UNITED STATES ~~SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION~~

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~~PURSUANT ofTO ~~Report~~SECTION 13 OR 15(~~Date~~d) OF ofTHE ~~earliest~~SECURITIES ~~event~~EXCHANGE ~~reported):~~ACT ~~January 10,~~OF ~~2013~~1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 6, 2013

EASTERN AMERICAN NATURAL GAS TRUST

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-~~11748~~1174 8	36-7034603
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)	File Number)	Identification No.)

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Trustee

Global Corporate Trust

919 Congress Avenue

Austin, Texas 78701

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code: (800) 852-1422

Not applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,

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~~ITEM 8.01. Other Information.

AsOn ~~reported in the filings made by Eastern American Natural Gas Trust (the “Trust”) since the creation of the Trust~~February 6, ~~the~~2013 trustee of the Trust is required by the terms of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement governing the Trust (the “Trust Agreement”) to cause the sale of the Royalty NPI held by the Trust (the “Royalty NPI”). Also as previously disclosed, in accordance with the requirements of the Trust Agreement, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as ~~Trustee~~ trustee (the “Trustee”) ~~marketed~~of ~~the~~Eastern ~~Royalty~~American ~~NPI~~Natural ~~and~~Gas ~~entered~~Trust ~~into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with the highest bidder for the Royalty NPI~~ (the “~~October 24, 2012 Agreement~~Trust”)~~. Further~~, asreceived ~~previously~~the ~~reported, on November~~December 531, 2012, ~~Energy~~summary ~~Corporation~~reserve ofreport ~~America~~ (the “~~ECA~~Report”), ~~which~~prepared isfor the ~~sponsor of the~~ Trust, ~~exercised~~by ~~its right of first refusal under~~ the Trust ~~Agreement to purchase the Royalty NPI on the terms set forth in the October 24, 2012 Agreement. As a consequence of ECA~~’s ~~exercise~~independent ofreserve ~~its right of first refusal~~engineers, ~~the~~Ryder ~~October 24,~~Scott ~~2012~~Company ~~Agreement~~(“Ryder ~~terminated in accordance with its terms, and the Trust became obligated to sell the Royalty NPI to ECA for the purchase price determined by the October 24, 2012 Agreement~~Scott”).

~~Also~~As asshown ~~previously~~in ~~reported~~the Report, onRyder ~~January 3,~~Scott ~~2013,~~estimated the ~~Trust~~discounted ~~entered~~future ~~into~~net arevenues ~~Purchase~~attributable ~~and~~to ~~Sale~~the ~~Agreement~~term ~~dated~~net ~~January 3,~~profits ~~2013~~interest ~~with~~held ~~ECA~~by inthe ~~order~~Trust, todiscounted ~~document~~at ~~the~~10% ~~terms~~annually ofand ~~the~~using ~~sale~~prices ofunder the ~~Royalty~~gas ~~NPI~~purchase tocontract ~~ECA~~as ~~and~~described toin ~~eliminate~~the ~~provisions~~Report ofduring the ~~October~~12-month period prior to December 2431, 2012 ~~Agreement~~in ~~that~~accordance ~~were~~with ~~inapplicable~~SEC toregulations, ~~the~~at ~~sale~~approximately ~~of the~~$796,000. ~~Royalty~~The ~~NPI~~price toused ~~ECA~~was $3.609 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas.

~~The~~As ~~sale~~described ofin the ~~Royalty~~Report, ~~NPI~~the estimate relates solely to ~~ECA~~the ~~was~~term ~~completed~~net onprofits ~~January 10,~~interest ~~2013. The~~held ~~price~~by the Trust, ~~after~~and ~~making~~does not include the ~~adjustment~~perpetual ~~for~~net ~~gas~~profits ~~price~~interest ~~changes~~which the Trust was required byto ~~the~~sell ~~October 24,~~and ~~2012~~did ~~Agreement,~~sell ~~was~~on $5January 10,~~917~~ 2013,~~275,~~ ~~and~~with ~~was~~an ~~paid~~effective indate ~~cash~~of October 1, 2012. ~~The~~Also ~~amount~~as ~~was~~described ~~determined~~in bythe ~~reference~~Report, the estimate is limited to the ~~October 24,~~estimated ~~2012~~net ~~Agreement,~~profits ~~which~~through inMay 15, ~~turn~~2013, ~~was~~when the ~~result~~term ofnet aprofits ~~competitive~~interest ~~bidding~~will ~~process~~automatically asrevert ~~described~~back into ~~the~~Energy ~~Trust’s~~Corporation ~~previous~~of ~~filings~~America.

~~The~~A ~~Trustee~~copy ~~and ECA are parties to the various agreements entered into in connection with the formation~~ of the ~~Trust~~Report, ordated ~~otherwise~~January 11, ~~related~~2013, tois ~~the~~filed ~~Trust. The~~as ~~Bank~~exhibit ~~of New York Mellon Trust Company, N~~99.A.1 ~~and ECA are also parties~~ to ~~the~~this ~~various agreements entered into in connection with the formation of ECA Marcellus Trust I or otherwise related to ECA Marcellus Trust I~~Form 8-K.

2ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

~~SIGNATURES~~(d) Exhibits.

~~Pursuant~~99.1 Summary toReserve ~~the~~Report ~~requirements~~ of ~~the~~Ryder ~~Securities~~Scott ~~Exchange~~Company ~~Act~~dated ~~of 1934~~January 11, ~~the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized~~2013.

~~Eastern American Natural Gas Trust By: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee By: /s/ Sarah Newell Name: Sarah Newell Title: Vice President~~2

~~Date: January 16, 2013~~SIGNATURES

3Pursuant 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 thereunto duly authorized.

	Eastern American Natural Gas Trust

	By: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
	as Trustee


	By:	/s/ Sarah Newell
	Name:	Sarah Newell
	Title:	Vice President

Date: February 7, 2013

Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Summary Reserve Report of Ryder Scott Company dated January 11, 2013.

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