{"url_path":"/sec/royl/10-k/2026/cover-page","section_key":"cover-page","section_title":"Cover Page","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-07-13","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1694617/0001185185-26-002897-index.html","accession_number":"0001185185-26-002897","cik":"0001694617","ticker":"ROYL","issuer_name":"Royale Energy, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1694617/0001185185-26-002897-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001694617","primary_entity_name":"Royale Energy, Inc."},"word_count":576,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"** **\n\n**UNITED STATES**\n\n**SECURITIES AND\nEXCHANGE COMMISSION**\n\n**Washington, D.C. 20549**\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**FORM 10-K**\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)**\n\n**OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**\n\n \n\nFor the Fiscal Year Ended **December 31, 2025** Commission File No. **000-055912**\n\n \n\n**ROYALE ENERGY, INC.**\n\n(Name of registrant in its charter)\n\n \n\n**Delaware**   **81-4596368**\n\n(State or other jurisdiction of\n\nincorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer\n\nIdentification No.)\n\n \n\n**1530 Hilton Head Road #205**\n\n**El Cajon, CA 92019**\n\n(Address of principal executive offices)\n\n \n\nRegistrant’s telephone number: **619-383-6600**\n\n \n\nSecurities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.\n\n \n\nSecurities to be registered pursuant to Section\n12(g) of the Act:\n\n**Common Stock, 0.001 par value per share**\n\n(Title of Class)\n\n \n\nIndicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer,\nas defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒\n\n \n\nIndicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports\npursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒\n\n \n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports\nrequired to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that\nthe registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☐\nNo ☒\n\n \n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically\nevery Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the\npreceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒\nNo ☐ \n\n \n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on\nand attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section\n404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.\n☐ \n\n \n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is large accelerated\nfiler, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large\naccelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company”\nin Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:\n\n \n\nLarge accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐\n\n   \n\nNon-accelerated filer ☒ Smaller Reporting Company ☒\n\n   \n\nEmerging growth company ☐  \n\n \n\nIf an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant\nhas elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant\nto Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐\n\n \n\nIf securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act,\nindicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to\npreviously issued financial statements. ☒\n\n \n\nIndicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements\nthat required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during\nthe relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b). ☐\n\n \n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as\ndefined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒\n\n \n\nAt June 30, 2025, the end of the registrant’s most recently completed\nsecond fiscal quarter; the aggregate market value of Common Stock held by non-affiliates was $1,545,769.\n\n \n\nAt June 30, 2026, 96,600,302 shares of the registrant’s Common\nStock were outstanding.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**TABLE OF CONTENTS**"}