HALLWOOD ENERGY CORP
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                       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 (or Date of Earliest Event Reported):
                                September 8, 2000


                          HALLWOOOD ENERGY CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                          Commission File Number 0-9579



                      Delaware                                        84-1489099
           (State or other jurisdiction of                      (I.R.S. Employer
           incorporation or organization)                 Identification Number)

              4610 South Ulster Street
                      Suite 200
                  Denver, Colorado                                         80237
      (Address of principal executive offices)                        (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (303) 850-7373












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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

On September 8, 2000, Hallwood Energy Corporation  ("Hallwood" or the "Company")
issued a press release announcing its property acquisition. A copy of this press
release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

On September 14, 2000,  Hallwood  issued an  operational  activity  update press
release. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2

On November 8, 2000 Hallwood issued its third quarter earnings press release.  A
copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3.


ITEM 7(c).        EXHIBITS FILED

Exhibit Number    Description

99.1     Property Acquisition Press Release, dated September 8, 2000.
99.2     Operational Activity Update Press Release, dated September 14, 2000.
99.3     Third Quarter Earnings Press Release, dated November 8, 2000.


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.


Dated:   November 20, 2000                           Hallwood Energy Corporation

                                                     By:  /s/ Cathleen M. Osborn

                                                             Cathleen M. Osborn
                                                               Vice President




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EXHIBIT 99.1

Hallwood Energy Corporation                                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
4610 South Ulster Street                         Contact: William J. Baumgartner
Post Office Box 378111                                            (303) 850-7373
Denver, CO   80237                        website: http://www.hallwoodenergy.com


September 8, 2000
                      HALLWOOD ENERGY CORPORATION ANNOUNCES
                              STRATEGIC ACQUISITION

     Hallwood Energy  Corporation  (NASDAQ:  HECO and HECOP)  ("Hallwood") today
     reported that it purchased certain assets in Texas and Louisiana.  Hallwood
     has  acquired  interests  in 34  producing  wells,  5 service  wells and 69
     inactive  wells in five fields  located in Chambers,  San Patricio and Frio
     Counties of Texas and St. James and Assumption Parishes of Louisiana. Total
     consideration  was  approximately  $4 million  cash and  417,406  shares of
     Hallwood  common stock.  The  properties  acquired have been  independently
     engineered to include approximately 13 Bcfe of proved reserves. This yields
     an estimated purchase cost per Mcfe to Hallwood of $0.60.

     Probable,  possible and exploratory reserve potential exists throughout the
     acquisition  and most notably in the Lapice Field in Louisiana.  The Lapice
     field was  discovered by Shell in 1937 and has produced 42 million  barrels
     of oil to date. Hallwood feels that significant  additional  recoveries may
     be  gained  with the  application  of 3-D  seismic  imaging.  Russ  Meduna,
     Executive  Vice  President  of Hallwood  commented,  "Salt domes tend to be
     geologically  complex and are ideally  suited to 3-D  seismic.  3-D seismic
     technology  has not  been  employed  on this  dome and  Hallwood  estimates
     unrisked  gross reserve  potential from this dome, by analogy to other salt
     domes, could yield between 70 and 100 Bcfe".

     South Mays field of Chambers  County  Texas  contains  approximately  4,400
     acres of undeveloped  leasehold held  predominately by existing  production
     and with  potential  Vicksburg  and  Frio pay  sands.  3-D  seismic  may be
     deployed in this area as well.

     Hallwood believes that this acquisition fits strategically with its ongoing
     Gulf Coast and South Texas activity and Hallwood will operate virtually all
     of the properties acquired.

     Hallwood  Energy  Corporation  is a  public  oil and gas  company  based in
     Denver, Colorado with properties primarily located in the San Juan Basin in
     New Mexico and  Colorado,  South  Texas,  Permian  Basin and onshore  South
     Louisiana.

