsible.</FONT></P>

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Documents</I>. The parties to this Agreement shall in good faith execute such other and further instruments, assignments or documents
as may be necessary or advisable to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one instrument, and which shall become effective when there exist copies signed by the Company and by you.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B><U>EXHIBIT
10.2</U></B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT</B></FONT></P>

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South Utica Place</FONT></P>

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Oklahoma 74114</FONT></P>

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444-8002 </FONT></P>

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29, 2023</FONT></P>

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                                            Evolution Master Fund, Ltd.</FONT></TD>
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                                            E2 Investment Advisors LLC</FONT></TD></TR>
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                                            Interstate 45, STE 420</FONT></TD></TR>
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undersigned, Empire Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), hereby agrees with you as follows, effective
as of the date above written:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 15pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>1.</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="width: 20pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Authorization
                                            and Sale of the Common Stock.</B></FONT></TD>
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The Company represents that it has authorized the issuance to you pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof 1,256,832 shares of its
common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;).</FONT></P>

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Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, on the Purchase Date (as defined Section 2 below), the Company shall issue and sell to you,
and you shall purchase from the Company, the Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $10,054,657.53, of which (a) $2,000,000
was advanced to the Company by you on November 22, 2023, (b) $3,000,000 shall be paid in cash to the Company via wire transfer as set
forth below, and (c) $5,054,657.53 shall be paid through cancellation and extinguishment of the outstanding principal amount and all
accrued interest thereon under that certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note due December 31, 2024, in the original aggregate principal
amount of $5,000,000 (the &#8220;EEF Note&#8221;), issued by the Company&#8217;s wholly-owned subsidiary, Empire North Dakota LLC, to
you (collectively, the &#8220;Purchase Price&#8221;).</FONT></P>

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the execution of this Agreement, you shall deliver to the Company (a) wire funds or a check payable to the Company in the amount of the
cash portion of the Purchase Price and (b) the original of the EEF Note marked &#8220;CANCELLED&#8221;. Upon receipt of the cash portion
of the Purchase Price and the cancelled EEF Note from you (the &#8220;Purchase Date&#8221;), the Company shall promptly issue and deliver
to you the Common Stock.</FONT></P>

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Number:</FONT></P>

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Empire Petroleum Corporation</FONT></P>

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Number:</FONT></P>

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South Utica Place, Suite 150</FONT></P>

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Oklahoma 74114</FONT></P>

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                                            and Warranties of the Company.</B></FONT></TD>
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Company hereby represents and warrants to you as follows:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&#9;3.1<I>&#9;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Organization
and Standing; Articles and Bylaws</I>. The Company is a corporation duly organized and existing under, and by virtue of, the laws of
the State of Delaware and is in good standing under such laws. The Company is qualified, licensed or domesticated as a foreign corporation
in all jurisdictions where the nature of its business conducted or the character of its properties owned or leased makes such qualification,
licensing or domestication necessary at this time except in those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed and
in good standing does not and will not have a materially adverse effect on the Company, the conduct of its business or the ownership
or operation of its properties. The Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, &#9;Certificate of Designation
of Series A Voting Preferred Stock, and Amended and Restated Bylaws, which have been filed as attachments to the Company&#8217;s reports
it files with Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;), are true, correct and complete, and contain all amendments
through the date of this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">3.2<I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Corporate
Power</I>. The Company has the requisite corporate power to own and operate its properties and assets, and to carry on its business as
presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted. The Company has now, and will have at the Purchase Date, all requisite legal and
corporate power to enter into this Agreement, to sell the Common Stock hereunder, and to carry out and perform its obligations under
the terms of this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">3.3<I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Capitalization</I>.
The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 190,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 10,000,000
shares of Series A preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. There are issued and outstanding approximately 22,892,280 shares of common
stock and six shares of Series A preferred stock. The issued and outstanding shares of common stock and Series A preferred stock are
fully paid and nonassessable. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials (as defined in Section&nbsp;4.1(a) below), there are no
outstanding options, warrants or other rights, including preemptive rights, entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire shares
of common stock of the Company.</FONT></P>

