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)

April 26, 2012

Cano Petroleum, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-32496

77-0635673

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

6500 North Belt Line Road,

Suite 200, Irving, Texas

75063

(Address of principal executive
offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 687-0030

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD.

On April 26, 2012, Cano Petroleum, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), disclosed that the unaudited net production for its properties in March 2012 was as follows:

Property	Production (BOE / Day)(1)	Physical Location	Net Acreage

Panhandle	368	Texas	20,387

Cato	182	New Mexico	20,662

Nowata	210	Oklahoma	4,594

Davenport	62	Oklahoma	2,178

Desdemona	48	Texas	10,677

TOTAL	871		58,498

Limitation on Incorporation by Reference:

In accordance with general instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in Item 7.01 of this report is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section.

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.

	CANO PETROLEUM, INC.

Date: April 26, 2012
	By:	/s/ John H. Homier
		John H. Homier
		Chief Financial Officer

CANO PETROLEUM, INC 8-K