SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                   FORM 12B-25

                           NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING



                                                  SEC FILE NUMBER     000-227116

     CUSIP  NUMBER


 | |  Form 10-K    | |  Form 20-F     | |  Form 11-K   |X|  Form 10-Q
 | |  Form  NSAR   | |  Form  N-CSR

For  the  period  ended:  MARCH  31,  2006

|  |   Transition  Report  on  Form  10-K
|  |   Transition  Report  on  Form  20-F
|  |   Transition  Report  on  Form  11-K
|  |   Transition  Report  on  Form  10-Q
|  |   Transition  Report  on  Form  NSAR

For  the  transition  period  ended:


 Read  attached  Instruction  Sheet Before Preparing Form. Please Print or Type.

Nothing  in  this  form  shall  be  construed  to  imply that the Commission has
verified  any  information  contained  herein.


 If  the notification related to a portion of the filing checked above, identify
the  item(s)  to  which  notification  relates:




 PART  I-REGISTRANT  INFORMATION


               Full  name  of  Registrant:    HYPERDYNAMICS  CORP
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             Former  name  if  Applicable:
     Address  of  Principal
     Executive Office (Street and Number):    One Sugar Creek  Blvd,  Suite  125
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             City,  State  and  Zip  Code:    Sugar  Land,  Texas  77478
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 PART  II-RULE  12B-25(B)  AND  (C)


 If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort or expense
and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule 12b-25(b), the following should
be  completed.(Check  box  if  appropriate.)


               (a)  The  reasons  described  in  detail in Part III of this form
               could  not  be eliminated without unreasonable effort or expense;

               (b)  The  subject  annual  report,  semi-annual  report,
               transition  report  of Forms 10-K, 10-KSB, 20-F, 11-K, Form N-SAR
   |X|         or  Form N-CSR, or portion thereof will be filed on or before the
               15th  calendar  day  following  the  prescribed  due date; or the
               subject  quarterly  report  or  transition  report  on Form 10-Q,
               10-QSB,  or  portion thereof will be filed on or before the fifth
               calendar  day  following  the  prescribed  due  date;  and

               (c)  The  accountant's  statement  or  other  exhibit required by
               Rule  12b-25(c)  has  been  attached  if  applicable.


 PART  III-NARRATIVE


 State  below in reasonable detail the reasons why Forms 10-K, 20-F, 11-K, 10-Q,
10-QSB, N-SAR, N-CSR or the transition report portion thereof could not be filed
within  the  prescribed  time  period.

     The  Registrant's  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q could not be filed within
the  prescribed  time  period  because  management  has  not  yet  completed our
financial  statements.


 PART  IV-OTHER  INFORMATION


      (1)   Name  and  telephone  number  of person to contact in regard to this
notification:


                        Steven Plumb      713             353-9400
                           (Name)     (Area Code)     (Telephone Number)


     (2)   Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15(d) of
the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company Act
of  1940  during  the  preceding  12  months or for such shorter period that the
registrant  was  required  to  file  such  report(s)  been  filed?

 |X|   Yes   | |   No   If  the  answer  is  no,  identify  report(s)

     (3)    Is  it  anticipated  that  any  significant  change  in  results  of
operations  from  the  corresponding  period  for  the  last fiscal year will be
reflected  by  the  earnings  statements to be included in the subject report or
portion  thereof?

 | |   Yes   |X|   No

If  so:  attach  an  explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively and
quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons why a reasonable estimate
of  the  results  cannot  be  made.


HYPERDYNAMICS  CORP


 Name  of  Registrant  as  Specified  in  Charter

Has  caused  this  notification  to  be  signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto  duly  authorized.



Date: May 15, 2006                              By:      /s/  Steven  M.  Plumb
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                                                         Steven  M.  Plumb,  CPA
                                                         Chief Financial Officer

INSTRUCTION: The form may be signed by an executive officer of the registrant or
by  any  other  duly authorized representative. The name and title of the person
signing  the  form  shall  be  typed  or  printed  beneath the signature. If the
statement  is signed on behalf of the registrant by an authorized representative
(other than an executive officer), evidence of the representative's authority to
sign  on  behalf  of  the  registrant  shall  be  filed  with  the  form.


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