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  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">UNITED STATES</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
  COMMISSION</font></b></p>
  
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  D.C. 20549</font></b></p>
  
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  <h3 align="center" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></h3>
  
  <h3 align="center" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></h3>
  
  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
  15(d)&nbsp;of</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report: May&nbsp;8, 2008</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Date of earliest event
  reported)</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <h3 align="center" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">KODIAK OIL&nbsp;&amp; GAS CORP.</font></b></h3>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Commission File Number: </font><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">001-32920</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Yukon Territory</font></b></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1625
  Broadway, Suite&nbsp;250</font></b></p>
  
  <h4 style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Denver,
  Colorado 80202</font></b></h4>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(303)
  592-8075</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code)</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Not Applicable</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check
  the appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions:</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425
  under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> &#160;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-12
  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> &#160;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> &#160;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item&nbsp;2.02.
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">On May&nbsp;8, 2008, Kodiak Oil&nbsp;&amp; Gas Corp.
  issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended
  March 31, 2008.&#160; A copy of the press
  release is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This information is being furnished pursuant to
  Item&nbsp;2.02 of Form&nbsp;8-K and shall not be deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; for the
  purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
  (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section,
  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.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 9.01&#160; Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160;&#160; Exhibits</font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press release of Kodiak Oil&nbsp;&amp; Gas Corp.
    dated May&nbsp;8, 2008.</font></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURE</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>
  
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    OIL&nbsp;&amp; GAS CORP.</font></p>
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    <p style="border:none;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;padding:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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    <p style="border:none;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;padding:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ James P. Henderson</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James P. Henderson </font></p>
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 27.0pt .0001pt 0in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: May&nbsp;8, 2008</font></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press release of Kodiak Oil&nbsp;&amp; Gas Corp.
    dated May&nbsp;8, 2008.</font></p>
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text: 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: May 8, 2008
  (Date of earliest event
  reported)
  KODIAK OIL & GAS CORP.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Commission File Number:
  001-32920
  Yukon Territory
  N/A
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  1625
  Broadway, Suite 250
  Denver,
  Colorado 80202
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  (303)
  592-8075
  (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  Not Applicable
  (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:
  o
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
  under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 2.02.
  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
  On May 8, 2008, Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp.
  issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended
  March 31, 2008.  A copy of the press
  release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
  This information is being furnished pursuant to
  Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the
  purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
  (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section,
  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 of Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp.
    dated May 8, 2008.
  2
  SIGNATURE
  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.
  KODIAK
    OIL & GAS CORP.
  By:
  /s/ James P. Henderson
  James P. Henderson
  Chief Financial Officer
  Date: May 8, 2008
  3
  EXHIBIT
  INDEX
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  99.1
  Press release of Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp.
    dated May 8, 2008.
  4