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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">FORM 8-K</P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</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-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
March 9, 2012 (March 8, 2012)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">GASTAR EXPLORATION LTD.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>GASTAR EXPLORATION USA, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
its Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">ALBERTA, CANADA</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">001-32714</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">98-0570897</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">DELAWARE</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">001-35211</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">38-3531640</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Commission</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(IRS Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">of incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1331 LAMAR STREET, SUITE 650</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">HOUSTON, TEXAS 77010</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(713) 739-1800</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Registrants&rsquo; telephone number, including
area code)</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">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):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>SECTION 2 &ndash; FINANCIAL INFORMATION</B></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 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.</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: 23pt">On March 8, 2012, Gastar Exploration Ltd.
(the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) issued a press release announcing the Company&rsquo;s financial results for the three and twelve months
ended December 31, 2011. A copy of the Company&rsquo;s press release, dated March 8, 2012, is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1
and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 23pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 23pt">In accordance with General Instruction B.2
of Form 8-K and the Securities and Exchange Commission Release No.&nbsp;33-8176, the information presented herein under Item&nbsp;2.02
and under Item&nbsp;9.01 related thereto of Form 8-K, shall not be deemed to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and is not deemed to be incorporated
by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>SECTION 9 &ndash; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AND EXHIBITS</B></P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>(d) Exhibits</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: 23pt">The following is a list of exhibits furnished
as part of this Form 8-K:</P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 88%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; font-weight: bold">Description of Document</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">99.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Press release dated March 8, 2012.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.5in">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 23pt">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 hereunto duly authorized.</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">Date: March 9, 2012</P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 46%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left; line-height: 10pt; tab-stops: -.5in 0in .5in decimal 196.8pt 254.4pt 312.0pt 369.6pt 427.2pt 484.8pt">By:</TD>
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    <TD NOWRAP>J. Russell Porter</TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP>President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD NOWRAP>J. Russell Porter</TD></TR>
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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="text-align: center">99.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Press release dated March 8, 2012.</TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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):
March 9, 2012 (March 8, 2012)
GASTAR EXPLORATION LTD.
GASTAR EXPLORATION USA, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
its Charter)
ALBERTA, CANADA
001-32714
98-0570897
DELAWARE
001-35211
38-3531640
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
1331 LAMAR STREET, SUITE 650
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77010
(Address of principal executive offices)
(713) 739-1800
(Registrants' telephone number, including
area code)
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))
SECTION 2 – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On March 8, 2012, Gastar Exploration Ltd.
(the "Company") issued a press release announcing the Company's financial results for the three and twelve months
ended December 31, 2011. A copy of the Company's press release, dated March 8, 2012, is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1
and is incorporated herein by reference.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2
of Form 8-K and the Securities and Exchange Commission Release No. 33-8176, the information presented herein under Item 2.02
and under Item 9.01 related thereto of Form 8-K, shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and is not deemed to be incorporated
by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
SECTION 9 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AND EXHIBITS
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
The following is a list of exhibits furnished
as part of this Form 8-K:
Exhibit No.
Description of Document
99.1
Press release dated March 8, 2012.
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2
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SIGNATURES
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 hereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 9, 2012
GASTAR EXPLORATION LTD.
By:
/s/ J. RUSSELL PORTER
J. Russell Porter
President and Chief Executive Officer
GASTAR EXPLORATION USA, INC.
By:
/s/ J. RUSSELL PORTER
J. Russell Porter
President
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description of Document
99.1
Press release dated March 8, 2012.
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