8-K

                                  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 (Date of earliest event reported): November 10, 2003

                           ENCORE ACQUISITION COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                                                                         
           Delaware                                001-16295                                 75-2759650
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(State or other jurisdiction of             (Commission File Number)           (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 incorporation or organization)




          777 Main Street, Suite 1400, Ft. Worth, Texas      76102
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            (Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (817) 877-9955



Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)      Exhibits

               99.1     Press Release dated November 10, 2003


Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

         On November 10, 2003, Encore Acquisition Company, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), issued a press release announcing that the Company
intends to offer 8 million shares of common stock to the public under the
Company's shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission in August 2003. The underwriters will be granted an option to
purchase an additional 1.2 million shares of the Company's common stock to cover
over-allotments, if any. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1
and incorporated herein by reference.

         The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to
repurchase, concurrently with the closing of the offering, 6.0 million shares of
common stock from J.P. Morgan Partners (SBIC), LLC and 2.0 million shares of
common stock from Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P. The shares repurchased
by the Company will be retired immediately upon repurchase and will no longer be
outstanding. Upon completion of the offering and repurchase, J.P. Morgan
Partners (SBIC), LLC and Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners L.P. will beneficially
own approximately 2.9% and 25.2%, respectively, of the Company's common stock,
assuming no exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. The Company
will use the net proceeds from any exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment
option initially to purchase up to 866,643 shares of common stock from J.P.
Morgan Partners (SBIC), LLC and thereafter to purchase up to 333,357 shares of
common stock from Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners L.P. Assuming exercise of the
over-allotment option in full, J.P. Morgan Partners (SBIC), LLC would no longer
own any shares of common stock of the Company, and Warburg, Pincus Equity
Partners L.P. would beneficially own 24.1% of the Company's common stock.

         The press release and the above information are being furnished under
Item 9 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to
the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into
a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act, except as shall
be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. The furnishing of
the information in this report is not intended to, and does not, constitute a
determination or admission by the Company that the information in this report is
material or complete, or that investors should consider this information before
making an investment decision with respect to any security of the Company.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     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 thereunto duly authorized.


                                       ENCORE ACQUISITION COMPANY



Date: November 10, 2003                By: /s/ Morris B. Smith
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                                          Morris B. Smith
                                          Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer,
                                          Executive Vice President and
                                          Principal Financial Officer


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EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1


          ENCORE ANNOUNCES OFFERING OF 8 MILLION SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

Fort Worth, Texas- November 10, 2003-Encore Acquisition Company ("Encore")
(NYSE: EAC) announced today that the Company intends to offer 8 million shares
of common stock to the public under the Company's shelf registration statement
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in August 2003. The
underwriters will be granted an option to purchase an additional 1.2 million
shares of the Company's common stock to cover over-allotments, if any.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in
which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under securities laws of any state.

Joint book-running managers for the offering are Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. Co-managers will be: Goldman Sachs & Co., Petrie
Parkman & Co. and Simmons & Company International. A preliminary prospectus
supplement related to the public offering has been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus
supplement relating to the offering may be obtained from the offices of Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc., 60 Wall Street, Fourth Floor, New York, New York 10005,
and from the office of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Chase Distribution & Support
Service, One Chase Manhattan Plaza, Floor 5B, New York, New York 10081, or by
e-mail at Addressing.Services@jpmchase.com.

Organized in 1998, Encore is a growing independent energy company engaged in the
acquisition, development and exploitation of North American oil and natural gas
reserves. Encore's oil and natural gas reserves are located in the Williston
Basin of Montana and North Dakota, the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico,
the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma, the Powder River Basin of Montana, the Paradox
Basin of Utah and the North Louisiana Salt Basin of Louisiana.


Contacts:

Jonny Brumley
President
817-339-0902

Morris B. Smith
Executive Vice President and CFO
817-339-0908

Rani M. Wainwright
Assistant Treasurer
817-339-0919