As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2006
                                          Registration No. _________________

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
      --------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                              SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Texas                                               20-3940661
(State or other jurisdiction of                            (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                            Identification No.)

                         16825 Northchase Dr., Suite 400
                              Houston, Texas 77060
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                              SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
                          2005 STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN


                                 Terry E. Swift
                             Chairman of the Board and
                             Chief Executive Officer
                              Swift Energy Company
                         16825 Northchase Dr., Suite 400
                              Houston, Texas 77060
                                 (281) 874-2700

                     (Name, address and telephone number of
             Registrant's executive offices and agent for service)

                                   Copies to:

                                  Karen Bryant
                            General Counsel-Corporate,
                     Chief Governance Officer and Secretary
                              Swift Energy Company
                         16825 Northchase Dr., Suite 400
                              Houston, Texas 77060
                                 (281) 874-2700
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===================================================================================================================================
                                                                            Proposed                Proposed
                                                      Amount                Maximum                 Maximum              Amount of
                  Title of                            to be              Offering Price            Aggregate            Registration
        Securities to be Registered              Registered(1)(2)       per Share(3)(4)       Offering Price(3)(4)         Fee(4)
--------------------------------------------- ----------------------- --------------------- ------------------------- --------------
<S>                                               <C>                        <C>                  <C>                     <C>
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share(5)         850,000 shares             $39.75               $33,787,500           $2,963.88(6)

============================================= ======================= ===================== ========================= ==============
<FN>
(1)  Represents  850,000  additional  shares  issuable  under  the  Swift Energy
     Company 2005 Stock Compensation Plan(the "Plan").
(2)  Pursuant  to Rule 416 under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the
     "Securities  Act"),  is  deemed  to  include  additional  shares   issuable
     under the terms of the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from  any  future
     stock  split, stock  dividend  or  similar transaction.
(3)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(4)  Calculated  pursuant  to Rule  457(c) and (h).  Accordingly,  the price per
     share of the common stock offered  hereunder  pursuant to the Plan is based
     on 850,000 shares reserved for issuance under the Plan at a price per share
     of $39.75, which is the average of the highest and lowest selling price for
     the shares on the New York Stock Exchange on May 31, 2006.
(5)  Each share of common stock is  accompanied  by a preferred  share  purchase
     right pursuant to the Rights Agreement (as Amended and Restated as of March
     31, 1999, and  as  further  amended  by Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement
     dated December 12, 2005) between Swift Energy  Company  and  American Stock
     Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent.
(6)  Represents the registration  fee for this statement calculated  pursuant to
     Rule 457 of $3,615.26 less the $651.38 balance held by the  Securities  and
     Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The balance with the SEC originated   from
     the registrant overpaying  its  registration  fee by $651.38  in connection
     with its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (333-130548) dated December 20,
     2005.

</FN>
</TABLE>
<PAGE>

                        REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
                        PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E


     This Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration  Statement") of
Swift Energy Company (the "Company" or the "Registrant") is being filed pursuant
to  General  Instruction  E to Form S-8 under  the  Securities  Act to  register
850,000  additional  shares of the Company's common stock,  $0.01 par value (the
"Common Stock") under the Swift Energy Company 2005 Stock Compensation Plan (the
"Plan").  This  Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-8  hereby  incorporates  by
reference the contents of the  Registrant's  registration  statement on Form S-8
(Registration  No.  333-130548) and  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-130548) filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
on December 20 and December 29, 2005, respectively.


                                     PART II

                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         Not Applicable.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     The Company has the authority under Articles  2.02(A)(16) and 2.02-1 of the
Texas  Business  Corporation  Act to indemnify its directors and officers to the
extent provided for in such statute.  The Company's  Amended and Restated Bylaws
provide for  indemnification  of its  officers,  directors  and employees to the
fullest extent  permitted by Article  2.02-1 of the Texas  Business  Corporation
Act. The Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation state that the Company has
the power to indemnify certain persons in such  circumstances as are provided in
its Bylaws.  The Restated  Articles of Incorporation  allow the Company to enter
into  additional  insurance and indemnity  arrangements at the discretion of the
Company's  Board of  Directors.  The Company has  entered  into  indemnification
agreements with each of its officers and directors that indemnify the individual
to the fullest extent permitted by law.

