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): November 20, 2018

TALOS ENERGY INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

713-328-3000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company   ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   ☐

On November 20, 2018, Talos Energy Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company’s bank group completed their regularly scheduled fall borrowing base redetermination. The borrowing base under the Company’s bank credit facility increased from $600 million to $850 million; however, the Company has elected to maintain the current $600 million commitment amount based upon its current liquidity. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K, including the information contained in Exhibit 99.1, contains forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “believes,” “plans,” “predicts,” and similar terms. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s forward-looking statements include, among other things, those incident to the exploration for and development, production, gathering and sale of oil, natural gas and NGLs, such as commodity price volatility, inflation, lack of availability of drilling and production equipment and services, environmental risks, drilling and other operating risks, regulatory changes, the uncertainty inherent in projecting future rates of production, cash flow and access to capital, the timing of development expenditures, and the other risks discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 and other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless required by law, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as result of new information, future events or otherwise.

(d)    Exhibits.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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