-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DgGHI78cIDiIwckFFsnafetrwFPWaishynsWbaLd7ZcBR4zKeA2xwMEuGg6TX0eW ndU1f3bIzw9ium7/DbT26g== 0001299933-09-001658.txt : 20090415 0001299933-09-001658.hdr.sgml : 20090415 20090414174419 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001299933-09-001658 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090414 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20090415 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090414 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HARVEST NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000845289 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 770196707 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10762 FILM NUMBER: 09749481 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1177 ENCLAVE PARKWAY STREET 2: STE 300 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77077 BUSINESS PHONE: 281-899-5700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1177 ENCLAVE PARKWAY STREET 2: STE 300 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77077 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HARVEST NATURAL RESOURCES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020805 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BENTON OIL & GAS CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 htm_32265.htm LIVE FILING Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. (Form: 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):   April 14, 2009

Harvest Natural Resources, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 1-10762 77-0196707
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
1177 Enclave Parkway, Suite 300, Houston, Texas   77077
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   281-899-5720

Not Applicable
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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:

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[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On April 14, 2009, Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., issued a press release announcing the signing of the Al Ghubar / Qarn Alam Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement with the Sultanate of Oman in Muscat, Oman. Harvest will have a 100% working interest in the block during the exploration phase. Oman Oil Company will have the option to back in to up to a 20% interest in the block after the discovery of gas.

The Al Ghubar / Qarn Alam license is a newly-created block designated for exploration and production of non-associated gas and condensate which the Oman Ministry of Oil and Gas has carved out of the Block 6 Concession operated by Petroleum Development of Oman (PDO). PDO will continue to produce oil from several fields within the block area. The 3,867 square kilometer (955,600 acres) block is located in the gas and condensate rich Ghaba Salt Basin in close proximity to the Barik, Saih Rawl and Saih Nihayda gas and condensate fields. These analog fields produce from the same reservoir horizons targeted by Harvest for drilling. Harvest expects to spend $4.8 million during 2009 for geological and geophysical studies, seismic reprocessing and drilling preparation costs.





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.

         
    Harvest Natural Resources, Inc.
          
April 14, 2009   By:   Keith L. Head
       
        Name: Keith L. Head
        Title: Vice President and General Counsel
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