     Article  1302-7.06(B)  of the  Texas  Miscellaneous  Corporation  Laws  Act
provides  that a  corporation's  articles of  incorporation  may provide for the
elimination  or limitation  of a director's  liability.  The Company's  Restated
Articles  of   Incorporation   eliminate  the  liability  of  directors  to  the
corporation or its  shareholders  for monetary damages for an act or omission in
his capacity as a director, with certain specified exceptions to the Company and
its shareholders to the fullest extent permitted by Article 1302-7.06(B)(1-4) of
the Texas Miscellaneous Corporation Laws Act.


                                      II-2
<PAGE>


     The Company maintains insurance to cover amounts that it may be required to
pay officers and directors  under the indemnity  provisions  described above and
coverage for its officers and directors against certain  liabilities,  including
certain liabilities under the federal securities law.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

          5.1  Opinion of Counsel as to the legality of the shares being offered

          23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

          23.2 Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)

          24.1 Powers  of  Attorney  (contained  in  the signature pages to this
               Regiatration Statement)

          99.1 Swift Energy Company 2005 Stock  Compensation  Plan (incorporated
               by  reference   to  Exhibit   99.1  filed  with the  Registrant's
               Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-130548).

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         Not Applicable.




                            (Signature Pages Follow)

                                      II-3
<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act,  the  Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds  to  believe  that it meets  all the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Houston, Texas, on the 6th day of June, 2006.

                                        SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY


                                        By:/s/ Terry E. Swift
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Terry E. Swift
                                           Chief Executive Officer and
                                           Chairman of the Board


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each  individual  whose signature
appears below hereby  constitutes and appoints Terry E. Swift,  Bruce H. Vincent
and Alton D.  Heckaman,  Jr.,  and each of them,  each  with  full  power to act
without the other, his true and lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, each with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and
stead,  in any  and  all  capacities,  to  sign  any or all  amendments  to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection  therewith,  with the Commission,  granting unto each of
said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents full power and  authority  to do and perform
each and every act and thing  requisite  and  necessary to be done in connection
therewith,  as  fully to all  intents  and  purposes  as he might or could do in
person hereby ratifying and confirming that each of said  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents or his substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act,  this  Registration
Statement has been signed by the following  persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

       Signature                             Capacity                                               Date
<S>                                     <C>                                                   <C>


/s/ Terry E. Swift                                                                             June 6, 2006
---------------------------
Terry E. Swift                          Chief Executive Officer (Principal
                                        Executive Officer) and Chairman of the Board


/s/ Bruce H. Vincent                                                                           June 5, 2006
---------------------------
Bruce H. Vincent                        President and Director


/s/ Alton D. Heckaman, Jr.                                                                     June 6, 2006
----------------------------
Alton D. Heckaman, Jr.                  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
                                        Officer (Principal Financial Officer)


/s/ David W. Wesson                                                                            June 7, 2006
----------------------------
David W. Wesson                         Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)





<PAGE>

/s/ Raymond E. Galvin                                                                          June 2, 2006
---------------------------
Raymond E. Galvin                       Vice-Chairman of the Board


/s/ Deanna L. Cannon                                                                           June 5, 2006
----------------------------
Deanna L. Cannon                        Director


/s/ Douglas J. Lanier                                                                          June 6, 2006
----------------------------
Douglas J. Lanier                       Director


                                                                                               June __, 2006
---------------------------
Greg Matiuk                             Director


/s/ Henry C. Montgomery                                                                        June 2, 2006
----------------------------
Henry C. Montgomery                     Director


/s/ Clyde W. Smith, Jr.                                                                        June 2, 2006
----------------------------
Clyde W. Smith, Jr.                     Director


/s/ Charles J. Swindells                                                                       June 5, 2006
----------------------------
Charles J. Swindells                    Director


</TABLE>






<PAGE>



                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

        Exhibit No.                Document Description
----------------------------       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                <C>

            5.1                    Opinion of Counsel as to the legality of the shares being offered
           23.1                    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
           23.2                    Consent of Counsel  (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
           24.1                    Powers of Attorney (contained in the signature pages hereto)
           99.1                    Swift Energy Company 2005 Stock Compensation Plan (filed with the
                                   Commission as Exhibit 10.1 to our report on Form 8-K filed on May
                                   12, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).


