Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 18, 2012, Penn Virginia Corporation ("PVA") issued a press release announcing that (a) its current 40 percent working interest partner in its Lavaca County Eagle Ford Shale acreage has decided to go non-consent on certain wells drilled or to be drilled on such acreage and (b) the effect such non-consent will have on PVA's Eagle Ford Shale acreage ownership in Lavaca County. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the above information and the press release are being furnished under Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information and exhibit be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Penn Virginia Corporation press release dated December 18, 2012.

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