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<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE="-1">Registration No. 333-_________</FONT><BR>
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>

Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>

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<B>FORM S-8</B><BR>

<B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B><BR>

<B>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B><P>

<FONT SIZE="+1"><B>ENERGY SEARCH, INCORPORATED</B></FONT><BR>

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)<BR>

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		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Tennessee</B></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>62-1423071</B></TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER">(State or Other Jurisdiction of</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER">Incorporation or Organization)</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER">Identification Number)</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>280 Fort Sanders West Blvd., Suite 200</B></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Knoxville, Tennessee</B></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>39722</B></TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER">(Zip Code)</TD>
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<FONT SIZE="+1"><B>ENERGY SEARCH, INCORPORATED</B></FONT><BR>

<FONT SIZE="+1"><B>STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN OF 1998</B></FONT><BR>

(Full Title of the Plan)<P>
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		<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Richard S. Cooper</B></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">Copies to:</FONT></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Patrick R. Sughroue</B></TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>President</B></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Patrick R. Sughroue, P.C.</B></TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Energy Search, Incorporated</B></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>3777 Sparks Drive, Suite 130</B></TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>280 Fort Sanders West Blvd., Suite 200</B></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546</B></TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><B>Knoxville, Tennessee 37922</B></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</TD>
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(Name and Address of Agent For Service)<P>

<B>(423) 531-6562</B><BR>

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)<P>

<B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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		<TD WIDTH="200" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">Title Of<BR>
			Securities To Be<BR>
			Registered</FONT></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="200" ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;<BR>
			<FONT SIZE="-1">Amount To Be<BR>
			Registered</FONT></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="200" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">Proposed Maximum<BR>
			Offering Price<BR>
			Per Share (1)(2)</FONT></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="200" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">Proposed Maximum<BR>
			Aggregate<BR>
			Offering Price (1)(2)</FONT></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="200" ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;<BR>
			<FONT SIZE="-1">Amount Of<BR>
			Registration Fee</FONT></TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="200" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">Common Stock,<BR>
			no par value</FONT></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="200" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">700,000 shares(3)</FONT></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="200" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">$3.8125</FONT></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="200" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">$2,668,750</FONT></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="200" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="-1">$741.91</FONT></TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE="-1">(1)</FONT></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="93%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE="-1">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.</FONT></TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE="-1">(2)</FONT></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="93%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE="-1">On September 7, 1999, the last price of the Common Stock of Energy Search, Incorporated was $3.8125 per share.  The registration fee is computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) and (c).</FONT></TD>

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		<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE="-1">(3)</FONT></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="93%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE="-1">In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee
benefit plan described above, plus an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be required to be issued in the event of an
adjustment as a result of an increase in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a
subdivision of such shares, the payment of stock dividends or certain other capital adjustments.</FONT></TD>
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<B>PART II</B><P>

<B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B><P>
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; On June 14, 1999 the Registrant filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration Statement No. 333-80649) with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The
previously filed Registration Statement registered 300,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock
authorized for issuance under the Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan of 1998 (the "Plan").   Registration Statement No. 333-80649 is incorporated herein by reference.  On June 17, 1999, the Registrant's shareholders approved an amendment to the Plan
which increased the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan to 1,000,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock.  This current Registration Statement on Form S-8 is registering the
additional 700,000 authorized shares under the Plan.<P>

<B>Item 8.	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Exhibits</B>.<P>

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The following exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this
registration statement:<P>

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		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT">Exhibit<BR>
			<U>Number</U></TD>
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			<U>Document</U></TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">4.1</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Amended and Restated Charter.</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">4.2</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Bylaws. Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">4.3</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Specimen of Common Stock Certificate.  Previously filed as an exhibit to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (333-12755), and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">4.4</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Specimen of Redeemable Series A Common Stock Purchase Warrant Certificate.
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
SB-2 (333-12755), and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">4.5</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Specimen of Underwriters' Warrant Certificate.  Previously filed as an exhibit to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (333-12755), and
incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">5</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Opinion of Patrick R. Sughroue, P.C.</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">23.1</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Consent of Plante &amp; Moran, LLP.</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">23.2</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Consent of Patrick R. Sughroue, P.C.  Included in Exhibit 5 above.</TD>
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<B>SIGNATURES</B><P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant</I>.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to&nbsp;believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form&nbsp;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 Knoxville, state of Tennessee, on this 3rd day
of September, 1999.<P>
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		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT">ENERGY SEARCH, INCORPORATED</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT">By  /s/ Richard S. Cooper<HR WIDTH="95%" ALIGN="RIGHT" NOSHADE></TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard S. Cooper</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President</TD>
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.<P>

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		<TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<U>Signature</U></TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="LEFT"><U>Title</U></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER"><U>Date</U></TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="4">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="4">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="LEFT">/s/ Charles P. Torrey, Jr.<HR NOSHADE></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="LEFT">Director (Principal</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER">September 3, 1999</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="LEFT">Charles P. Torrey, Jr.</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="LEFT">Executive Officer)</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="4">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="4">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="LEFT">/s/ Richard S. Cooper<HR NOSHADE></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="LEFT">Director</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER">September 3, 1999</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="LEFT">Richard S. Cooper</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="4">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="4">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="LEFT">/s/ Robert L. Remine<HR NOSHADE></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="LEFT">Director (Principal</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER">September 3, 1999</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="LEFT">Robert L. Remine</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="LEFT">Financial and Accounting</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="LEFT">Officer)</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</TD>
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<B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B><P>
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		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT">Exhibit<BR>
			<U>Number</U></TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT"><BR>
			<U>Document</U></TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">4.1</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Amended and Restated Charter.</TD>
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	<TR>
		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
	</TR>

