Form 8-K

 

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 : July 20, 2004

Date of earliest event reported : July 19, 2004

 

Plains Resources Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   13-2898764

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

0-9808

(Commission

File Number)

 

700 Milam Street, Suite 3100

Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (832) 239-6000

 

Item 5.    Other Events

 

The information in the Press Release dated July 19, 2002 and attached as Exhibit 99.1 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(a)    Not applicable.

 

(b)    Not applicable.

 

(c)    Exhibits.

 

99.1                Press Release dated July 19, 2004.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

       

PLAINS RESOURCES INC.

Date: July 20, 2004

      

/s/ E. Lynn Hill

       

E. Lynn Hill

Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Each exhibit identified below is filed as part of this report.

 

Exhibit No.
   

Description

99.1    Press Release dated July 19, 2004.