sfy_8k-08082007.htm

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 (or Date of Earliest Event Reported):  August 8, 2007


SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas
1-8754
20-3940661
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

16825 Northchase Drive, Suite 400
Houston, Texas 77060
(Address of principal executive offices)

(281) 874-2700
(Registrant’s telephone number)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 7.01.                                Regulation FD Disclosure.

In a news release on August 8, 2007, Swift Energy Company reported that it has not experienced production interruption in its Lake Washington field in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, due to a recent upstream natural gas pipeline incident in the area on a pipeline which Swift does not utilize, and production remains predominately unaffected. The press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.

Swift Energy Company does not intend for this Item 7.01 or Exhibit 99 to be incorporated by reference into its filings under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Item 9.01.                                Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibit.                                The following exhibit is filed with this report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit
Number
  
Description
     
99
  
Swift Energy Company press release dated August 8, 2007.
     

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SIGNATURE

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:  August 8, 2007
 
     
Swift Energy Company
       
By: 
/s/ Bruce H. Vincent
         
Bruce H. Vincent
President
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number
  
Description
     
99
  
Swift Energy Company press release dated August 8, 2007.
     


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