0001162677-12-000013.txt : 20120330 0001162677-12-000013.hdr.sgml : 20120330 20120123192613 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001162677-12-000013 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120123 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ROYALE ENERGY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000864839 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 330224120 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7676 HAZARD CENTER DR STREET 2: SUITE 1500 CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92108 BUSINESS PHONE: 6198812800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ROYALE ENERGY INC STE 1500 STREET 2: 7676 HAZARD CENTER DR CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92108 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ROYALE ENERGY FUNDS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940318 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm re012312corr.htm

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January 23, 2012


VIA EDGAR

H. Roger Schwall
Assistant Director
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549-4628

Attention:  Caroline Kim, Staff Attorney
 
RE:
Royale Energy, Inc.
 
 
Registration Statement of Form S-3
 
 
File No. 333-178484
 
 
Dear Mr. Lucas:
 
On behalf of our client, Royale Energy, Inc., we are responding to your letter dated January 5, 2012, regarding the referenced registration statement.  Today Royale Energy filed Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its Form S-3.  The amendment is filed solely for the purpose of filing our firm’s legal opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the registration statement and two additional exhibits.
 
The following numbered response in this letter correspond to the numbered comments in your January 5 letter.  Page references are to the Form S-3/A as filed with the Commission via EDGAR.
 
Registration Statement on Form S-3
 
Exhibit Index, page II-4
 
1.
Please file an executed legal opinion in a pre-effective amendment.   Refer to Section II.B.2 of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19 (October 14, 2011).
 
 
Response:  The opinion is filed as an exhibit to Amendment No. 1.  In addition, we are filing a form of trust indenture and note which are referenced in the opinion.
 
We trust that this information fully responds to your comments.  At the time that Royale Energy requests acceleration of the effective date of the registration statement, it will
 

 
 
 

 

H. Roger Schwall
Attention:  John Lucas
January 23, 2012
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provide the acknowledgements requested in your January 5 letter.  Please contact me if you have questions or require additional information.
 
Very truly yours,
 
Lee Polson
 
Lee Polson