sfy_8k-03012013




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 (or Date of Earliest Event Reported): March 1, 2013


SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas
1-8754
20-3940661
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

16825 Northchase Drive, Suite 400
Houston, Texas 77060
(Address of principal executive offices)

(281) 874-2700
(Registrant’s telephone number)

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 7.01.    Regulation FD Disclosure
On March 1, 2013, Swift Energy Company (the “Company”) issued a press release following up on a well control incident involving a shut-in well head in the shallow waters of its Lake Washington Field in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, which was originally reported by the Company on Form 8-K on February 27, 2013. A copy of the March 1, 2013 press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information contained in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of this report is not to be considered “filed” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and shall not be incorporated by reference into any previous or future filings made by or to be made by the Company with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibit.
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
Swift Energy Company press release dated March 1, 2013.
 
 
 

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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.
Date: March 1, 2013

 
 
 
Swift Energy Company
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Bruce H. Vincent
 
 
 
 
 
Bruce H. Vincent
President


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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
Swift Energy Company press release dated March 1, 2013.
 
 
 


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