8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): May 20, 2004

STONE ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

                                      Delaware                                         1-12074                              72-1235413
                        (State or Other Jurisdiction                  (Commission File                    (I.R.S. Employer
                     of Incorporation or Organization)                  Number)                          Identification No.)

                              625 E. Kaliste Saloom Road                                                                        70508
                                    Lafayette, Louisiana                                                                             (Zip Code)
                   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:  (337) 237-0410

Item 5.   OTHER EVENTS AND REQUIRED FD DISCLOSURE

        Effective May 20, 2004, Joe R. Klutts, elected to resign his position on the board of directors of Stone Energy Corporation. The registrant issued a press release dated May 24, 2004, which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS

(c)	Exhibits.
Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release dated May 24, 2004, "Stone Energy Corporation Announces Retirement of Joe R. Klutts from Board of Directors"

SIGNATURE

        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.

STONE ENERGY CORPORATION

Date: May 24, 2004	By:                           /s/ James H. Prince
	James H. Prince Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release dated May 24, 2004, "Stone Energy Corporation Announces Retirement of Joe R. Klutts from Board of Directors"

EX-99

Exhibit 99.1

STONE ENERGY CORPORATION
Announces Retirement of Joe R. Klutts from Board of Directors 

NYSE — SGY
LAFAYETTE, LA. May 24, 2004

        Stone Energy Corporation today announced that Joe R. Klutts has elected to retire from the Company’s Board of Directors effective May 20, 2004. Mr. Klutts has been associated with Stone and its predecessors for over 30 years. His leadership was an important part of Stone Energy’s transformation from a small private oil and gas venture into a public company. Mr. Klutts served the Company as its first President until February 1994 when he was named vice chairman of the Board. Also, he has served on the Company’s Board of Directors since its inception in 1993.

        “It has been a pleasure working with Joe during his long association with our company and its predecessors,” said James H. Stone, chairman of the board. “We thank him for all of his contributions and wish him well in his future endeavors.”

        Stone Energy is an independent oil and gas company headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, and is engaged in the acquisition and subsequent exploitation, development and operation of oil and gas properties located in the Gulf Coast Basin and Rocky Mountains. For additional information, contact James H. Prince, chief financial officer at 337-237-0410-phone, 337-237-0426-fax or via e-mail at princejh@StoneEnergy.com.