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 and Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~October~~November 510, 2015

FAR EAST ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

0-32455

88-0459590

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

333 N. Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 230, Houston, Texas		77060
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (832) 598-0470

Not Applicable

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

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Item 1.0103. ~~Entry~~Bankruptcy ~~into~~or ~~a Material Definitive Agreement~~Receivership.

On ~~October~~November 510, 2015, Far East Energy Corporation (the “Company”) ~~and~~commenced ~~Far~~a ~~East~~bankruptcy ~~Energy~~case (~~Bermuda~~the “Chapter 7 Case”) by filing a voluntary petition for relief under the provisions of chapter 7 of title 11 of the United States Code, ~~Ltd~~11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq. (the “~~FEEB~~Code”), in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Bankruptcy Court”). The Chapter 7 Case is entitled “In re Far East Energy Corporation.” As a ~~wholly-owned~~result of the ~~subsidiary~~filing of the ~~Company~~Chapter 7 Case, ~~entered~~a ~~into~~Chapter an7 ~~Amendment~~trustee ~~Agreement~~will (be appointed by the ~~“Amendment”)~~Bankruptcy Court and will assume control of the Company. The assets of the Company will be liquidated in accordance with the ~~lenders~~Code. ~~party~~The ~~thereto~~Company’s ~~(collectively~~board of directors, after spending considerable time and effort attempting to sell or restructure the Company and not being successful, concluded that no viable options remained for implementing a restructuring, or obtaining financing, and that the Chapter ~~"Lenders")~~7 case was the only alternative available.

~~The~~Item ~~Amendment~~2.04. ~~amends the~~Triggering ~~facility~~Events ~~agreement~~that ~~originally~~Accelerate ~~made~~or ~~and~~Increase ~~dated~~a ~~November~~Direct ~~28,~~Financial ~~2011~~Obligation ~~(as~~or ~~amended,~~an ~~the~~Obligation “Facility Agreement”) between the Company, FEEB and Standard Chartered Bank (“SCB”) to, among other things, extend the maturity date of the Facility Agreement to March 29, 2016. The rights and obligations of SCB under ~~the~~an ~~Facility~~Off-Balance ~~Agreement~~Sheet ~~were transferred to the Lenders on September 29, 2015~~Arrangement.