     This  press  release  may  contain  projections  and other  forward-looking
     statements  within  the  meaning  of  federal  securities  laws.  Any  such
     projections or statements  reflect the Company's current views with respect
     to future events and  financial  performance.  No assurances  can be given,
     however,  that these  events  will occur or that such  projections  will be
     achieved and actual results could differ materially from those projected. A
     discussion of important  factors that could cause actual  results to differ
     materially  from those  projected  is  included in the  Company's  periodic
     reports filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission.  Such factors
     include,  among  others,  risks  inherent in  exploration  and  development
     activities  generally,  mechanical risks,  risks that reserve estimates are
     inaccurate and  uncertainties  regarding  future gas and oil prices and the
     availability of capital.
                                      -END-

EXHIBIT 99.2

Hallwood Energy Corporation                                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
4610 South Ulster Street                      Contact:   William  J. Baumgartner
Post Office Box 378111                                      V.P.Finance & C.F.O.
Denver, CO  80237                                                 (303) 850-7373
                                           Website:http://www.hallwoodenergy.com

September 14, 2000

            HALLWOOD ENERGY CORPORATION ANNOUNCES PREFERRED DIVIDEND
                   DECLARATION AND OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY UPDATE

                                    DIVIDEND

Denver,  Colorado  --  Hallwood  Energy  Corporation  (NASDAQ:  HECO and  HECOP)
("Hallwood")  today announced it has declared a quarterly  dividend of $0.25 per
Series A Cumulative  Preferred  Share  payable on November 15, 2000 to Preferred
Shareholders of record on September 30, 2000.

                                   OPERATIONS

As previously  announced,  Hallwood purchased interests in 34 producing wells, 5
service  wells and 69 inactive  wells in five fields  located in  Chambers,  San
Patricio  and Frio  Counties in Texas and St. James and  Assumption  Parishes in
Louisiana.  The properties include 13 Bcfe of proved reserves,  comprised of 21%
proved  developed  producing  reserves  76% proved  undeveloped  reserves and 3%
proved developed non producing  reserves.  Hallwood plans to spend approximately
$4,000,000  over the  next  two  years  to  develop  the PUD and PDNP  reserves.
Additionally,  Hallwood  expects to spend more than $2,000,000 over the next two
years  to  acquire  or to shoot  3-D  seismic  imaging  in the  Lapice  Field in
Louisiana  and in the South  Mays Field of  Chambers  County  Texas.  The proved
developed  producing  reserves  from this  acquisition  are  expected to produce
approximately 2.5 MMcfde net to Hallwood.

Hallwood has been active in the Yoakum Gorge area of Lavaca County,  Texas since
1998.  During 1999 Hallwood  completed an  acquisition  of interests in 34 wells
located in this area and since then has participated in the successful  drilling
and  completion of 9 wells.  The gross  completed  well costs in this area range
from  $2,300,000 to $5,300,000  and the gross reserve  potential per well ranges
from  3 to 12  Bcfe.  Currently  in  this  area,  Hallwood  is  involved  in the
completion or  recompletion of 2 wells,  with working  interests of 29% and 90%.
Hallwood  will operate the latter  property.  During the  remainder of the year,
Hallwood  plans to  participate  in the  drilling of 2  additional  wells in the
Yoakum Gorge area.

Hallwood,  along with many other  industry  partners,  made  application  to the
Colorado Oil and Gas Commission for field wide infill  drilling in the Fruitland
Coal formation. The application was to reduce the present 320-acre spacing units
to 160 acres, because the existing spacing units could not be adequately drained
by a single well. Approval was granted in July 2000, and could result in as many
as 18  locations  on the  acreage in which  Hallwood  has an  indirect  interest
through its special  purpose  tax credit  vehicle.  It is not yet known what the
economic effect will be of any contractual  requirements  related to drilling on
the tax credit vehicle acreage.  Hallwood anticipates that infill drilling could
begin as soon as 2001,  subject to the  resolution  of drilling and lease rights
issues that currently exist. Gross reserves per well average 4.5 Bcfe with gross
average  total well costs of $492,000.  In addition to the  Colorado  locations,
Hallwood  has the  potential  for 14 similar  locations  in New Mexico if infill
drilling is permitted  there.  Total  completed  well costs in this area average
$354,000 and average gross  reserves per well of 3.6 Bcfe.  Overall,  Hallwood's
drilling  program in this area is anticipated  to yield finding and  development
costs of $0.35 to $0.45 per mcfe, on a net basis and net reserve additions of up
to 71 Bcfe.  Additional  upside may exist as  evidenced  by  secondary  recovery
projects already underway in the San Juan Basin.  These pilot secondary recovery
projects  involving  CO2 and  Nitrogen  injection  may be  additive  to Hallwood
properties.  There can be no assurance  that these  projects will yield positive
results  but  current  data  suggests  that an  additional  200  Bcfe  of  gross
recoverable gas may exist.

