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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 5, 2009 (February 5, 2009)
Magellan Petroleum Corporation
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
1-5507   06-0842255
 
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
10 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford, CT   06106
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
860-293-2006
 
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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):
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EX-99.1: MPAL INVESTOR PRESENTATION


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Item 7.01   Regulation FD Disclosure.
     Magellan Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) has determined to present information about the Company to investors and other interested persons.
     A copy of an investor presentation presented by members of senior management of Magellan Petroleum Australia Limited, the Company’s subsidiary (“MPAL”) on February 5-6, 2009 at the NAPE EXPO in Houston, TX is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. Such material may be presented to investors and other interested persons in the future.
     The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits
     (c) Exhibits
     
99.1
  MPAL Investor Presentation used on February 5-6, 2009.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
         
  MAGELLAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION
 
 
  By:   /s/ Daniel J. Samela    
    Name:   Daniel J. Samela   
Dated: February 5, 2009    Title:   Chief Financial Officer, Chief
Accounting Officer and Treasurer 
 
 

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