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corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and shareholders necessary for the sale and issuance of the Common
Stock pursuant hereto and the performance of the Company&#8217;s obligations hereunder has been taken or will be taken prior to the Purchase
Date. This Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general application affecting enforcement
of creditors&#8217; rights, and except as limited by application of legal principles affecting the availability of equitable remedies.</FONT></P>

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Common Stock, when issued in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
and will be free of any liens or encumbrances; provided, however, that such Common Stock and will be subject to restrictions on transfer
under state and/or Federal securities laws, and as may be required by future changes in such laws.</FONT></P>

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shareholder of the Company has any right of first refusal or any preemptive rights in connection with the issuance of the Common Stock
or of any other capital stock of the Company.</FONT></P>

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with Instruments</I>. The Company is not in violation of any terms of its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Certificate
of Designation of Series A Voting Preferred Stock, and Amended and Restated Bylaws, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any judgment,
decree or order applicable to it. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, and the issuance and sale
of the Common Stock pursuant hereto, will not result in any such violation or be in conflict with or constitute a default under any such
term, or cause the acceleration of maturity of any loan or material obligation to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound
or with respect to which it is an obligor or guarantor, or result in the creation or imposition of any material lien, claim, charge,
restriction, equity or encumbrance of any kind whatsoever upon, or, to the knowledge of the Company, give to any other person any interest
or right (including any right of termination or cancellation) in or with respect to any of the material properties, assets, business
or agreements of the Company.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">3.6<I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Litigation,
etc</I>. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Materials, there are no actions, proceedings or, to the knowledge of the Company, investigations
pending which might result in any material adverse change in the business, prospects, conditions, affairs or operations of the Company
or in any of its properties or assets, or in any impairment of the right or ability of the Company to carry on its business as proposed
to be conducted, or in any material liability on the part of the Company, or which question the validity of this Agreement or any action
taken or to be taken in connection herewith.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">3.7<I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Governmental
Consent, etc</I>. Except as may be required in connection with any filings required under the Federal securities laws and/or the securities
laws of any state due to the offer and sale of the Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement, no consent, approval or authorization of,
or designation, declaration or filing with, any governmental unit is required on the part of the Company in connection with the valid
execution and delivery of this Agreement, or the offer, sale or issuance of the Common Stock or the consummation of any other transaction
contemplated hereby.</FONT></P>

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Registration and Filings</I>. The outstanding shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;). The Company has filed all reports required by Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the last two fiscal years. All of such reports were, at the time they were filed, complete and
accurate in all material respects and did not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.</FONT></P>

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                                            and Warranties of Purchaser and Restrictions on Transfer Imposed by the Securities Act.</B></FONT></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">4.1<I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Representations
and Warranties by Purchaser</I>. You represent and warrant to the Company as follows:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 63pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You
have reviewed the following copies of the Company&#8217;s (all of which, including the exhibits thereto, are collectively referred to
as the &#8220;Disclosure Materials&#8221;):</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(i)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(ii)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Quarterly
                                            Report on Form 10Q for quarter ended September 30, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(iii)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(iv)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on November 1, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(v)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on October 12, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(vi)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on September 25, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(vii)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on August 15, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(viii)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Quarterly
                                            Report on Form 10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(ix)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on July 13, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(x)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on June 15, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on May 16, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(xii)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Quarterly
                                            Report on Form 10-Q for quarter ended March 31, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(xiii)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on May 4, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(xiv)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">2022
                                            Annual Report filed on May 2, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(xv)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">2023
                                            Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on May 1, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 90pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">(xvi)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Current
                                            Report on Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2023 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                                            Report on Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2022 located at [html address]</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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have also reviewed the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Certificate of Designation of Series A Voting
Preferred Stock, and Amended and Restated Bylaws.</FONT></P>

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are experienced in evaluating and investing in companies such as the Company. You are able to bear the full economic risk of your investment
in the Common Stock. Further, you understand that the Common Stock purchased hereby is of a highly speculative nature and could result
in the loss of your entire investment.</FONT></P>

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have been furnished by the Company with all information requested concerning the proposed operations, affairs and current financial condition
of the Company. Such information and access have been available to the extent you consider necessary and advisable in making an intelligent
investment decision. In addition, you have received and reviewed copies of the Disclosure Materials and have had the opportunity to discuss
the Company&#8217;s business, management and financial affairs with its Chief Executive Officer and President or Chief Financial Officer.
You understand that such discussions, as well as the Disclosure Materials and any other written information issued by the Company, were
intended to describe certain aspects of the Company&#8217;s business and prospects which it believes to be material but were not necessarily
a thorough or exhaustive description.</FONT></P>