Hallwood's  plan to participate in the drilling of an exploration  well in South
Louisiana  during the fourth  quarter of 2000 will be moved to the first quarter
of 2001 pending rig availability.  Hallwood will have an approximate 33% working
interest in this well which has unrisked reserve potential of 200 Bcfe. Hallwood
also plans to participate in the reentry of a directionally  drilled 10,000 foot
exploration  well in the Big Hum  formation  from the shore to the  bottom  hole
location  under the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.  A  twenty-three  square  mile
proprietary  seismic shoot has been completed in the area. Hallwood will have an
approximate  25%  working  interest  in this  well  which has  unrisked  reserve
potential of 20 Bcfe.

Hallwood is  contemplating  an infill  drilling  program in its Greater  Permian
location.  Hallwood  estimates  that over one  hundred 80 acre  infill  drilling
locations exist in this area and that the top 40 prospects could yield a rate of
return in excess of 40% at commodity  pricing lower than current  pricing.  West
Texas Permian  production is very  predictable,  and a drilling  program coupled
with  an  appropriate  crude  oil  hedging  program  can be  expected  to  yield
relatively safe and adequate returns.

Commodity  prices  have  risen  dramatically  over the last  twelve  months  and
Hallwood has benefited from this situation. Based upon our originally forecasted
production  for calendar  2000,  we estimate  that a $0.10 change in natural gas
prices will produce a $1,400,000 change in revenues, a $0.12 change in cash flow
per share and an $0.08  change in  earnings  per  share.  Additionally,  a $1.00
change in crude oil prices yields a $345,000 change in revenues,  a $0.03 change
in cash flow per  share and a $0.02  change in  earnings  per  share.  The above
estimates   include  the  effects  of  existing   commodity   swaps  and  collar
arrangements.

Hallwood's   original  capital  budget  of  $24,000,000  has  been  adjusted  to
$32,000,000 to reflect share  repurchases,  property  acquisitions  and expanded
exploration and development activity.

Hallwood  Energy  Corporation  is a public oil and gas company  based in Denver,
Colorado with properties  primarily  located in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico
and Colorado, South Texas, Permian Basin and onshore South Louisiana.

This press release may contain projections and other forward-looking  statements
within  the  meaning  of  federal  securities  laws.  Any  such  projections  or
statements reflect the Company's current views with respect to future events and
financial  performance.  No assurances can be given,  however, that these events
will occur or that such  projections  will be achieved and actual  results could
differ  materially from those projected.  A discussion of important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected is included
in the  Company's  periodic  reports  filed  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission.  Such factors include,  among others,  risks inherent in exploration
and  development  activities  generally,  mechanical  risks,  risks that reserve
estimates are inaccurate and  uncertainties  regarding future gas and oil prices
and the availability of capital.


                                      ~END~
EXHIBIT 99.3

Hallwood Energy Corporation                                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
4610 South Ulster Street                        Contact:  William J. Baumgartner
Post Office Box 378111                                            (303) 850-6237
Denver, CO 80237                         website:  http://www.hallwoodenergy.com


November 8, 2000

                      HALLWOOD ENERGY CORPORATION ANNOUNCES
                         RESULTS FOR THIRD QUARTER 2000

Denver,  Colorado  -  Hallwood  Energy  Corporation  (NASDAQ:  HECO and  HECOP0)
("Hallwood")  today  reported its results for the third  quarter and nine months
ended September 30, 2000.  Hallwood Energy  Corporation began operations on June
8, 1999,  in connection  with the  consolidation  ("Consolidation")  of Hallwood
Energy Partners,  L.P. ("HEP") and Hallwood  Consolidated  Resources Corporation
and  the  acquisition  of the  direct  energy  interest  of The  Hallwood  Group
Incorporated  ("Hallwood Group"). For accounting purposes, the Consolidation has
been treated as a purchase  transaction  by HEP.  Since HEP was considered to be
the  acquiring  entity,  all  information  for  periods  prior  to June 8,  1999
represents  the  historical   information  of  HEP.  All  share  and  per  share
information prior to June 8, 1999 has been retroactively restated to reflect the
corporate structure of Hallwood.

