Mitchell G. Elkins, VP - Drilling and Completions at Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. (MPO), bought 10,000 shares at $7.57 ($76K) on 2012-08-16, disclosed to the SEC on 2012-08-20.
Open-market purchase of $76k MPO by VP - Drilling and Completions. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Something here stands out, but not much.