</TABLE>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2006
                                          Registration No. _________________

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
      --------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
      --------------------------------------------------------------------
                              SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Texas                                               20-3940661
(State or other jurisdiction of                            (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                            Identification No.)

                         16825 Northchase Dr., Suite 400
                              Houston, Texas 77060
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                              SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY
                          2005 STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN

                                 Terry E. Swift
                             Chairman of the Board and
                             Chief Executive Officer
                              Swift Energy Company
                         16825 Northchase Dr., Suite 400
                              Houston, Texas 77060
                                 (281) 874-2700

                     (Name, address and telephone number of
             Registrant's executive offices and agent for service)

                                   Copies to:

                                  Karen Bryant
                            General Counsel-Corporate,
                     Chief Governance Officer and Secretary
                              Swift Energy Company
                         16825 Northchase Dr., Suite 400
                              Houston, Texas 77060
                                 (281) 874-2700
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===================================================================================================================================
                                                                            Proposed                Proposed
                                                      Amount                Maximum                 Maximum              Amount of
                  Title of                            to be              Offering Price            Aggregate            Registration
        Securities to be Registered              Registered(1)(2)       per Share(3)(4)       Offering Price(3)(4)         Fee(4)
--------------------------------------------- ----------------------- --------------------- ------------------------- --------------
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share(5)         850,000 shares             $39.75               $33,787,500           $2,963.88(6)

============================================= ======================= ===================== ========================= ==============
(1)  Represents  850,000  additional  shares  issuable  under  the  Swift Energy
     Company 2005 Stock Compensation Plan(the "Plan").
(2)  Pursuant  to Rule 416 under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the
     "Securities  Act"),  is  deemed  to  include  additional  shares   issuable
     under the terms of the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from  any  future
     stock  split, stock  dividend  or  similar transaction.
(3)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(4)  Calculated  pursuant  to Rule  457(c) and (h).  Accordingly,  the price per
     share of the common stock offered  hereunder  pursuant to the Plan is based
     on 850,000 shares reserved for issuance under the Plan at a price per share
     of $39.75, which is the average of the highest and lowest selling price for
     the shares on the New York Stock Exchange on May 31, 2006.
(5)  Each share of common stock is  accompanied  by a preferred  share  purchase
     right pursuant to the Rights Agreement (as Amended and Restated as of March
     31, 1999, and  as  further  amended  by Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement
     dated December 12, 2005) between Swift Energy  Company  and  American Stock
     Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent.
(6)  Represents the registration  fee for this statement calculated  pursuant to
     Rule 457 of $3,615.26 less the $651.38 balance held by the  Securities  and
     Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The balance with the SEC originated   from
     the registrant overpaying  its  registration  fee by $651.38  in connection
     with its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (333-130548) dated December 20,
     2005.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
                        PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E

     This Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration  Statement") of
Swift Energy Company (the "Company" or the "Registrant") is being filed pursuant
to  General  Instruction  E to Form S-8 under  the  Securities  Act to  register
850,000  additional  shares of the Company's common stock,  $0.01 par value (the
"Common Stock") under the Swift Energy Company 2005 Stock Compensation Plan (the
"Plan").  This  Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-8  hereby  incorporates  by
reference the contents of the  Registrant's  registration  statement on Form S-8
(Registration  No.  333-130548) and  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-130548) filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
on December 20 and December 29, 2005, respectively.

                                     PART II

                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         Not Applicable.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     The Company has the authority under Articles  2.02(A)(16) and 2.02-1 of the
Texas  Business  Corporation  Act to indemnify its directors and officers to the
extent provided for in such statute.  The Company's  Amended and Restated Bylaws
provide for  indemnification  of its  officers,  directors  and employees to the
fullest extent  permitted by Article  2.02-1 of the Texas  Business  Corporation
Act. The Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation state that the Company has
the power to indemnify certain persons in such  circumstances as are provided in
its Bylaws.  The Restated  Articles of Incorporation  allow the Company to enter
into  additional  insurance and indemnity  arrangements at the discretion of the
Company's  Board of  Directors.  The Company has  entered  into  indemnification
agreements with each of its officers and directors that indemnify the individual
to the fullest extent permitted by law.

