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): March 24, 2011 (March 21, 2011)

TRIANGLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Nevada	001-34945	98-0430762
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)	file number)	Identification No.)

1625 Broadway, Suite 780, Denver, CO 80202

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 260-7125

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:

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

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On March 21, 2011, Triangle Petroleum Corporation issued a press release announcing the closing of the over-allotment option by the underwriters in connection with its previously announced common stock offering. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1*	Press Release, dated March 21, 2011

*           Furnished herewith.

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.

Date: March 24, 2011	TRIANGLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Jonathan Samuels
		Jonathan Samuels
		Chief Financial Officer

Index to Exhibits

Exhibit
Number	Description
99.1*	Press Release, dated March 21, 2011.
*                 Furnished herewith.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Press Release

TRIANGLE PETROLEUM ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION BY UNDERWRITERS

Denver, Colorado, March 21, 2011 – Triangle Petroleum Corporation (“Triangle” or the “Company”) (NYSE Amex: TPLM) announced today that the underwriters of its recent public offering of 16,500,000 shares of common stock have fully exercised their over-allotment option on March 18, 2011 to purchase an additional 2,475,000 shares of common stock, bringing the total net proceeds to approximately $134.3 million, after payment of underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. The closing of the over-allotment option occurred today.

The public offering was underwritten by Johnson Rice & Company L.L.C. and Canaccord Genuity Inc., as joint book-running managers, Howard Weil Incorporated, as senior co-manager, and BMO Capital Markets Corp., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Pritchard Capital Partners, LLC, Global Hunter Securities, LLC and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, as co-managers. A registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the shares was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and is effective. A prospectus supplement relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from the offices of Johnson Rice & Company L.L.C. at 639 Loyola Ave., Suite 2775, New Orleans, Louisiana 70113, (504) 525-3767, or from Canaccord Genuity Inc. at 1000 Louisiana, 71st Floor, Houston, TX 77002, (713) 331-9901.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, these securities, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state, province or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted.

About Triangle

Founded in 2006, Triangle Petroleum Corporation is an independent oil and gas exploration company that has acquired, or committed to acquire, approximately 30,000 net acres in the Williston Basin targeting the Bakken Shale and Three Forks Formations and approximately 475,000 gross acres (413,000 net acres) in the Windsor Block of Nova Scotia.

Contact:

Triangle Petroleum Corporation

Jonathan Samuels, Chief Financial Officer

303-260-7125

info@trianglepetroleum.com