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): January 13, 2015 (January 13, 2015)

SANCHEZ ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(713) 783-8000

(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):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01 Other Events

As previously disclosed on the Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 2, 2014, the Company completed its previously announced acquisition of Eagle Ford Shale assets in Dimmit, LaSalle and Webb Counties in Texas from affiliates of Royal Dutch Shell plc on June 30, 2014 (the “Acquisition”). This Current Report on Form 8-K includes pro forma consolidated financial information of the Company to give effect to the Acquisition for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and year ended December 31, 2013, attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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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.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

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