8-K Front for 2Q 2015 Earnings

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 29, 2015

 

 

 

MURPHY OIL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

1-8590

 

71-0361522

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200 Peach Street

 

P.O. Box 7000, El Dorado, Arkansas

71730-7000

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 870-862-6411

 

 

 

Not applicable

(Former Name  or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

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Item 2.02.   Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

The following information is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, “Results of Operations and Financial Condition.”

 

On July 29, 2015, Murphy Oil Corporation issued a news release announcing its preliminary earnings and well results for the second quarter that ended on June 30, 2015.    The full text of this news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

 

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

 

99.1

A news release dated July 29, 2015 announcing preliminary earnings and well results for the second quarter that ended on June 30, 2015 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

 


 

Signature

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MURPHY OIL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Keith Caldwell

 

 

Keith Caldwell

 

 

Senior Vice President and Controller

 

 

Date:  July 30, 2015

 

 

 

 


 

Exhibit Index

 

 

 

99.1

News release dated July 29, 2015, as issued by Murphy Oil Corporation.