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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) August 1, 2012 


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


Maryland

0-33275

11-3024080
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)



1114 Avenue of the Americas, 34th Floor, New York, New York

10036
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (212) 697-9660



________________________________________________________________________________
(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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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(c) On August 1, 2012, Warren Resources, Inc. issued a press release announcing that Espy P. Price has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors effective immediately.

Since June 1, 2012, Mr. Price has also served as interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Price has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors since May 2007. Mr. Price has over 35 years experience in the oil and gas exploration and production industry. Until retiring in late 1999, he was Vice President and General Manager of Chevron Corp.'s Mid-Continent Business Unit, where he was responsible for all onshore USA exploration and production. From 1992 to 1996, he was Vice President of Chevron Overseas Petroleum, Inc., where he was responsible for Chevron's joint venture in the Republic of Kazakhstan. From 1990 to 1992, he was Vice President of Chevron's Gulf of Mexico Business Unit. From 1985 to 1990, he was employed at P.T. Caltex Pacific Indonesia, where he was Executive Vice President and Managing Director. Mr. Price earned a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering and a Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit No. 99.1 to this report.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

ExhibitNo.

Description

99.1

Press Release dated August 1, 2012


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.

    Warren Resources, Inc.
(Registrant)


August 1, 2012
(Date)
  /s/   DAVID E. FLEMING
David E. Fleming
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel & Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

ExhibitNo.

Description

99.1

Press Release dated August 1, 2012