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
October 25, 2018
(Date of earliest event reported)


Commission file number 1-7810
Energen Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Alabama
 
63-0757759
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
605 Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard North, Birmingham, Alabama
 
35203-2707
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)



Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
(205) 326-2700



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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 4, 2015, Energen Resources Corporation (Energen Resources), a wholly owned subsidiary of Energen Corporation, filed a quiet title action against Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. (Endeavor) in the District Court of Howard County, Texas, to remove a cloud on the title to approximately 10,000 acres leased by Energen Resources in that county. Energen Resources believes the cloud on title arises from a prior unreleased but partially terminated oil and gas lease covering the leased lands. The trial judge ruled with respect to the acreage not held by production that Endeavor’s lease terminated prior to the date Energen Resources entered into its lease. In November 2016, the trial judge entered a final judgment to that effect. In April 2017, Endeavor appealed the trial court’s final judgement to the Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals. On October 25, 2018, the Eleventh Court of Appeals entered a judgment affirming the trial court’s final judgment in favor of Energen Resources. The judgment by the Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals is subject to rehearing before that Court and appeal to the Supreme Court of Texas.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.




 
 
ENERGEN CORPORATION
 
 
 
October 26, 2018
 
By: /s/ John K. Molen
 
 
John K. Molen
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Energen Corporation


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