EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP Segments Disclosure
Note 18 – Segment Reporting
The Company’s operations are managed and reported to its CEO, the Company’s CODM, on a consolidated basis. The CEO uses consolidated net loss in assessing performance of capital spend projects to allocate the appropriate resources to drive efficiencies and develop growth strategies. Under the organizational and reporting structure, the Company has one operating segment and one reportable segment.
The CODM is provided with the following significant segment expenses within lease operating expense on the consolidated statements of operations:
| For the Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Production costs | $ | 21,625,784 | $ | 16,631,618 | ||||
| Workover activity | 4,768,286 | 10,161,285 | ||||||
| Plugging and abandonment activity | 1,150,958 | 1,832,578 | ||||||
| Lease operating expense | $ | 27,545,028 | $ | 28,625,481 | ||||
Other segment items within consolidated net loss are all separately disclosed on the consolidated statements of operations. Segment asset information is not presented to and used by the CODM to allocate resources, assess performance or make strategic decisions.
About Segments Disclosures
Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.
Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.