THIRD QUARTER OF 2000 COMPARED WITH THIRD QUARTER OF 1999

Total  revenues  for the third  quarter of 2000 were $20,  737,000,  compared to
$16,943,000  for the third quarter of 1999.  Gas  production was 5.3 bcf for the
third quarter of 2000 and 5.5 bcf for the third quarter of 1999. The decrease in
gas  production  is  primarily  due to the  property  sales during the first and
second  quarters  of  2000,   partially  offset  by  increased  production  from
successful  drilling  projects during 2000. The price  (including hedge effects)
received  for gas  production  for the third  quarter of 2000 was $2.84 per mcf,
compared to $1.95 per mcf for the third  quarter of 1999.  Approximately  86% of
Hallwood's  production during the third quarter of 2000 was comprised of natural
gas production.

Oil production  totaled 149,000 barrels for the third quarter of 2000,  compared
to 278,000 barrels for the third quarter of 1999. The decrease in oil production
is primarily due to property sales during the first and second quarters of 2000.
The oil  price  (including  hedge  effects)  received  for  third  quarter  2000
production  was $23.51 per  barrel,  compared to $18.21 per barrel for the third
quarter of 1999.

During the quarter ended  September 30, 2000,  the common  shareholders  had net
income of $6,767,000,  compared to $155,000  during the quarter ended  September
30, 1999. Net income per fully diluted share was $0.70 and $0.02 respectively.

Hallwood  currently has hedging  arrangements  in place covering an aggregate of
296,000  barrels of oil and 18.3 bcf of gas that  extended  through  2002.  This
represents less than 9% of the Company's total forecasted  reserves  reported at
December 31, 1999.  The  contract  delivered  prices under the hedges range from
$18.55  to  $20.59  per  barrel  of oil and from  $1.95 to $2.16 per mcf of gas.

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Hallwood may hedge  additional  production  volumes in the future,  but until it
does so, its realized  prices for the remainder of its production will depend on
market conditions.  In order to reduce the impact of interest rate fluctuations,
the  Company  has  entered  into fixed rate  swaps of  between  $45,000,000  and
$6,000,000  per year of its variable  rate debt  through 2004 at interest  rates
ranging from 5.23% to 5.65%.

Cash flow from operations, before changes in working capital was $13,136,000, or
$1.36  per  fully  diluted  share for the third  quarter  of 2000,  compared  to
$7,476,000,  or $0.75 per fully diluted share for the  corresponding  quarter in
1999.  Hallwood's  fully diluted  weighted  average shares  outstanding  totaled
9,649,000  and   10,000,000   during  the  third  quarters  of  2000  and  1999,
respectively.  The  decrease  in  the  fully  diluted  weighted  average  shares
outstanding  was primarily due to the shares  repurchased  during the first nine
months of 2000 partially  offset by the  Consolidation  and by the common shares
issued  during  the  third  quarter  of  2000  in  connection  with  a  property
acquisition.

FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 2000 COMPARED TO FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1999

Total  revenues for the nine months ended  September  30, 2000 was  $62,265,000,
compared to $38,993,000 for 1999. Oil and gas prices  (including  hedge effects)
averaged  $23.80 per barrel and $2.55 per mcf for the first nine months of 2000,
compared  to $15.52 per  barrel  and $1.89 per mcf for the first nine  months of
1999.  Oil and gas  production  for the first  nine  months of 2000 was  533,000
barrels  and 17.1 bcf,  compared  to 661,000  barrels and 13.0 bcf for the first
nine months of 1999.  During the first nine months of 2000 and 1999,  the common
shareholders  had net income of  $14,215,000  and  $350,000,  respectively.  Net
income was $1.46 per fully  diluted  common  share for the first nine  months of
2000,  and $0.05 per fully  diluted  common  share for the first nine  months of
1999.

