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, 2010 (November 10, 2010)

TRIANGLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Nevada	001-34945	98-0430762
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission file number)	(I.R.S. Employer 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:

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On November 10, 2010, Triangle Petroleum Corporation issued a press release announcing the closing of 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 November 10, 2010.

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: November 10, 2010	TRIANGLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Jonathan Samuels
		Jonathan Samuels
		Chief Financial Officer

Index to Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated November 10, 2010.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

TRIANGLE PETROLEUM CLOSES COMMON STOCK OFFERING

Denver, Colorado – November 10, 2010 – Triangle Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) (AMEX: TPLM; TSXV: TPO), an oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in the Williston Basin in North Dakota and the Maritimes Basin in Nova Scotia, announced that it has completed its previously announced registered offering of 10.8 million shares of common stock. The offering resulted in aggregate net proceeds to the Company of approximately $54.3 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses. The public offering was underwritten by Johnson Rice & Company L.L.C., as sole book-running manager, and Canaccord Genuity Inc. and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, as co-managers. The Company has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,620,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any.

For more information contact:

Jonathan Samuels, Chief Financial Officer

E-mail: info@trianglepetroleum.com

Telephone: (303) 260-7125

About Triangle

Founded in 2006, Triangle Petroleum Corporation (AMEX: TPLM; TSXV: TPO) is an independent oil and gas exploration company with approximately 475,000 gross acres (413,000 net acres) in the Windsor Block of Nova Scotia and approximately 13,000 net acres in the Williston Basin targeting the Bakken Shale and Three Forks formations.

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