8-K

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                                  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 13, 2007
                                                   (November 12, 2007)


                             GASTAR EXPLORATION LTD.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


         ALBERTA, CANADA           001-32714           38-3324634
  (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission         (IRS Employer
        of incorporation)         File Number)      Identification No.)


                          1331 LAMAR STREET, SUITE 1080
                              HOUSTON, TEXAS 77010
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (713) 739-1800
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                       N/A
          (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:

|_| Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
    (17 CFR 230.425)

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    (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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    Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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    Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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SECTION 7 - REGULATION FD

ITEM 7.01  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

         On November 12, 2007, Gastar Exploration Ltd. (the "Company") announced
that the Company and its joint venture partner, Eastern Star Limited (ASX: ESG),
had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Babcock & Brown Limited to
supply gas from the PEL 238 and PEL 433 concessions for use in the generation of
electricity.

         This press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is being furnished
solely pursuant to Item 7.01 of this report.

SECTION 9 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d)      Exhibits

The following is a list of exhibits furnished as part of this Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.                   Description of Document
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     99.1         Press release dated November 12, 2007.


                                   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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                           GASTAR EXPLORATION LTD.



Date:  November 13, 2007             By:   /s/  J. RUSSELL PORTER
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                                           J. Russell Porter
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.                   Description of Document
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     99.1         Press release dated November 12, 2007.

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EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

Gastar Exploration and Eastern Star Gas Execute MOU With Babcock & Brown for
 Long Term Supply of Coal Bed Methane for Use in Electricity Generation

    HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2007--Gastar Exploration Ltd.
(AMEX:GST) (TSX:YGA) with joint venture partner Eastern Star Gas
Limited (ASX: ESG) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with
Babcock & Brown ("Babcock & Brown MOU") to supply gas from the PEL 238
and PEL 433 concessions for use in the generation of electricity.

    The Babcock & Brown MOU envisions the supply of up to 38 BCF per
year of gas from the Gunnedah Gas Project (Gastar 35%, Eastern Star
Gas 65%) for use in a gas fueled power station to be developed by
Babcock & Brown in northern New South Wales, Australia. Gas sales
under the anticipated agreements could be expanded to meet
requirements for power station developments at other locations.

    J. Russell Porter, Gastar's Chairman, President and CEO, stated,
"The Babcock & Brown MOU represents another major step forward for the
Gunnedah Gas Project and the early commercialization of gas production
on PEL 238, leading in turn to significant regional benefits and the
emergence of the Gunnedah Basin Gas Project as New South Wales' major
indigenous source of natural gas.

    The PEL 238 and PEL 433 projects are well suited to supply gas to
meet market requirements that are growing rapidly in New South Wales.
The Babcock & Brown MOU provides that power station and gas field
development will proceed in parallel," added Porter.

    Gastar and Eastern Star Gas are in the process of commercializing
the Gunnedah Basin Gas Project, located within Petroleum Exploration
License ("PEL") 238, through the successful implementation of the
Bibblewindi and the Bohena Production Pilots, both of which are
located within the Bohena Project Area.

    About Gastar Exploration

    Gastar Exploration Ltd. is an exploration and production company
focused on finding and developing natural gas assets in North America
and Australia. The Company pursues a strategy combining select higher
risk, deep natural gas exploration prospects with lower risk coal bed
methane (CBM) development. The Company owns and operates exploration
and development acreage in the deep Bossier gas play of East Texas.
Gastar's CBM activities are conducted within the Powder River Basin of
Wyoming and on approximately 7 million gross acres controlled by
Gastar and its joint development partners in Australia's Gunnedah
Basin (PEL 238, PAL 2, PEL 433 and PEL 434) located in New South
Wales, and the Gippsland Basin (EL 4416), located in Victoria. For
more information, visit our web site at www.gastar.com.

    Safe Harbor Statement and Disclaimer

    This news release includes "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E
of the Securities Act of 1934. A statement identified by the words
"expects", "projects", "plans", and certain of the other foregoing
statements may be deemed forward-looking statements. Although Gastar
believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable, these statements involve risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual future activities and results to
be materially different from those suggested or described in this news
release. These include risks inherent in the drilling of natural gas
and oil wells, including risks of fire, explosion, blowouts, pipe
failure, casing collapse, unusual or unexpected formation pressures,
environmental hazards, and other operating and production risks
inherent in the natural gas and oil drilling and production
activities, which may temporarily or permanently reduce production or
cause initial production or test results to not be indicative of
future well performance or delay the timing of sales or completion of
drilling operations, risks with respect to natural gas and oil prices,
a material decline in which could cause the Company to delay or
suspend planned drilling operations or reduce production levels, and
risks relating to the availability of capital to fund drilling
operations that can be adversely affected by adverse drilling results,
production declines and declines in natural gas and oil prices and
other risk factors described in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K, as filed on March 27, 2007 with the SEC at www.sec.gov and on
the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) at
www.sedar.com.

    The American Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange have
not reviewed and do not accept responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this news release.

    The SEC has generally permitted oil and gas companies, in their
filings with the SEC, to disclose only proved reserves that, under SEC
definitions and guidelines, a company has demonstrated by actual
production or conclusive formation tests to be economically and
legally producible under existing economic and operating conditions.
We use the terms in this announcement such as "2P" or "probable"
reserves, or other descriptions of volumes of hydrocarbons that the
SEC's guidelines would prohibit us from including in our filings with
the SEC. We also have included in this announcement information
concerning reserves attributed to our Australian coal bed methane
pilot program that are categorized as "proved" under the definitions
and guidelines set by the Society of Petroleum Engineers that would
not be so categorized under SEC definitions and guidelines. All of
these volumes and estimates are by their nature more speculative than
estimates of proved reserves under SEC definitions and guidelines and
accordingly are subject to substantially greater risk of being
actually realized by us.

    CONTACT: Gastar Exploration Ltd.
             President and CEO
             J. Russell Porter, 713-739-1800
             rporter@gastar.com
             or
             Investor Relations Counsel:
             DRG&E
             Lisa Elliott or Anne Pearson, 713-529-6600
             lelliott@drg-e.com or apearson@drg-e.com