THIRD QUARTER OF 2000 COMPARED TO SECOND QUARTER OF 2000

Total  revenues  for the third  quarter  of 2000 were  $20,737,000  compared  to
$19,719,000  during the second  quarter of 2000.  Oil and gas prices  (including
hedge effects) averaged $23.51 per barrel of oil and $2.84 per mcf of gas during
the third  quarter of 2000,  compared  to $23.35 per barrel of oil and $2.70 per
mcf of gas during the second  quarter of 2000.  Oil and gas  production  for the
third quarter of 2000 was 149,000 barrels of oil and 5.3 bcf compared to 130,000
barrels of oil and 5.5 bcf for the second  quarter of 2000. Net income to common
shareholders  was  $6,767,000  during  the third  quarter  of 2000  compared  to
$3,616,000  during the second quarter of 2000. Cash flows from operations before
working  capital changes  totaled  $13,136,000  during the third quarter of 2000
compared  to  $10,536,000  for the second  quarter  of 2000.  The  reduction  in
equivalent volumes is due predominately to the sale of nonstrategic  property in
the first and second quarters of 2000 partially  offset by increased  production
from successful drilling projects during 2000.

PROPERTY DISCUSSION

During  the  first  nine  months  of  2000,   Hallwood  sold  its  interests  in
approximately 500 nonstrategic oil and gas wells located in the Keystone, Merkle
and  Weesatche  areas of Texas,  as well as various  wells in Kansas,  Oklahoma,
North Dakota and Montana.  The net proceeds from all of the  Company's  property
sales during the first nine months of 2000 were $21,437,000 of which $21,000,000
was used to pay down borrowings under Hallwood's line of credit.  The completion
of these sales has enabled the Company to better  focus on its core areas within
Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Louisiana, and at the same time reduce its level
of debt and administrative  overhead. The wells sold represent approximately 35%
of Hallwood's total well count,  approximately  16% of Hallwood's  reserve value
and approximately 11% of the projected year 2000 operating


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cash flow based on five-year average reserve pricing. As a result of these sales
and other overhead  reductions,  annualized general and administrative costs are
expected to decrease by $700,000 to $900,000.  Additionally,  the disposition of
these nonstrategic properties has enabled the Company to reduce its debt to book
capitalization ratio to approximately 47%.

During the first nine months of 2000, Hallwood completed a 13,600-foot Bol Mex 3
well in Lafayette Parish,  Louisiana.  This well is operated by Hallwood and had
stabilized  production rates of approximately 25,000 mcf per day, 500 barrels of
oil per day from lower Bol Mex 3 zones  through  mid-August,  but has since been
choked back to its current level of approximately  10,000 mcf of gas per day and
225 barrels of oil per day. Hallwood owns an approximate 35% working interest in
the well, which began producing in mid-May.  The originally  targeted upper zone
will remain as behind pipe proved nonproducing  reserves while the lower zone is
produced.  Hallwood's  plans in the area include a Bol Mex 16  exploration  well
testing sands productive in nearby fields. Subject to drilling rig availability,
drilling is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2001.

During the first nine  months of 2000,  HEC  participated  with three  different
operators  in six  drilling  or  recompletion  projects  that are located in the
Yoakum  Gorge area in Lavaca  County,  Texas.  Four of the wells,  with  working
interests of 12.5%,  3.1%,  15.9% and 12.5%, are producing at a combined rate of
8,000 gross mcf per day,  and another  well having a 28.9%  working  interest is
awaiting a decision on whether to sidetrack the well to a more optimum  position
relative to area  faulting.  One  recompletion  project in which  Hallwood has a
28.8% working interest is currently  producing 4,500 mcf per day.  Hallwood also
has a 20.8% working interest in a successful 16,500-foot discovery well that was
completed in the Upper Wilcox formation and is currently producing 8,000 mcf per
day.

During the first nine months of 2000, Hallwood participated in the completion of
two wells drilled  during 1999 in the Bell prospect  located in Houston  County,
Texas.  The Company may drill one additional well in this area during the fourth
quarter of 2000 or in 2001,  subject to rig  availability.  Hallwood will have a
35% working interest in this well.

