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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 6, 2015 (August 6, 2015)


GASTAR EXPLORATION INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
    
DELAWARE
 
001-35211
 
38-3531640
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
 
 
 
Identification No.)

1331 LAMAR STREET, SUITE 650
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77010
(Address of principal executive offices)


(713) 739-1800
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
 
 
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SECTION 2 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On August 6, 2015, Gastar Exploration Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015. A copy of the Company’s press release, dated August 6, 2015, is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information presented herein under Item 2.02, including the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.


SECTION 9 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following is a list of exhibits furnished as part of this Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.        Description of Document    


99.1
Press release dated August 6, 2015 announcing the Company's financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015.





    



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.



Date: August 6, 2015
GASTAR EXPLORATION INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ J. Russell Porter
 
 
J. Russell Porter
 
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer


    



EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.        Description of Document    


99.1
Press release dated August 6, 2015 announcing the Company's financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015.