Northern Oil & Gas Executive Compensation (FY25)
NOG · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2025 only
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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 26, 2026
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Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Northern Oil & Gas' chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Nicholas O'Grady, Chief Executive Officer, came to $5,602,413 in fiscal 2025.
What was Northern Oil & Gas' say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 96.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 21, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Northern Oil & Gas' peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Berry Corporation, Chord Energy Corporation, Civitas Resources, Inc., Crescent Energy Company and Granite Ridge Resources, Inc., among others.
What is Northern Oil & Gas' chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 25:1, against median employee compensation of $221,354.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nicholas O'Grady Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Adam Dirlam President | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Chad Allen Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
James Evans Chief Technical Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Erik Romslo Chief Legal Officer & Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Dirlam | PRSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Chad Allen | PRSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Erik Romslo | PRSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| James Evans | PRSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Nicholas O'Grady | PRSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Romslo | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| James Evans | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Nicholas O’Grady | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Adam Dirlam | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Chad Allen | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bahram Akradi Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jennifer Pomerantz | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Stuart Lasher | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Michael Frantz | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Roy (Ernie) Easley | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
William Kimble | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Lisa Bromiley | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jack King | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Nicholas O'Grady served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
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 chair premium | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Berry Corporation BRY
- Chord Energy Corporation CHRD
- Civitas Resources, Inc. CIVI
- Crescent Energy Company CRGY
- Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. GRNT
- HighPeak Energy, Inc. HPK
- Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP symbol not shown
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation MGY
- Matador Resources Company MTDR
- Permian Resources Corporation PR
- Sitio Royalties Corp. symbol not shown
- SM Energy Company SM
- Talos Energy Inc. TALO
- Vital Energy, Inc. VTLE
- Vitesse Energy, Inc. VTS
- W&T Offshore, Inc. WTI
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 21, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 22, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 23, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 25, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | May 25, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | May 27, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | May 23, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | August 23, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Chief executive pay ratio
As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Northern Oil & Gas disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Northern Oil & Gas 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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114 figures on this page: 106 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints.
106 cited to the filing
8 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001104485-26-000023Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001104485-26-0000132025 Summary Compensation Table · CEO Pay Ratio · EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION · Outstanding Equity Awards at 2025 Fiscal Year-End · and 1 more section
- 0001104485-25-000106Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001104485-24-000118Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001104485-23-000099
- 0001104485-22-000121
- 0001104485-21-000070Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001104485-19-000078Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001104485-18-000180
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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
BibTeX
@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}
}