     Article  1302-7.06(B)  of the  Texas  Miscellaneous  Corporation  Laws  Act
provides  that a  corporation's  articles of  incorporation  may provide for the
elimination  or limitation  of a director's  liability.  The Company's  Restated
Articles  of   Incorporation   eliminate  the  liability  of  directors  to  the
corporation or its  shareholders  for monetary damages for an act or omission in
his capacity as a director, with certain specified exceptions to the Company and
its shareholders to the fullest extent permitted by Article 1302-7.06(B)(1-4) of
the Texas Miscellaneous Corporation Laws Act.

                                      II-2
The Company maintains insurance to cover amounts that it may be required to
pay officers and directors  under the indemnity  provisions  described above and
coverage for its officers and directors against certain  liabilities,  including
certain liabilities under the federal securities law.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

          5.1  Opinion of Counsel as to the legality of the shares being offered

          23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

          23.2 Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)

          24.1 Powers  of  Attorney  (contained  in  the signature pages to this
               Regiatration Statement)

          99.1 Swift Energy Company 2005 Stock  Compensation  Plan (incorporated
               by  reference   to  Exhibit   99.1  filed  with the  Registrant's
               Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-130548).

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         Not Applicable.

                            (Signature Pages Follow)

                                      II-3
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act,  the  Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds  to  believe  that it meets  all the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Houston, Texas, on the 6th day of June, 2006.

                                        SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY

                                        By:/s/ Terry E. Swift
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Terry E. Swift
                                           Chief Executive Officer and
                                           Chairman of the Board

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each  individual  whose signature
appears below hereby  constitutes and appoints Terry E. Swift,  Bruce H. Vincent
and Alton D.  Heckaman,  Jr.,  and each of them,  each  with  full  power to act
without the other, his true and lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, each with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and
stead,  in any  and  all  capacities,  to  sign  any or all  amendments  to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection  therewith,  with the Commission,  granting unto each of
said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents full power and  authority  to do and perform
each and every act and thing  requisite  and  necessary to be done in connection
therewith,  as  fully to all  intents  and  purposes  as he might or could do in
person hereby ratifying and confirming that each of said  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents or his substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act,  this  Registration
Statement has been signed by the following  persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature                             Capacity                                               Date
/s/ Terry E. Swift                                                                             June 6, 2006
---------------------------
Terry E. Swift                          Chief Executive Officer (Principal
                                        Executive Officer) and Chairman of the Board

/s/ Bruce H. Vincent                                                                           June 5, 2006
---------------------------
Bruce H. Vincent                        President and Director

/s/ Alton D. Heckaman, Jr.                                                                     June 6, 2006
----------------------------
Alton D. Heckaman, Jr.                  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
                                        Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ David W. Wesson                                                                            June 7, 2006
----------------------------
David W. Wesson                         Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Raymond E. Galvin                                                                          June 2, 2006
---------------------------
Raymond E. Galvin                       Vice-Chairman of the Board

/s/ Deanna L. Cannon                                                                           June 5, 2006
----------------------------
Deanna L. Cannon                        Director

/s/ Douglas J. Lanier                                                                          June 6, 2006
----------------------------
Douglas J. Lanier                       Director

                                                                                               June __, 2006
---------------------------
Greg Matiuk                             Director

/s/ Henry C. Montgomery                                                                        June 2, 2006
----------------------------
Henry C. Montgomery                     Director

/s/ Clyde W. Smith, Jr.                                                                        June 2, 2006
----------------------------
Clyde W. Smith, Jr.                     Director

/s/ Charles J. Swindells                                                                       June 5, 2006
----------------------------
Charles J. Swindells                    Director
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.                Document Description
----------------------------       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.1                    Opinion of Counsel as to the legality of the shares being offered
           23.1                    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
           23.2                    Consent of Counsel  (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
           24.1                    Powers of Attorney (contained in the signature pages hereto)
           99.1                    Swift Energy Company 2005 Stock Compensation Plan (filed with the
                                   Commission as Exhibit 10.1 to our report on Form 8-K filed on May
                                   12, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).