	<TR>
		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">4.2</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Bylaws. Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
	</TR>

	<TR>
		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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	<TR>
		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">4.3</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Specimen of Common Stock Certificate.  Previously filed as an exhibit to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (333-12755), and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
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	<TR>
		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">4.4</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Specimen of Redeemable Series A Common Stock Purchase Warrant Certificate.
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
SB-2 (333-12755), and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
	</TR>

	<TR>
		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
	</TR>

	<TR>
		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">4.5</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Specimen of Underwriters' Warrant Certificate.  Previously filed as an exhibit to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (333-12755), and
incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
	</TR>

	<TR>
		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
	</TR>

	<TR>
		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">5</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Opinion of Patrick R. Sughroue, P.C.</TD>
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	<TR>
		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">23.1</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Consent of Plante &amp; Moran, LLP.</TD>
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		<TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
	</TR>

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		<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">23.2</TD>
		<TD WIDTH="87%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">Consent of Patrick R. Sughroue, P.C.  Included in Exhibit 5 above.</TD>
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Energy Search Form S-8
Registration No. 333-_________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ENERGY SEARCH, INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
__________________
Tennessee
62-1423071
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification Number)
280 Fort Sanders West Blvd., Suite 200
Knoxville, Tennessee
39722
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
ENERGY SEARCH, INCORPORATED
STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN OF 1998
(Full Title of the Plan)
Richard S. Cooper
Copies to:
Patrick R. Sughroue
President
Patrick R. Sughroue, P.C.
Energy Search, Incorporated
3777 Sparks Drive, Suite 130
280 Fort Sanders West Blvd., Suite 200
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546
Knoxville, Tennessee 37922
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(423) 531-6562
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title Of
Securities To Be
Registered
Amount To Be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (1)(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (1)(2)
Amount Of
Registration Fee
Common Stock,
no par value
700,000 shares(3)
$3.8125
$2,668,750
$741.91
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(2)
On September 7, 1999, the last price of the Common Stock of Energy Search, Incorporated was $3.8125 per share.  The registration fee is computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) and (c).
(3)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee
benefit plan described above, plus an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be required to be issued in the event of an
adjustment as a result of an increase in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a
subdivision of such shares, the payment of stock dividends or certain other capital adjustments.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
On June 14, 1999 the Registrant filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration Statement No. 333-80649) with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The
previously filed Registration Statement registered 300,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock
authorized for issuance under the Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan of 1998 (the "Plan").   Registration Statement No. 333-80649 is incorporated herein by reference.  On June 17, 1999, the Registrant's shareholders approved an amendment to the Plan
which increased the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan to 1,000,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock.  This current Registration Statement on Form S-8 is registering the
additional 700,000 authorized shares under the Plan.
Item 8.	         Exhibits
.
The following exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this
registration statement:
Exhibit
Number
Document
4.1
Amended and Restated Charter.
4.2
Bylaws. Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Specimen of Common Stock Certificate.  Previously filed as an exhibit to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (333-12755), and incorporated
herein by reference.
4.4
Specimen of Redeemable Series A Common Stock Purchase Warrant Certificate.
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
SB-2 (333-12755), and incorporated herein by reference.
4.5
Specimen of Underwriters' Warrant Certificate.  Previously filed as an exhibit to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (333-12755), and
incorporated herein by reference.
5
Opinion of Patrick R. Sughroue, P.C.
23.1
Consent of Plante & Moran, LLP.
23.2
Consent of Patrick R. Sughroue, P.C.  Included in Exhibit 5 above.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant
.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of 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 Knoxville, state of Tennessee, on this 3rd day
of September, 1999.
ENERGY SEARCH, INCORPORATED
By  /s/ Richard S. Cooper
Richard S. Cooper
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Charles P. Torrey, Jr.
Director (Principal
September 3, 1999
Charles P. Torrey, Jr.
Executive Officer)
/s/ Richard S. Cooper
Director
September 3, 1999
Richard S. Cooper
/s/ Robert L. Remine
Director (Principal
September 3, 1999
Robert L. Remine
Financial and Accounting
Officer)
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Document
4.1
Amended and Restated Charter.
4.2
Bylaws. Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Specimen of Common Stock Certificate.  Previously filed as an exhibit to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (333-12755), and incorporated
herein by reference.
4.4
Specimen of Redeemable Series A Common Stock Purchase Warrant Certificate.
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
SB-2 (333-12755), and incorporated herein by reference.
4.5
Specimen of Underwriters' Warrant Certificate.  Previously filed as an exhibit to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (333-12755), and
incorporated herein by reference.
5
Opinion of Patrick R. Sughroue, P.C.
23.1
Consent of Plante & Moran, LLP.
23.2
Consent of Patrick R. Sughroue, P.C.  Included in Exhibit 5 above.