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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES and EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM 8-K</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">January 14, 2020</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 24pt;"><u>Tengasco, Inc.</u></div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center;">Commission File Number 1-15555</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;"><u>Delaware</u></div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;"><u>87-0267438</u></div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">(State of incorporation)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center;"><u>8000 E. Maplewood Avenue, Suite 130, Greenwood Village CO 80111</u></div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">(Address of Principal Executive Office)</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;"><u>(720)&#160; 420-4460</u></div>
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      <div>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):</div>
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                  <div>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</div>
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      <div>Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">Common Stock</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">TGC</div>
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      <div>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company:
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      <div>Emerging growth company&#160; &#9744;</div>
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      <div>If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
        Act&#160; &#9744;</div>
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      <div>Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer&#8217;s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: <u>10,666,211 common shares at January 13, 2020</u>.</div>
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                <td style="width: 63pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 8.01</td>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">On January 14, 2020 Tengasco, Inc. issued a press release announcing the commencement of a review of potential business combination alternatives and the selection of a financial advisor in
        connection with the process of reviewing potential transactions.</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"> <br>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the information set forth in Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; for purposes of Section 18 of the
        Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
        reference in such a filing.</div>
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                <div>Press Release dated January 14, 2020</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SIGNATURES</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">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.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Date:&#160; January 14, 2020</div>
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              <div>TENGASCO, INC.</div>
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              <div>s/ Cary V. Sorensen</div>
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              <div>Cary V. Sorensen</div>
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              <div>Vice President</div>
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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):
January 14, 2020
Tengasco, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number 1-15555
Delaware
87-0267438
(State of incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
8000 E. Maplewood Avenue, Suite 130, Greenwood Village CO 80111
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
(720)  420-4460
(Registrant's Telephone number)
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))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock
TGC
NYSE American
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company:
Emerging growth company  ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
        Act  ☐
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:
10,666,211 common shares at January 13, 2020
.
Item 8.01
(Other Events).
On January 14, 2020 Tengasco, Inc. issued a press release announcing the commencement of a review of potential business combination alternatives and the selection of a financial advisor in
        connection with the process of reviewing potential transactions.
A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the information set forth in Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
        Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
        reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
No.
Description
99.1
Press Release dated January 14, 2020
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:  January 14, 2020
TENGASCO, INC.
By:
s/ Cary V. Sorensen
Name:
Cary V. Sorensen
Title:
Vice President