The ~~foregoing~~filing ~~description~~ of the Chapter ~~Amendment~~7 Case constituted ~~does~~an ~~not~~event ~~purport~~of todefault beunder ~~complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to~~ the ~~Amendment,~~terms ~~a copy~~ of ~~each of~~that ~~which~~certain ~~is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and to the~~ Facility Agreement, ~~attached~~dated asNovember ~~Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed on December 2~~28, 2011, ~~the first amendment thereto attached~~ as amended ~~Exhibit~~from ~~10.1~~time to time (the ~~Form~~“Facility ~~8-K filed on May 25~~Agreement”), ~~2012,~~that ~~the~~certain ~~second~~Term ~~amendment~~Loan ~~thereto attached~~Facility ~~as Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed on November 28~~Agreement, ~~2012, the third amendment thereto attached~~ as ~~Exhibit~~amended ~~10.1~~from time to ~~the Form~~time ~~8-K filed on December 20, 2012,~~ (the ~~fourth~~“Term ~~amendment~~Loan ~~thereto~~Facility ~~attached as Exhibit 10.3 to the Form 8-K filed on January 18~~Agreement”), ~~2013,~~ ~~the~~dated ~~fifth~~September ~~amendment thereto attached as Exhibit 10.4 to the Form 8-K filed on January 18~~29, ~~2013~~2015, ~~the~~and ~~sixth~~that ~~amendment~~certain ~~thereto~~Indenture, dated ~~attached~~January ~~as Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed on December 31~~15, 2013, ~~the~~for ~~Extension Agreement to~~ the ~~Facility~~Senior ~~Agreement~~Secured ~~attached as~~Notes ~~Exhibit~~due ~~10.79~~2016 to (the ~~Form 10-K filed on March 31~~"Indenture"), ~~2014,~~each ~~the~~among ~~Second Extension Agreement to~~ the ~~Facility~~Company, ~~Agreement~~its ~~attached as~~wholly-owned ~~Exhibit~~subsidiary ~~10.1~~Far toEast ~~the~~Energy ~~Form 8-K filed on July 11~~(Bermuda), ~~2014, the Third Extension Agreement attached as Exhibit 10~~Ltd.1 toand the ~~Form~~other ~~8-K~~parties ~~filed on~~thereto. ~~September~~As ~~15,~~of ~~2014,~~ the ~~Fourth~~date ~~Extension~~hereof, ~~Agreement~~approximately ~~attached as Exhibit 10~~$23.12 ~~to the Form 8-K filed on October 31~~million, ~~2014, the Fifth~~ ~~Extension Agreement attached as Exhibit~~ $10.~~1 to the Form~~ 8-K ~~filed~~million onand ~~November 28, 2014, the Sixth Extension Agreement attached as Exhibit 10~~$89.1 tomillion ~~the~~of ~~Form~~principal ~~8-K~~and ~~filed~~accrued onbut ~~January~~unpaid 5,interest ~~2015,~~remains ~~the~~outstanding ~~Seventh~~under ~~Extension Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.1 to~~ the ~~Form 8-K~~Facility ~~filed on January 15~~Agreement, ~~2015,~~ the ~~Eighth~~Term ~~Extension~~Loan Facility Agreement ~~attached~~and ~~as Exhibit 10.1 to~~ the ~~Form 8-K filed on February 19~~Indenture, ~~2015, the~~respectively. ~~Ninth~~The ~~Extension~~filing ~~Agreement~~of ~~attached as Exhibit 10.1 to~~ the ~~Form~~Chapter ~~8-K~~7 ~~filed~~Case onis ~~April~~an 1,event ~~2015,~~of ~~the Tenth Extension Agreement attached~~default asunder ~~Exhibit~~each ~~10.1~~of to the ~~Form~~Facility ~~8-K filed on May 1~~Agreement, ~~2015,~~ the ~~Eleventh~~Term ~~Extension~~Loan Facility Agreement ~~attached~~and ~~as Exhibit 10.1 to~~ the ~~Form 8-K filed on June 2~~Indenture, ~~2015,~~and the ~~Twelfth~~amount ~~Extension~~outstanding ~~Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.1 to~~ under the ~~Form~~Indenture ~~8-K~~has ~~filed~~become onimmediately ~~July~~due ~~2, 2015,~~ and ~~the Thirteenth~~payable ~~Extension Agreement attached~~ as ~~Exhibit~~a ~~10.1~~result toof the ~~Form~~filing ~~8-K~~of ~~filed~~the onChapter ~~September~~7 ~~11, 2015, which are each incorporated by reference herein~~Case.

Item 95.0102. ~~Financial~~Departure ~~Statements~~of ~~and~~Directors ~~Exhibits~~or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

~~(d)~~Each ~~Exhibits~~of the directors of the Company, Mr. Donald A. Juckett, Mr. William A. Anderson, Mr. C. P. Chiang, Mr. John C. Mihm, Mr. Thomas E. Williams, and Mr. Michael R. McElwrath, resigned as a member of the Company’s board of directors effective immediately upon the filing of the Chapter 7 Case. The resignations are not the result of any disagreement with the Company regarding the Company’s operations, policies, or practices, but are because of the filing of the Chapter 7 Case. The Chapter 7 trustee will assume control over the assets of the Company, effectively eliminating the authority and powers of the board of directors of the Company.

Exhibit
Number		Description
10.1		Amendment Agreement, dated October 5, 2015, among Far East Energy Corporation, Far East Energy (Bermuda), Ltd. and the lenders party thereto.

Each of the officers of the Company, Mr. McElwrath, Chief Executive Officer and President, and Ms. Jennifer D. Whitley, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, ceased to be officers and employees of the Company effective immediately upon the filing of the Chapter 7 Case. Mr. McElwrath and Ms. Whitley also resigned from their positions with the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, Far East Energy (Bermuda), Ltd., in each case effective immediately upon the filing the Chapter 7 Case. The appointment of the Chapter 7 trustee will effectively eliminate the authority and powers of the officers of the Company to act on behalf of the Company. The employment of each of Mr. McElwrath and Ms. Whitley by the Company was also terminated, effective immediately upon the filing of the Chapter 7 Case.

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.

Dated: October 7, 2015

Dated: November 10, 2015

	Far East Energy Corporation


	By:	/s/ Michael R. McElwrath
		Michael R. McElwrath
		Former Chief Executive Officer

Far East Energy Corporation By: /s/ Michael R. McElwrath Michael R. McElwrath Chief Executive Officer

Index to Exhibits

Exhibit
Number		Description
10.1		Amendment Agreement, dated October 5, 2015, among Far East Energy Corporation, Far East Energy (Bermuda), Ltd. and the lenders party thereto.

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