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 Earliest Event Reported: March 1214, 2013

Empire Energy Corporation International

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

1-10077

87-0401761

(State or other jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

(Commission file number)

(IRS employer

identification no.)

6750 Antioch Road

Merriam, Kansas 66204

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

+61 3 6231 3529

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On March 1214, 2013 ~~TXO~~Empire ~~Plc~~Energy Corporation International issued the following statement. ~~TXO and Empire are both investors in Tasmanian Oil and Gas Ltd..~~

~~TXO~~SENERGY ~~PLC~~AND ANALYST ENGAGED TO COMPLETE CPR, NPV, EMV, RANKING AND SUMMARY ON TEN STRUCTURES WITHIN THE TASMANIA BASIN IDENTIFIED BY PREVIOUS WORK ON EL13/1998 AND TWO STRUCTURES WITHIN EL14/2009. FURTHER FUNDING INTO EMPIRE PROVIDED BY CEO. TOG DRILLING PLANNED.

LEAWOOD, Kansas, Thursday the 14th of March 2013 – Empire Energy Corporation International (~~“TXO”~~Empire) (EEGC – News) posted on its website www.EmpireEnergy.com in Red Box 15 the Senergy (GB) Ltd (Senergy) Competent Persons Report (CPR) commissioned by Tasmanian Oil and Gas Ltd (TOG). The TOG Senergy report described in Empire’s last press release on the 19th February 2013, covered the Estimated Total Mean Recoverable Prospective Resource (ETMRP Resource) of the Bellevue and Thunderbolt structures within the current EL14/2009 of 2.7 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) of gas or in terms of oil, 508 Million Barrels (0.5 Billion Barrels) of Oil Equivalent (MMBOE). TOG has subsequently engaged Senergy to work on an Economic Evaluation (EE) of the ~~“Company”~~Bellevue and Thunderbolt ETMRP Resources, based upon the CPR results, the Net Present Value (NPV) and Monetary Value (EMV) figures are expected out soon.

~~AGM~~SENERGY ~~Statement~~CPR REPORT

AtEmpire ~~today~~has also contracted Senergy to complete a CPR, NPV, EMV and ranking report on ten seismically defined structures (described in Blackburn’s ~~Annual~~2004 ~~General~~report ~~Meeting~~in ~~Tim~~Red ~~Baldwin~~Box 1 on Empires website) originally within EL13/1998, ~~Chairman~~and ofhas ~~TXO~~this ~~plc~~week paid £10,000 ~~the~~(about ~~AIM-listed~~USD ~~oil~~$15,000) deposit to Senergy and ~~gas~~to ~~investment~~the ~~company,~~independent ~~made~~Analyst report from further loan funds from the ~~following~~CEO. ~~comments:~~

~~“After~~ANALYST a period of restructuring and reinvestment, which is substantially complete, the Board is pleased to state that the Company is now in good shape and we are confident that shareholders can look forward to a number of positive announcements, especially on our Bahamas investment. REPORT

~~TXO~~An ~~currently~~Independent ~~has~~London ~~investments~~based ~~in two assets, Grand Bahama Group Ltd ("GBG") and Tasmanian Oil and Gas Ltd ("TOG"). GBG is developing a waste~~ oil and ~~hydrocarbon~~gas ~~recovery~~research ~~facility at Freeport~~analyst, ~~Grand~~has ~~Bahama,~~been ~~and~~engaged ~~TOG was established~~ to ~~fund~~produce ~~and develop~~ an ~~oil~~analyst ~~and~~report ~~gas~~for ~~exploration~~both ~~licence~~TOG inand ~~Tasmania, Australia~~Empire. ~~TXO~~ ~~currently~~The ~~has~~Senergy ~~a 30.17% holding in GBG, with an option to increase this to 43.18% by the year end,~~ and aAnalyst ~~43%~~reports ~~holding~~are ~~in TOG, reducing~~ to ~~25%~~achieve ~~upon completion of~~ the JVthree ~~arrangements~~primary ~~currently~~purposes ~~underway~~described below.

