Stone Energy (SGY) 8-K Stone Energy to Present at Howard Weil Energy Conference

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

March 17, 2006
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

STONE ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware
  (State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation) 1-12074
  (Commission File
Number) 72-1235413
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

625 E. Kaliste Saloom Road
Lafayette, Louisiana
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) 70508
  (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (337) 237-0410

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:

o     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e 4(c))

Section 7 — Regulation FD
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On March 17, 2006, we issued a press release announcing that we will be presenting at Howard Weil’s 34^th Annual Energy Conference in New Orleans at 3:15 p.m. central time on Tuesday, March 21, 2006. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.

     In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the foregoing information, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information and Exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Section 9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (d) Exhibits

               99.1      Press release dated March 17, 2006, “Stone Energy to Present at Howard Weil Energy Conference.”

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SIGNATURE

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

	STONE ENERGY CORPORATION
Date: March 17, 2006	By:	/s/ J. Kent Pierret
		J. Kent Pierret
		Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press release dated March 17, 2006, “Stone Energy to Present at Howard Weil Energy Conference.”

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