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Common Stock to be acquired by you will be acquired, solely for your account, for investment purposes only and not with a view to the
resale or distribution thereof, are not being purchased for subdivision or fractionalization thereof, and you have no contract, undertaking,
agreement or arrangement with any person to sell or transfer such Common Stock to any person and do not intend to enter into such contract
or arrangement.</FONT></P>

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understand that the Common Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;),
nor are they registered or qualified under the blue sky or securities laws of any state, by reason of their issuance in a transaction
exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Sections 3(b) or 4(2) of the Securities
Act and available exemptions from the registration requirements of any applicable state securities laws. You further understand that
the Common Stock must be held by you indefinitely and you must therefore bear the economic risk of such investment indefinitely, unless
a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act or is exempt from registration.</FONT></P>

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have the full right, power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation upon you, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general
application affecting enforcement of creditors&#8217; rights, and except as limited by application of legal principles affecting the
availability of equitable remedies.</FONT></P>

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are an accredited investor as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC. </FONT></P>

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initialing one of the categories below, the undersigned represents and warrants that the undersigned comes within the category so initialed
and has truthfully set forth the factual basis or reason the undersigned comes within that category. ALL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS
PARAGRAPH WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. The undersigned agrees to furnish any additional information which the Company deems necessary
in order to verify the answers set forth below.</FONT></P>

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  <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Category&#8239;I&#8239; &#8239;&#8239;</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 3%"></TD>
  <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">______</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 84%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">The
  undersigned is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with the undersigned's
  spouse, presently exceeds U.S. $1,000,000.</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Explanation.
  In calculation of net worth the undersigned may not include equity in the undersigned&#8217;s primary residence, however the undersigned
  can include equity in all other real estate. The calculation of net worth may also include the undersigned&#8217;s personal property,
  cash, short term investments, stocks and securities. Equity in personal property and real estate should be based on the fair market
  value of such property less debt secured by such property. Any debt that secures the undersigned&#8217;s primary residence can be excluded
  from liabilities in calculating the undersigned&#8217;s net worth, as long as the debt does not exceed the fair market value of the
  property (except that if the amount of such debt outstanding at the time of the undersigned&#8217;s purchase of the Shares exceeds
  the amount outstanding 60 days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of
  such excess shall be included as a liability). If, however,&nbsp;the amount of the debt exceeds the fair market value of the primary
  residence and the mortgagee&nbsp;or other lender has recourse to the undersigned personally&nbsp;for any deficiency, that&nbsp;excess
  liability should be deducted from the undersigned's net worth.&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Category&#8239;II &#8239;</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 3%"></TD>
  <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">______</FONT></TD>
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  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 84%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">The
  undersigned is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) who had an individual income in excess of U.S. $200,000 in each
  of the two most recent years, or joint income with the undersigned's spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of the two most recent years,
  and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Category&#8239;III&#8239;</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 3%"></TD>
  <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">______</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 84%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black; letter-spacing: -0.15pt">The
  undersigned otherwise meets the definition of &#8220;Accredited Investors&#8221; as defined in Section 230.501(a) of the Act</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">.</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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were not offered the Common Stock by means of general solicitations, publicly disseminated advertisements or sales literature.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">4.2<I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Legends</I>.
The instrument representing the Common Stock shall be endorsed with the legend set forth below:</FONT></P>

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SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER ANY STATE
SECURITIES ACT. THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS (I)
THEY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES ACT, OR (II) THE COMPANY
SHALL HAVE BEEN FURNISHED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER ANY
OF SUCH ACTS.</FONT></P>

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addition, the instrument representing the Common Stock shall be endorsed with any other legend required by any state securities laws.
The Company need not register a transfer of legended Common Stock and may also instruct its transfer agent not to register the transfer
of the Common Stock, unless one of the conditions specified in each of the foregoing legends is satisfied.</FONT></P>