~~GBG, in particular, has made excellent progress in the past few months~~1. )

~~Morgan~~First ~~Oil~~to ~~USA (“MOUSA”)~~update, ~~its~~quantify ~~Kentucky~~and ~~based~~verify ~~wholly~~the ~~owned~~counter ~~subsidiary~~claimed islosses ~~expected~~caused by Smartwin to beEmpire ~~profitable~~by ~~through~~allegedly ~~the~~not ~~remainder~~completing ofits ~~the~~contractual ~~year~~obligations and ~~following~~therefore causing the ~~work-over~~loss ~~programme~~ of ~~all~~the ~~its~~ten ~~wells,~~structures ~~GBG~~and ~~expects~~their tocontained ~~see~~ETMRP Resources, a ~~steady~~matter ~~increase~~which inis ~~production~~currently before the USA, NY Federal court.

~~There is a considerable opportunity to drill deeper and/or horizontally and neighbouring sites in the Illinois Basin have enjoyed a lot of success in recent times by doing so~~2. MOUSA has recently received expressions of interest to partner in this respect from companies based both in the UK and Kentucky and a number of options are under consideration in this regard. An announcement should be expected shortly.)

~~However,~~Second ~~whilst MOUSA is an appreciating asset, the focus of GBG continues~~ to beestablish ~~the~~a ~~project~~base infor ~~Freeport,~~commercial ~~Grand~~negotiations ~~Bahama. The Board of GBG recently attended the Bahamas International Investment and Business Forum Conference~~ in ~~Port~~relation ~~Lucaya,~~to ~~Freeport~~those onten ~~20th~~ranked ~~and 21st February 2013~~structures.

The event, a collaborative effort between The Grand Bahama Port Authority Limited (GBPA), the Bahamas Investment Authority (BIA) and the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) provided an excellent opportunity for the board to meet with various interested parties currently operating in the Bahamas and those proposing to invest3. Freeport faces new and exciting prospects, with the widening of the Panama Canal and possible offshore oil exploration being just two of many significant activities being brought to bear. It was widely accepted that the building of a Hydrocarbon Recovery Plant was in the best interests of all concerned.)

~~However,~~Third ~~as a result and in addition~~ to ~~GBG~~provide ~~having~~an ~~recently~~independent ~~signed two five year contracts~~ and ~~with~~current ~~ongoing~~value ~~contract~~base ~~negotiations with a number of large multi-nationals~~ for the ~~processing~~stock ofmarket ~~ships slops~~ and other ~~types~~potential ~~of used oils, the Board of GBG feel that a scalable plant capable of further expansion should be considered~~funders. To this end, its board is to meet and consider revisions to its existing proposals with the Grand Bahama Port Authority. This is not expected to cause any material delay to the build programme and the Hydrocarbon Recovery Plant is still scheduled to be operational later this year.

InDRILLING the meantime, GBG recently secured, on long-term charter, Barge Martha, a 200ft, 350mt barge with over a 1m gallon capacity. Martha is proving to be an excellent investment and is ideally suited to offloading larger quantities of ships slops from tankers visiting the shipyard and the main oil terminal on the Island. Since 1st February, Martha has received enquiries for offloading in excess of 500,000 gallons. In order to secure its long-term productivity GBG plans to dry-dock the barge and repaint its hull, which should also allow for branding to further promote the company services.PROGRAM

