Murphy Oil Executive Compensation (FY25)
MUR · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2025 only
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Data as of September 21, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 14, 2026
11 filings cited on this page
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Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Murphy Oil's chief executive and what were they paid?
Eric Hambly was paid $7,651,445 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025.
What was Murphy Oil's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 98.9% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held May 13, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Murphy Oil's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include APA Corporation, Chord Energy Corporation, Devon Energy Corporation, Diamondback Energy, Inc. and EOG Resources, Inc., among others.
What is Murphy Oil's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 38:1.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Hambly President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Thomas Mireles Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
E Botner Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Daniel Hanchera Senior Vice President | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Maria Martinez Senior Vice President | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel R. Hanchera | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Daniel R. Hanchera | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Daniel R. Hanchera | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| E. Ted Botner | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| E. Ted Botner | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| E. Ted Botner | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Eric M. Hambly | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Eric M. Hambly | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Eric M. Hambly | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Maria A. Martinez | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Maria A. Martinez | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Maria A. Martinez | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Thomas J. Mireles | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Thomas J. Mireles | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Thomas J. Mireles | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Martinez | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Daniel Hanchera | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| E Botner | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Thomas Mireles | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Eric Hambly | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Claiborne P. Deming Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
R. Madison Murphy | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Jeffrey W. Nolan | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Laura A. Sugg | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Robert N. Ryan Jr | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Lawrence R. Dickerson | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Elisabeth W. Keller | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Michelle A. Earley | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Robert B. Tudor III | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board equity retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
| Board chair premium | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- APA Corporation APA
- Chord Energy Corporation CHRD
- Devon Energy Corporation DVN
- Diamondback Energy, Inc. FANG
- EOG Resources, Inc. EOG
- Expand Energy Corporation EXE
- Kosmos Energy Ltd. KOS
- Matador Resources Company MTDR
- Ovintiv Inc. OVV
- Permian Resources Corporation PR
- Range Resources Corporation RRC
- Relative TSRMeasurement symbol not shown
- SM Energy Company SM
- SPDR S P Oil Gas Exploration Production ETF symbol not shown
- Talos Energy, Inc. TALO
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 13, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 14, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 8, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 10, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | May 11, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | May 12, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | May 13, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | May 8, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | May 9, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | May 10, 2017 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Chief executive pay ratio
As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Chief executive total compensation
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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Murphy Oil disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Murphy Oil sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
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198 figures on this page: 188 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
188 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001628280-26-035154Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-26-127236
- 0000717423-25-000016Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0000717423-24-000017Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0000717423-23-000037
- 0000717423-22-000044
- 0000717423-21-000022
- 0000717423-20-000033
- 0000717423-19-000032
- 0000717423-18-000021
- 0000717423-17-000014Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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11 filings cited on this page
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}