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): February 43, 2015

IVANHOE ENERGY INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Yukon, Canada	000-30586	98-0372413

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)


Suite 654 – 999 Canada Place
Vancouver, BC, Canada		V6C 3E1

(Address of Principal Executive Office)		(Zip Code)

(604) 688-8323

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 13.0201 ~~Termination~~Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a ~~Material~~Continued ~~Definitive~~Listing ~~Agreement~~Rule or Standard.

On ~~October~~February 83, ~~2008~~2015, Ivanhoe Energy ~~Ecuador~~ Inc. (~~“IE Ecuador”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (~~the “Company”)~~, entered~~ ~~into~~received a ~~Specific~~letter ~~Services Contract~~ (the “~~Contract~~Notice”) ~~with~~from ~~Empresa~~the ~~Estatal~~Listing deQualifications ~~Petroleos~~Department ~~del~~of ~~Ecuador,~~the ~~Petroecuador~~NASDAQ Stock Market (“~~Petroecuador~~NASDAQ”), notifying the ~~state~~Company ~~oil~~that ~~company~~following ofthe ~~Ecuador,~~resignation ~~and~~of ~~its~~Mr. ~~affiliate,~~Robert ~~Empresa~~Pirraglia ~~Estatal~~from dethe ~~Exploracion~~board yof ~~Produccion~~directors deon ~~Petroleos~~January ~~del~~18, ~~Ecuador~~2015, ~~Petroproduccion~~the ~~(“Petroproduccion”)~~Company fails to ~~explore~~comply ~~and~~with ~~develop~~NASDAQ ~~Block~~Listing ~~20,~~Rule a5605 ~~contract~~which ~~area~~requires ina ~~the~~listed ~~Amazon~~company ~~Basin~~to ofhave ~~Ecuador~~an ~~that~~audit ~~includes~~committee ~~the Pungarayacu~~comprised ~~heavy-oil~~of ~~field,~~at least ~~utilizing~~three ~~the~~independent ~~Company’s patented heavy-to-light (“HTL™”) upgrading technology~~members.

ByConsistent ~~agreement~~with ~~dated~~Listing ~~February~~Rules ~~4, 2015~~ 5605(~~the “Termination Agreement”~~c)~~, Ivanhoe Energy Inc.~~ (~~the “Company”~~4), ~~and~~NASDAQ ~~the~~will ~~other~~provide ~~parties thereto terminated~~ the ~~Contract by mutual~~ ~~consent.~~Company ~~Under~~a ~~the~~cure ~~terms~~period ofin ~~the~~order ~~Termination~~to ~~Agreement,~~regain ~~all~~compliance ~~mutual~~as ~~obligations and rights under the Contract were terminated.~~follows:

Asuntil ~~first announced in August 2014,~~ the ~~Company~~earlier and Petroamazonas EP, the successor to Petroecuador and Petroproduccion, agreed to a process to mutually terminate the Contract under which the Company has been operating since 2008 as a step towards entering into a new Service Contract with a consortium consisting of the Company ~~and one of the world~~’s ~~largest national oil companies~~ ~~(NOC),~~next ~~which~~annual ~~has~~shareholders’ ~~experience~~meeting ~~working~~or inJanuary ~~Ecuador.~~18 ~~The Company has worked closely with Petroamazonas and officials from the Ecuadorian government in terminating the contract according to Ecuadorian law~~, ~~and~~2016; ~~the Company has fulfilled all of its termination responsibilities. There were no material early termination penalties incurred as a result of the termination of the Contract.~~or
Onif ~~January 21, 2015,~~ the ~~Company~~next ~~announced that~~annual itshareholders’ ismeeting ~~scaling back its activities in Ecuador in response to significantly lower oil prices and a delay in discussions with~~is ~~the~~held ~~Company’s~~before ~~partner~~July on17, ~~moving~~2015, ~~ahead~~then ~~with development plans for~~ the Company’s ~~Block~~must 20evidence ~~heavy-oil~~compliance ~~project.~~no ~~While~~later ~~oil price~~than ~~volatility~~July ~~makes it challenging to move Block 20 forward in the short term~~17, ~~the Company remains willing to work with its partner and the Ecuadorian government to explore development alternatives for Block 20 over the medium and longer term~~2015.

AOn ~~copy~~February of6, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing ~~the~~ ~~termination~~receipt of the ~~Contract~~Notice. A copy of this press release is ~~filed~~furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Termination Agreement, a copy of which the Company intends to file as an exhibit to its next periodic report.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press Release dated February 46, 2015

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: February 1011, 2015

IVANHOE ENERGY INC. By: “/s/ William Parry” Name: William Parry Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number		Exhibit Title or Description
99.1		Press Release dated February 46, 2015

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