~~Whist~~A 12” pre-collar well is intended to be immediately drilled at the ~~principal~~Lonnavale ~~investment~~seep ~~has~~site ~~been~~within ~~GBG~~the Mt Lloyd structure on EL14/2009, ~~TOG~~in ~~has~~preparation ~~also~~for ~~made~~our ~~good~~larger ~~progress~~three ~~following~~well ~~some~~program, ~~modest~~at ~~investment~~the proven still currently active Tasmanites sourced oil seep. The site, which is only 15 kilometers (9.5 miles) South East from the two BHP Exploration (BHP) fully cored stratigraphic wells, intersects the full section of the Late Carboniferous Quamby Mudstone (identical to West Texas). This section includes the interbedded Tasmanite oil shale, which contains the Tasmanites Algal cyst (identified in West Texas within the older Texas Barnett shale that does have the same marine algal species as the Tasmanites) that was drilled on the North Bank of the Styx River by ~~its~~BHP, ~~shareholders~~and ~~including~~is ~~TXO~~planned to be drilled in the current campaign. Drilling contractors have been contacted and we are awaiting formal updated quotes. The Lonnavale Drill hole location and plan are in Red Box 1 on the Empire Website along with the CSIRO Lonnavale seep report (Volkman, 1991), oil and gas seep occurrence report (Bendall, 1990), Eugene Domacks report on the Source rock potential of the Quamby Mudstone (Domack, 1991) and the BHP Styx River fully cored well report (BHP, 1983) on the source rock section including the famous world standard, type one Kerogen example, the Tasmanite oil shale. The Tasmanites organism is ~~for~~the same species of marine algae as is found in the Barnett Shale of Texas, USA, with the same commercial, conventional and unconventional, oil and gas implications. TOG toshareholders ~~raise~~have ~~future~~jointly committed the funding to drilling at Lonnavale within EL14/2009 under our current license terms where there fewer permit constraints being under forestry land, beside an existing public road and in ~~its~~an ~~own~~existing ~~right~~quarry. ~~following~~Red Box 2 contains the Tasmanian Digital topography overlaid with the regional geological data presented as a ~~successful~~aerial ~~outcome~~view to make evaluation of the ~~licence~~seismic ~~appeal~~data and understanding of the relationship, of the geology and Mt Lloyd, to the Lonnavale well site more effective. It also contains the gravity database and gravity Worms that identify the location and dips and strikes of the structuring within the Tasmania Basin, relevant to the Lonnavale seep.

AtCEO ~~the~~Malcolm ~~year-end~~Bendall TOG was a 100% owned by TXO but since then TOG has established a joint venture agreement with Alpha Prospects plc, Hill Street Investments plc and Empire Energy to take on and continue with the Tasmania onshore exploration activities, with TOG itself funding the project going forward, thereby limiting TXO’s exposure.commented

In“We ~~addition,~~are ~~TOG~~looking ~~has~~forward ~~secured~~to ~~50%~~the ofimpending ~~any~~results ~~counterclaim~~of ~~award~~Senergy’s ~~Empire~~evaluation ~~receives~~on inthe ~~its~~ETMRP USResource ~~court~~potential ~~case~~of ~~against~~our ~~Smartwin,~~structures and the ~~original~~independent ~~joint~~equity ~~venture~~research ~~partners~~report ofover the ~~project~~next few weeks. We ~~expect~~are ~~trial~~excited ~~or settlement of this~~ to ~~happen~~be ~~during~~on ~~2013.~~the ~~TOG~~verge ~~has~~of astarting ~~modest~~to ~~financial~~drill ~~exposure~~again toon ~~funding~~EL ~~this case~~14/2009. ~~The~~I’m ~~potential~~pleased ~~upside~~to isbe ~~difficult~~able to ~~assess~~forward ~~but~~further wefunds ~~believe~~to aEmpire ~~successful~~in ~~outcome~~support ~~could~~of beits ~~very~~activities ~~material~~in to the ~~value of~~ TOG. Wejoint ~~remain~~venture ofand ~~the~~for ~~view~~other ~~that~~commitments. ~~the~~We ~~case~~are ~~against~~optimistic ~~Smartwin~~that is2013 ashould ~~good~~be ~~one.~~the ~~The~~most ~~counterclaim~~progressive isyear ~~filed~~ever asfor tothe ~~$3bn~~company.

Empire and TOG ~~expects~~are tonow beempowered, ~~able~~structured toand ~~resolve~~focused ~~the~~on ~~licence~~completing ~~issue~~drilling ~~with~~Bellevue, ~~Mineral~~Thunderbolt ~~Resources~~and ~~Tasmania~~Mt Lloyd (~~“MRT”~~Lonnavale seep site) as promised this year, fulfilling the ~~State~~purpose ~~Ministry~~of my 1977 vision. Empire now has one current effective CPR on EL14/2009 through TOG with an EE including the NPV and EMV covering the Bellevue and Thunderbolt ETMRP Resources expected soon. Empires new CPR report on the ten structures previously within EL13/98, which will include NPV and ~~expects~~EMV tocalculations ~~file~~on ~~affidavits~~the ~~shortly~~ten ~~for~~structures identified within the ~~appeal~~old license area, is currently being worked on by Senergy with support from Global Exploration Services, Enzo Zappaterra and Empire. I expect all these CPR and EE reports and Pre-collar drilling to be ~~held~~finished onin April and summarized by an 8 page independent Analysts report putting Empire now in the ~~23rd~~strongest ~~April~~commercial ~~2013~~strategic position it has been since August 2008. The translation of the current effective financial instruments into drilling funds has been planned and I expect to be swift.

