UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-A12(b) FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIRES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 South Texas Oil Company -------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Nevada 74-2949620 - ------------------------ 	 -------------- (State or incorporation or organization) (IRS Employer 							Identification No.) 769 Highway 95 N, Bastrop, TX			 78602 - ----------------------------------------------- --------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Title of each class Name of each exchange on which To be so registered each class is to be registered ----------------------------	 ------------------------------ COMMON STOCK, .001 PAR VALUE THE NASDAQ MARKET LLC If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A. (c), check the Following box. [X] If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A. (d), check the Following box. [ ] Securities Act registration file number to which this form relates:333-127482 Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Not applicable ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED. A description of the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), of South Texas Oil Company, a Nevada corporation (the "Registrant"), to be registered hereunder is contained under the caption "Description of Securities" in the Form SB-2/A Prospectus that constitutes part of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-127482) initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2005, as amended from time to time, and is incorporated herein by reference. Any form of prospectus subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act which includes a description of the securities to be registered hereunder shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. ITEM 2. EXHIBITS. Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed, because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized. Date: October 26, 2007 By: Murray N. Conradie, Title: CEO, Chairman and Director (Principal Executive Officer)