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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>October 22, 2012</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EMERALD OIL,&nbsp;INC.</B></P>

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its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">1-35097</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">77-0639000</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1600 Broadway, Suite 1040</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Denver, CO 80202</B></P>

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including zip code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(303) 323-0008</B></P>

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area code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Voyager Oil &amp; Gas, Inc.</B></P>

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since last report)</P>

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is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General
Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The information set forth in Item 5.03 is hereby incorporated
by reference into this Item 3.03 to the extent applicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0">On October 22, 2012, Voyager Oil &amp; Gas,
Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) held a special meeting of its shareholders (the &ldquo;Special Meeting&rdquo;). The Company&rsquo;s
shareholders approved, among other things, a proposal to amend the Company&rsquo;s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;)
to increase the number of shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, par value $.001 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;)
authorized for issuance under the Plan to 24,500,000 shares. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split (as defined below), the number
of shares of Common Stock now available for issuance under the Plan is 3,500,000 shares, and the information set forth in Item
5.03 regarding the Reverse Stock Split is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02 to the extent applicable. A copy
of the amendment to the Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws;
Change in Fiscal Year.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">At the Special Meeting, in addition to approving the amendment
to the Plan, the Company&rsquo;s shareholders approved the Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(the &ldquo;Articles of Amendment&rdquo;) to (i) effect a name change of the Company to Emerald Oil, Inc. (the &ldquo;Name Change&rdquo;),
(ii) effect a 1-for-7 reverse stock split of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock (the &ldquo;Reverse Stock Split&rdquo;), and (iii)
increase the aggregate number of authorized shares of Common Stock available for issuance to 500,000,000 (the &ldquo;Authorized
Share Increase&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On October 22, 2012, the Company filed the Articles of Amendment
with the Montana Secretary of State to effect the Name Change, the Reverse Stock Split and the Authorized Share Increase. The Articles
of Amendment became effective upon its filing with the Montana Secretary of State. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every
seven outstanding shares of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock combined automatically into one share of Common Stock. Each shareholder&rsquo;s
percentage ownership in the Company and proportional voting power remains unchanged after the Reverse Stock Split, except for minor
changes and adjustments resulting from the treatment of fractional shares. The Articles of Amendment and a new specimen physical
Common Stock certificate are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 4.1, respectively, and each is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Trading of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock began to trade on
the NYSE MKT on the post-split basis on October 23, 2012. The new CUSIP number for the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock following the
Reverse Stock Split and the Name Change is 29101U209.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, adjustments were automatically
made to certain terms of certain of the Company&rsquo;s outstanding securities, including its outstanding options, restricted stock,
restricted stock units and warrants.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Company held the Special Meeting on October 22, 2012.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">At the Special Meeting, the shareholders approved the amendment
to the Plan. The final voting results with respect to this matter were as follows: 25,196,729 votes for; 8,901,915 votes against;
55,629 votes abstaining; and 25,170,079 broker non-votes.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">At the Special Meeting, the shareholders also approved the Name
Change. The final voting results with respect to this matter were as follows: 53,348,515 votes for; 5,815,379 votes against; 123,359
votes abstaining; and 37,099 broker non-votes.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">At the Special Meeting, the shareholders also approved the Reverse
Stock Split. The final voting results with respect to this matter were as follows: 47,575,327 votes for; 11,611,868 votes against;
109,058 votes abstaining; and 28,099 broker non-votes.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">At the Special Meeting, the shareholders also approved the Authorized
Share Increase. The final voting results with respect to this matter were as follows: 47,846,351 votes for; 10,904,999 votes against;
196,022 votes abstaining; and 376,980 broker non-votes.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8.01 Other Events.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On October 22, 2012, the Company announced that it had
effected the amendment to the Plan, the Name Change, the Authorized Share Increase and the Reverse Stock Split and that
trading in its Common Stock on the NYSE MKT on a post-split basis would begin on the morning of October 23, 2012. This press
release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">(d)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Exhibits</TD>
</TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The following exhibits are filed in accordance with
