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): ~~April~~ December 1611, 2015 (December 9, 2015)

VENOCO, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-33152	77-0323555
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission file number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission file number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)

370 17th Street, Suite 3900 Denver, Colorado		80202-1370
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 626-8300

N/A

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

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ITEM 25.02 ~~RESULTS~~DEPARTURE OF ~~OPERATIONS~~DIRECTORS ~~AND~~OR ~~FINANCIAL~~CERTAIN ~~CONDITION~~OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

On ~~April~~December 169, 2015, the board of directors of Venoco, Inc. ~~issued~~(the “Company”) appointed Joseph A. Bondi to the Company’s board. Mr. Bondi, 72, retired from Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”) in 2013, having initially joined that firm in 1988. For more than five years prior to his retirement from A&M, Mr. Bondi was a ~~press~~Managing ~~release~~Director ~~reporting~~in ~~financial~~its ~~results~~North American Commercial Restructuring Group. At A&M, he served as a senior executive or advisor to underperforming companies, including developing and ~~operating~~executing ~~information~~strategies ~~for~~to maximize value and leading turnarounds, financial reorganizations and asset sales. In the ~~year~~course ~~ended~~of ~~December 31~~his work with A&M, ~~2014~~Mr. Bondi served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of National Energy and Gas Transmission, Inc. and ~~related~~as ~~information~~President of Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC. AMr. Bondi ~~copy~~has been a director of ~~the~~Merrill ~~release~~Corporation issince ~~attached~~2014 and of Optim Energy LLC from March 2014 to ~~this~~October 2015. Merrill ~~report~~is asa ~~Exhibit~~technology based service provider in the information management business and Optim Energy owned and operated power plants in Texas. Mr. 99Bondi received his B.1A. in Economics from Cornell University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

~~The~~It ~~information~~is inexpected ~~this~~that ~~report, including Exhibit 99~~Mr.1 Bondi ~~attached~~will ~~hereto,~~serve ~~shall~~on ~~not~~the beaudit ~~deemed~~and tocompensation becommittees ~~“filed” for purposes~~ of ~~Section 18 of~~ the ~~Securities~~board ~~Exchange Act~~ of ~~1934,~~directors. asHe ~~amended~~will ~~(the~~receive ~~“Exchange~~an ~~Act”),~~annual orretainer ~~otherwise~~of ~~subject~~$74,000 tofor ~~the~~his ~~liabilities~~board ofand ~~that~~committee ~~section~~service, and ~~shall~~will ~~not~~ be ~~incorporated~~entitled byto ~~reference~~certain ~~into~~per ~~any~~meeting ~~filing~~fees. He ~~under~~may ~~the~~also ~~Securities~~be ~~Act~~entitled ofto ~~1933,~~certain ascommittee ~~amended,~~chair ~~or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing~~retainers.

~~ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS~~2

~~(d) Exhibits~~SIGNATURE

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated April 16, 2015.

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: December 11, 2015


	VENOCO, INC.


	By:	/s/ Mark A. DePuy
	Name:	Mark A. DePuy
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

~~SIGNATURE~~3

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: April 16, 2015

VENOCO, INC. By: /s/ Mark A. DePuy Name: Mark A. DePuy Title: Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated April 16, 2015.

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