SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ~~COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, D.C.~~COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 of 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~December~~January 1611, ~~2011~~2012------------------------------------------------Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)Amber Resources Company of Colorado----------------------------------------------------Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter

Delaware	0-08874	84-0750506
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State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation	Commission FileNumber	IRS EmployerIdentification Number
State or Other Jurisdiction	Commission File	IRS Employer
of Incorporation	Number	Identification Number

370 17th Street, Suite 4300 Denver, Colorado 80202------------------------------------------------------------------------Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code(~~702~~303) ~~798~~293-~~7777~~9133----------------------------------------------------------------Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code

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ITEM 18.0301 ~~BANKRUPTCY~~OTHER ~~OR RECEIVERSHIP~~EVENTS.

On ~~December~~January 1611, ~~2011~~2012, ~~Amber Resources Company of Colorado (“Amber”) filed a voluntary petition in~~ the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware ~~seeking~~entered ~~relief~~a ~~under~~Final ~~the~~Order ~~provisions~~Establishing ofNotification ~~Chapter~~and 11Hearing ofProcedures ~~the~~for ~~United~~Trading ~~States~~in ~~Bankruptcy~~Equity ~~Code~~Securities (the ~~"Bankruptcy~~“Final ~~Code"~~Order”)., ~~The~~which ~~filing,~~stipulates ~~Case~~that ~~No.~~a ~~11-11-14013~~copy ~~(KJC),~~of ~~was~~the Final Order shall be filed inas ~~connection~~an ~~with~~exhibit ~~other~~to ~~filings~~a ~~made~~report byon ~~Delta~~Form ~~Petroleum~~8-K. ~~Corporation~~A copy of the Final Order is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and ~~its~~incorporated ~~subsidiaries~~by reference herein.

~~The~~ITEM ~~Company~~9.01 ~~will~~FINANCIAL ~~continue~~STATEMENTS toAND ~~operate~~EXHIBITS. (d) itExhibits. 99.1 ~~business~~Final asOrder aEstablishing ~~debtor-in-possession~~Notification ~~under~~and ~~the~~Hearing ~~jurisdiction~~Procedures offor ~~the~~Trading ~~bankruptcy court and~~ in ~~accordance~~Equity ~~with~~Securities, ~~the~~dated ~~applicable~~January ~~provisions~~11, ~~of the Bankruptcy Code and the orders of the bankruptcy court~~2012.

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.

AMBER RESOURCES COMPANY OF COLORADO

Date: December 22, 2011 By: /s/ Stanley F. Freedman Stanley F. Freedman, Executive Vice President andSecretary


Date: February 16, 2012	By:	/s/ Stanley F. Freedman
		Stanley F. Freedman, Executive Vice President and Secretary

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