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                                            by Purchaser.</B></FONT></TD>
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acknowledge and understand that the Company has agreed to offer and sell the Common Stock to you based upon the representations and warranties
made by you in this Agreement, and you hereby agree to indemnify the Company and to hold the Company and its incorporators, officers,
directors and professional advisors harmless against all liability, costs or expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees) arising by reason
of or in connection with any misrepresentation or any breach of such representations and warranties by you, or arising as a result of
the sale or distribution of any Common Stock by you in violation of the Securities Act or other applicable law.</FONT></P>

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                                            Registration Rights.</B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">The
Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to (a) cause a registration statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of the
Common Stock to be filed with the SEC and become effective no later than February 15, 2024 and (b) keep such registration statement continuously
effective under the Securities Act until November 15, 2024.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">7.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Successors
and Assigns</I>. All the provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the parties shall bind and inure to the benefit of respective
successors and permitted assigns of each party.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">7.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Notices</I>.
All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by first class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed (a)&nbsp;if to you, at your address set forth on the first page hereof, or at such other address as you shall have
furnished to the Company in writing, or (b)&nbsp;if to the Company, at its address set forth on the first page hereof, or at such other
address as the Company shall have furnished to you in writing in accordance with this Section 7.2.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">7.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Waivers;
Amendments</I>. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified with (but only with) the written consent of the Company and
you. Any amendment, modification or waiver effected in compliance with this Section 7.3 shall be binding upon the Company and you. No
failure or delay of the Company or you in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single
or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude
any other or further exercise thereon or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Company and you hereunder
are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which each would otherwise have.</FONT></P>

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In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
The parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions,
the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.</FONT></P>

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Law</I>. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of Delaware without regard to principles
of conflicts of law, except as otherwise required by mandatory provisions of law.</FONT></P>

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Headings</I>. The section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed in any way to affect
the interpretation of any provisions of this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">7.7<I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Entire
Agreement</I>. This Agreement and the other documents delivered pursuant hereto constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement
between the parties hereto with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black">7.8<I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Finder&#8217;s
Fees</I>. You represent and warrant to the Company that no finder or broker has been retained by you in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and you hereby agree to indemnify and to hold the Company and its respective officers, directors and controlling
persons, harmless of and from any liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder&#8217;s fee to any broker or
other person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such liability or asserted liability) for which you, or any of
your employees or representatives, are responsible. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold you, and your respective officers,
directors and controlling persons, harmless of and from any liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder&#8217;s
fee to any broker or other person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such liability or asserted liability) for
which it, or any of its employees or representatives, are responsible.</FONT></P>

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Documents</I>. The parties to this Agreement shall in good faith execute such other and further instruments, assignments or documents
as may be necessary or advisable to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.</FONT></P>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;Counterparts</I>. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all
of which together shall constitute one instrument, and which shall become effective when there exist copies signed by the Company and
by you.</FONT></P>

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WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives effective as of the
date set forth on the first page hereof.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>EMPIRE
                    PETROLEUM CORPORATION</B></FONT></P>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">/s/ Michael R. Morrisett</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: #000000 1px solid; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="color: Black">Michael R. Morrisett, President and CEO</FONT></TD></TR>
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and agreed to this 29<SUP>th</SUP> day of November, 2023.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>BUYER</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><B>Energy Evolution Master Fund, Ltd.</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black"><BR></FONT><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
                    <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">E2
                                    Investment Advisors LLC,</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">Investment
                                    Manager</FONT></P>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 46%"><P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: Black">/s/
                                            Sterling Mulacek</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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      <link:label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="dei_Security12gTitle_lbl" xml:lang="en-US">Title of 12(g) Security</link:label>
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<th class="tl" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div style="width: 200px;"><strong>Cover<br></strong></div></th>
<th class="th"><div>Nov. 29, 2023</div></th>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_DocumentType', window );">Document Type</a></td>
<td class="text">8-K<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_AmendmentFlag', window );">Amendment Flag</a></td>
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<td class="text">Nov. 29,  2023<span></span>
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<td class="pl" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityFileNumber', window );">Entity File Number</a></td>
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PETROLEUM CORPORATION<span></span>
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<td class="text">OK<span></span>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 13e<br> -Subsection 4c<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 14d<br> -Subsection 2b<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Section 14a<br> -Number 240<br> -Subsection 12<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Securities Act<br> -Number 230<br> -Section 425<br></p></div>
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