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): December 2, 2003

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


          DELAWARE                     001-16295                75-2759650
(State or other jurisdiction          (Commission              (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)                File Number)           Identification No.)


  777 MAIN STREET, SUITE 1400, FORT WORTH, TEXAS                    76102
     (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 December 2, 2003

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

         On December 2, 2003, Encore Acquisition Company (the "Company")
announced that it completed the sale of 1,060,000 shares of its common stock, at
a price of $20.25 per share to the public, in connection with the underwriters'
over-allotment option granted by Encore in connection with the public offering
of its common stock previously announced on November 10, 2003.

         Net proceeds from the exercise of the over-allotment option were
approximately $20.6 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and
commissions of the offering. Encore used all of the net proceeds to repurchase
866,643 shares of Encore common stock from J.P. Morgan Partners (SBIC), LLC and
193,357 shares of Encore common stock from Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners L.P.
The 1,060,000 shares were purchased by Encore at a price of $19.3775 per share
and were retired upon repurchase. After giving effect to the repurchase, J.P.
Morgan Partners (SBIC), LLC no longer beneficially owns any of Encore's common
stock and Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners L.P. beneficially owns 24.5% of
Encore'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.






                                   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: December 2, 2003                 By: /s/ Roy W. Jageman
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Roy W. Jageman
                                           Executive Vice President,
                                           Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer



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EX-99.1

                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

        ENCORE ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION OF COMMON STOCK

         FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec 2, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) - Encore Acquisition
Company (NYSE:EAC) today announced that it completed the sale of 1,060,000
shares of its common stock, at a price of $20.25 per share to the public, in
connection with the underwriters' over-allotment option granted by Encore in
connection with the public offering of its common stock previously announced on
November 10, 2003.

         Net proceeds from the exercise of the over-allotment option were
approximately $20.6 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and
commissions of the offering. Encore used all of the net proceeds to repurchase
866,643 shares of Encore common stock from J.P. Morgan Partners (SBIC), LLC and
193,357 shares of Encore common stock from Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners L.P.
The 1,060,000 shares were purchased by Encore at a price of $19.3775 per share
and were retired upon repurchase. After giving effect to the repurchase, J.P.
Morgan Partners (SBIC), LLC no longer beneficially owns any of Encore's common
stock and Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners L.P. beneficially owns 24.5% of
Encore's common stock.

         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:
Roy W. Jageman
817-339-0861

Rani M. Wainwright
817-339-0919