the provisions of Item 601 of Regulation S-K:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-decoration: none; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-decoration: none; width: 84%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Exhibit Description</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>3.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>4.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Specimen Stock Certificate for the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Emerald Oil, Inc.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>10.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amendment to the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>99.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Press Release dated October 22, 2012</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report on Form&nbsp;8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-weight: bold">EMERALD OIL, INC.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">By: /s/ Mitchell R. Thompson</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">Mitchell R. Thompson</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">Chief Accounting Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: October 23, 2012</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-decoration: none; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 88%; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Exhibit Description</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>3.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>4.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Specimen Stock Certificate for the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Emerald Oil, Inc.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>10.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amendment to the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>99.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Press Release dated October 22, 2012</TD></TR>
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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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
October 22, 2012
EMERALD OIL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Montana
1-35097
77-0639000
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1600 Broadway, Suite 1040
Denver, CO 80202
(Address of principal executive offices,
including zip code)
(303) 323-0008
(Registrant's telephone number, including
area code)
Voyager Oil & Gas, Inc.
(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report)
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 (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
The information set forth in Item 5.03 is hereby incorporated
by reference into this Item 3.03 to the extent applicable.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 22, 2012, Voyager Oil & Gas,
Inc. (the "Company") held a special meeting of its shareholders (the "Special Meeting"). The Company's
shareholders approved, among other things, a proposal to amend the Company's 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan")
to increase the number of shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.001 per share (the "Common Stock")
authorized for issuance under the Plan to 24,500,000 shares. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split (as defined below), the number
of shares of Common Stock now available for issuance under the Plan is 3,500,000 shares, and the information set forth in Item
5.03 regarding the Reverse Stock Split is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02 to the extent applicable. A copy
of the amendment to the Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws;
Change in Fiscal Year.
At the Special Meeting, in addition to approving the amendment
to the Plan, the Company's shareholders approved the Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(the "Articles of Amendment") to (i) effect a name change of the Company to Emerald Oil, Inc. (the "Name Change"),
(ii) effect a 1-for-7 reverse stock split of the Company's Common Stock (the "Reverse Stock Split"), and (iii)
increase the aggregate number of authorized shares of Common Stock available for issuance to 500,000,000 (the "Authorized
Share Increase").
On October 22, 2012, the Company filed the Articles of Amendment
with the Montana Secretary of State to effect the Name Change, the Reverse Stock Split and the Authorized Share Increase. The Articles
of Amendment became effective upon its filing with the Montana Secretary of State. As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every
seven outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock combined automatically into one share of Common Stock. Each shareholder's
percentage ownership in the Company and proportional voting power remains unchanged after the Reverse Stock Split, except for minor
changes and adjustments resulting from the treatment of fractional shares. The Articles of Amendment and a new specimen physical
Common Stock certificate are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 4.1, respectively, and each is incorporated herein by reference.
Trading of the Company's Common Stock began to trade on
the NYSE MKT on the post-split basis on October 23, 2012. The new CUSIP number for the Company's Common Stock following the
Reverse Stock Split and the Name Change is 29101U209.
As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, adjustments were automatically
made to certain terms of certain of the Company's outstanding securities, including its outstanding options, restricted stock,
restricted stock units and warrants.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company held the Special Meeting on October 22, 2012.
At the Special Meeting, the shareholders approved the amendment
to the Plan. The final voting results with respect to this matter were as follows: 25,196,729 votes for; 8,901,915 votes against;
55,629 votes abstaining; and 25,170,079 broker non-votes.
At the Special Meeting, the shareholders also approved the Name
Change. The final voting results with respect to this matter were as follows: 53,348,515 votes for; 5,815,379 votes against; 123,359
votes abstaining; and 37,099 broker non-votes.
At the Special Meeting, the shareholders also approved the Reverse
Stock Split. The final voting results with respect to this matter were as follows: 47,575,327 votes for; 11,611,868 votes against;
109,058 votes abstaining; and 28,099 broker non-votes.
At the Special Meeting, the shareholders also approved the Authorized
Share Increase. The final voting results with respect to this matter were as follows: 47,846,351 votes for; 10,904,999 votes against;
196,022 votes abstaining; and 376,980 broker non-votes.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On October 22, 2012, the Company announced that it had
effected the amendment to the Plan, the Name Change, the Authorized Share Increase and the Reverse Stock Split and that
trading in its Common Stock on the NYSE MKT on a post-split basis would begin on the morning of October 23, 2012. This press
release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed in accordance with
the provisions of Item 601 of Regulation S-K:
Exhibit
Exhibit Description
3.1
Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation
4.1
Specimen Stock Certificate for the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Emerald Oil, Inc.
10.1
Amendment to the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan
99.1
Press Release dated October 22, 2012
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
EMERALD OIL, INC.
By: /s/ Mitchell R. Thompson
Mitchell R. Thompson
Chief Accounting Officer
Date: October 23, 2012
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Exhibit Description
3.1
Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation
4.1
Specimen Stock Certificate for the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Emerald Oil, Inc.
10.1
Amendment to the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan
99.1
Press Release dated October 22, 2012