SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    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): December 17, 1998



                             DENBURY RESOURCES INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


          Canada                     1-12935                 Not Applicable
(State of incorporation or    (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
       organization)                                       Identification No.)

                               17304 Preston Road
                                    Suite 200
                               Dallas, Texas 77252
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                                 (972) 673-2000
                         (Registrant's telephone number)

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ITEM 1. CHANGES IN CONTROL OF REGISTRANT.

     On December 16, 1998,  Denbury  Resources  Inc.  (the  "Company"),  and TPG
Partners II, L.P. (the  "Purchaser"),  entered into a Stock  Purchase  Agreement
(the  "Agreement")  pursuant to which the Purchaser  agreed to purchase from the
Company  18,552,876 of the Company's common shares,  no par value,  (the "Common
Shares"),  for $100 million.  The Purchaser is an affiliate of the Texas Pacific
Group ("TPG"), a 32% shareholder of the Company.  Among other things, closing of
the transaction is conditioned upon shareholder,  regulatory and other customary
approvals  and a mutually  acceptable  amendment  of the  Company's  bank credit
facility. As part of this agreement, the Company will extend registration rights
to  apply  to the  Common  Shares  to be  acquired  in  this  transaction.  This
registration  rights  agreement  will also  extend and  modify the  registration
rights of the Common Shares previously owned by TPG.

     This  transaction will increase TPG's ownership from  approximately  32% to
60% of the  Company.  TPG is  currently  represented  by three  designees on the
Company's board of directors,  Messrs. Bonderman, Price and Stanton. The Company
does not  anticipate  that this  transaction  will  result in any changes to the
current board of directors, management or operations of the Company.

     The  foregoing  discussion is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
agreement,  copies  of  which  are  attached  hereto  as  Exhibit  99.1  and are
incorporated herein by reference.


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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, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: December 17, 1998


                                          Denbury Resources, Inc.


                                          By:     /s/ Phil Rykhoek
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                                          Name:    Phil Rykhoek
                                          Title:   Chief Financial Officer


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



    Exhibit
      No.                        Exhibit Description

99.1           Stock Purchase  Agreement dated December 16, 1998 between Denbury
               Resources Inc. and TPG Partners II, L.P.









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