~~The~~TXO ~~company~~Plc ~~has~~(TXO) ~~been~~our ~~working~~London ~~with~~based ~~leading~~AIM ~~gas~~listed ~~industry~~partner ~~experts~~ in ~~Australia~~TOG totraded ~~assess~~up ~~the~~20% ~~commerciality of any potential gas find. A pipeline that already exists could be utilised for the project. A new Competent Persons Report~~ on ~~EL14~~Tuesday ~~2009~~this ~~was~~week, ~~recently completed and is available~~ on ~~our web site. This showed an improved risk profile and increased~~ the ~~resource~~trading ~~potential on the previous report done by RPS. TOG is undertaking work to upgrade the economic evaluation~~ of ~~the~~over ~~licence~~230 ~~with~~million ~~Synergy~~TXO ~~(GB)~~shares ~~Ltd, who prepared~~ the ~~recent~~highest ~~report.~~traded ~~Synergy~~volume ~~have~~of ~~appointed~~shares anof ~~independent~~any ~~expert~~public tocompany ~~produce~~listed an analyst report for TOG and Empire for three primary purposes. First to quantify and verify the counter-claimed losses caused by Smartwin to Empire by allegedly not completing its contractual obligations, second to establish a base for commercial negotiations in ~~relation~~London ~~to those ranked structures identified~~ on ~~the~~that ~~licence~~day, ~~and~~after ~~third~~announcing toTXO’s ~~provide~~current astrong ~~valuation~~financial ~~reference point for the stock market~~ and ~~other~~strategic ~~potential~~position ~~funders.~~at Itits ~~is then TOG's intention to embark on a new exploration programme with a new management to execute their business plan~~AGM. ~~We believe that much of the uncertainty surrounding TOG will be removed over the coming months.~~”

Following the recent fundraising, which brought in a number of new institutional investors, we have cash in the bank to satisfy our current working capital requirements for this year and we have interest being shown from additional sources looking to invest in the Company and its projects. We have also recently set up a small liquidity facility with our broker, Fox-Davies Capital, under which the Company will benefit from accessing additional funds if the share price is above a minimum level and if liquidity in the shares is strong. This enables us to swiftly and efficiently benefit from moments of strong demand and helps to top-up working capital more cost effectively than would otherwise be the case.

The Company has seen 1.08bn shares traded in 2013 against a current issued share capital of 1.2bn shares, which at the start of the year was 540m shares. The majority of the shareholder base has been very stable indicating that some form of derivative or day trading may be at play. We are encouraged by the liquidity of the shares but concerned by the volume, given the stability of the investor base, which we are told could be due to a short position in the shares.

At today’s AGM the Board asked for approval to issue further shares for cash or to acquire investments as the Board sees fit. This does not mean that a major share issuance is planned at this time, but it does give us the flexibility to react quickly, as required.

The addition of Christopher Foster to the Board adds his 25 years of corporate finance experience across a wide spectrum of industry to a Board well versed in AIM companies and the spheres of activity that we are looking to invest in.

The Board is pleased with the progress made in the last year and expects to see the share price improve as the projects move towards fruition, and in the case of GBG the early generation of positive cashflow.”

At today’s Annual General Meeting all resolutions were duly passed.

12th March 2013

For further information, please contact:

TXO PLC

+44 (0) 207 518 4300

Tim Baldwin, Chairman

Fox-Davies Capital Limited

+44 (0) 20 3463 5000

Simon Leathers / Daniel Fox-Davies / Richard Hail

Lothbury Financial Services Limited

+44 (0) 203 440 7620

Michael Padley / Chris Roberts

Contact: Malcolm Bendall

+61 3 6231 3529

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL

Dated: March 1214, 2013

By: /s/ Malcolm Bendall

Mr. Malcolm Bendall

Chief Executive Officer

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