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

April 20, 2009
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

STONE ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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

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

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (337) 237-0410

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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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
	Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-99.1

Section 7 — Regulation FD

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On April 20, 2009, we issued a press release announcing that we will be presenting at the IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium in New York at 2:00 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 and we will be presenting at the 13^th Annual Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference in New Orleans on Friday, April 24, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. central time. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.

     In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this report, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information, including Exhibit 99.1, be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Section 9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (d) Exhibits

99.1 Press release dated April 20, 2009, “Stone Energy to Present at IPAA Symposium and Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference.”

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SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Stone Energy Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	STONE ENERGY CORPORATION
Date: April 20, 2009	By:	/s/ J. Kent Pierret
		J. Kent Pierret
		Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number	Description
99.1	Press release dated April 20, 2009, “Stone Energy to Present at IPAA Symposium and Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference.”

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

STONE ENERGY CORPORATION

Stone Energy to Present at IPAA Symposium and Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference

LAFAYETTE, LA. April 20, 2009

     Stone Energy Corporation (NYSE:SGY) today announced that David H. Welch, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium in New York at the Sheraton Hotel at 2:00 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday, April 21, 2009.

     The company also announced that Kenneth H. Beer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the 13^th Annual Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference at the Chateau Bourbon Hotel in New Orleans at 11:30 a.m. central time on Friday, April 24, 2009. The event is hosted by Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business and is free and open to the public.

     The presentation material will be available in the “Event” section of the Company’s website, www.stoneenergy.com, within 24 hours of the presentation.

     Stone Energy is an independent oil and natural gas company headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, and is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, exploitation, development and operation of oil and gas properties located primarily in the Gulf of Mexico. Stone is also active in the Appalachia region. For additional information, contact Kenneth H. Beer, Chief Financial Officer, at 337-521-2210-phone, 337-237-0426-fax or via e-mail at CFO@StoneEnergy.com.