Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On February 27, 2013, Swift Energy Company (the "Company") issued a press release announcing a well control incident involving a shut-in well head in the shallow waters of its Lake Washington Field in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information contained in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of this report is not to be considered "filed" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and shall not be incorporated by reference into any previous or future filings made by or to be made by the Company with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press release issued February 27, 2013.

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