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~~June 7, 2023

ERHC ENERGY INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Colorado	000-17325	88-0218499
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


5444 Westheimer Road, Suite 1000, #181, Houston, Texas		77056
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code		(713) 626-4700

None

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

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Item 8.01Other Events

1.~~Block~~ERHC 2Energy Inc. (“ERHC” or the “Company”) has been notified of the ~~Nigeria~~order ~~Sao~~dismissing ~~Tome~~proceedings ~~and~~in ~~Principe~~Administrative ~~Joint~~Proceeding ~~Development~~Number ~~Zone~~3-19419 ~~(“JDZ”)~~regarding the Company which has been published on the website of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

2.ERHC ~~and~~currently ~~the~~seeks ~~two~~new ~~other~~technical ~~companies~~and ~~(“Contractor~~financial ~~Parties”)~~partners ~~with~~for ~~working interests in~~ the ~~Block~~oil ~~are~~and ~~working~~gas onexploration aand ~~Joint~~production ~~Operating~~licenses ~~Agreement~~ (“~~JOA~~Licenses”) in which ERHC holds interests.

3.The ~~JOA~~Licenses isinclude anthe ~~agreement~~Nigeria-Sao ~~that~~Tome ~~will,~~& ~~among~~Principe Joint Development Zone (“JDZ”) Block 2 in which ERHC and several other ~~things,~~contracting ~~guide~~companies ~~the~~entered ~~relationship~~jointly ~~between~~into ~~the~~a ~~Contractor~~Production ~~Parties~~Sharing inContract (“PSC”) with the ~~operation~~Nigeria-Sao ofTome ~~JDZ~~& ~~Block~~Principe 2Joint Development Authority (“JDA”). The contracting companies are negotiating a Joint Operating Agreement to guide operations between them.

4.~~The~~ERHC ~~JOA~~and isprior ~~pursuant~~partners tocarried ~~the~~out ~~Production~~an ~~Sharing~~extensive ~~Contract~~exploration ~~between~~campaign ~~the~~under ~~three~~previous ~~Contractor~~PSCs ~~Parties~~whereby ~~and~~five ~~the~~wells ~~Joint~~were ~~Development~~drilled ~~Authority~~in ~~(“JDA”)~~three onJDZ ~~the~~Blocks ~~Block. The~~which ~~JDA~~encountered ishydrocarbon-bearing ~~the~~reservoir ~~administrative authority of the JDZ~~sands.

5.Since then, a comprehensive study has been produced of the JDZ ~~Blocks~~area 3integrating the petrophysical data from all the wells drilled so far with reprocessed 2D and 4 3D seismic data, utilizing AVO/Inversion techniques, to assess the hydrocarbon potential in the JDZ Blocks. The study shows, among other things, numerous undrilled leads calibrated to the wells.

6.~~ERHC~~Under ~~has been in discussion with~~ the ~~JDA~~auspices ~~on the introduction~~ of ~~new contractor parties to take up~~ the ~~balance~~JDA, ~~of working interests not accruing to~~ ERHC oncan make the ~~Block~~study and ~~which~~foundational ~~became~~datasets available ~~following~~for ~~the~~perusal ~~end~~by ofcredible ~~the~~prospective ~~initial~~partners ~~exploration~~subject ~~campaign~~to on the ~~Blocks. That~~requisite ~~initial~~confidentiality ~~exploration campaign involved the drilling of one well in Block 3 and three wells in Block 4~~conditions.

7.ERHC’s ~~Sao~~also ~~Tome~~continues to receive solicitations for partnership from license and ~~Principe~~interest ~~Exclusive~~holders ~~Economic~~in ~~Zone~~other exploration and production (“~~EEZ~~E&P”) ~~interests~~ acreage in the Gulf of Guinea.

8.ERHC’s ~~continues~~ability to ~~work~~exploit onexisting ~~the issues~~ and ~~fallouts~~prospective ofopportunities ~~dispute~~will ~~resolution,~~depend ~~including multi-jurisdictional litigation and arbitration~~ on ~~EEZ~~its ~~Block~~ability 4to asraise ~~well~~the asrequisite ~~legacy~~financing ~~tax~~to ~~claims~~meet onits ~~EEZ~~working ~~Block~~capital 11needs. ~~The costs associated with protecting ERHC’s interests in dispute resolution have had a significant adverse impact on ERHC’s finances.~~

Caution on Forward-looking Statements: Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties. Investors should therefore not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements contained herein. The statements herein speak only as of the date of this report. Expressly disclaimed hereby is any obligation or undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to any of the statements herein to reflect any change in any expectations with regard to the statements or any changes in events, conditions or circumstances on which any forward-looking statements are based.

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.

	ERHC ENERGY INC.
Dated :02/07/2023	By:	/s/ Linda Uwams
Dated :06/27/, 2023	By:	/s/ Linda Uwams
		Name:	Linda Uwams
		Title:	Country Manager/Counsel

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