Hallwood,  along with many other industry partners,  has made application to the
Colorado Oil & Gas  Commission  for fieldwide  infill  drilling of the Fruitland
Coal Formation. The application was to reduce the present 320-acre spacing units
to 160 acres, because the existing spacing units cannot be adequately drained by
a single well. Approval was granted in July 2000, and could result in as many as
18 possible  locations on the acreage in which Hallwood has an indirect interest
through it special purpose tax credit vehicle.  Hallwood anticipates that infill
drilling  in  Colorado  may  begin  as  soon as  2001,  and is  actively  making
preparations to do so. Hallwood historically has not included these locations in
its  proved  reserve  base,  but  plans to  classify  most of  these  as  proved
undeveloped  by year  end.  Fifteen  of the  eighteen  potential  locations  are
considered   proven   undeveloped   and  should   increase  proven  reserves  by
approximately  35 bcf. In  addition  to the  Colorado  locations,  Hallwood  has
potential for 12 similar locations in New Mexico if infill drilling is permitted
there. None of the New Mexico locations are considered proven at this point.

On August 30,  2000,  Hallwood  completed  the  acquisition  of  interests in 34
producing  wells,  five  service  wells and 69  inactive  wells in five  fields,
located in South Texas and Louisiana.  The acquisition also includes 7,000 acres
of  undeveloped  leasehold and 3-D seismic data.  Total  consideration  included
approximately  $4,000,000 in cash and 417,406 shares of Hallwood's  common stock
valued at $3,314,000.  Hallwood estimates the acquisition will add approximately
13 bcfe of  proven  reserves,  21% of  which  are  proved  developed  producing;
Hallwood  believes  this  acquisition  fits   strategically   with  its  ongoing
activities in the Gulf Coast and South Texas and Hallwood will operate virtually
all of the properties acquired.



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PRODUCTION AND CAPITAL SPENDING

Hallwood  expects total year 2000 production to approximate 27.0 bcfe which will
represent  an  increase of 13% over the 23.8 bcfe  produced  in 1999.  September
daily  production  totaled 67 mmcfe per day which is  approximately  5 mmcfe/day
lower than June 2000 production rates. The reduction in rate is due primarily to
reduced rates from the Bol Mex 3 well described  above (4 mmcfe/day  net),  high
line  pressure  in its  South  Canyon  production  area (1  mmcfe/day  net)  and
continuing  line  pressure  problems  with San Juan Basin  production.  Hallwood
expects to address the problems  causing the rate  reductions  through  remedial
downhole  procedures which may reinstate  higher or initial  production rates on
the Bol Mex 3 well (if the procedures are deemed to be economically  viable), as
well as the  addition  of new gas sales  delivery  points in the San Juan  Basin
scheduled for  connection  this year,  which may yield 4 - 5 mmcfde of increased
production  net to  Hallwood.  Hallwood is also  pursuing  line looping with the
gatherer  for South  Canyon,  however,  no  definite  plans  exist at this time.
Hallwood is experiencing what it believes to be an industry wide shortage of oil
field goods and  services.  This  shortage has resulted in the delay of drilling
certain  wells and other work  procedures  and may  continue to cause  delays in
future  periods.  Hallwood is unable to  quantify  the  potential  impact of the
foregoing on estimated production, sales or any other economic barometer.

Capital  spending is  expected to reach $32 million for the year 2000.  Hallwood
has not set a budget for the year 2001 and expects to do so in early 2001.

STOCK REPURCHASES

Under the  previously  reported  odd-lot  preferred and common stock  repurchase
offer,  HEC  repurchased  213,404  shares  of  common  stock on  behalf of 6,734
investors at an average  price of $6.19 per share and 26,776 shares of preferred
stock on behalf of 5,701 investors at an average price of $7.84 per share.

During the first  nine  months of 2000,  HEC also  purchased  551,050  shares of
common  stock  at  prices  ranging  from  $4.10  to $8.63  per  share.  HEC also
repurchased  43,816  shares  of Series A  Preferred  Stock  from its  affiliate,
Hallwood Group for $303,426.

The  Company's  management  will be holding a  teleconference  call on Thursday,
November 9, 2000, at 9 a.m.  Mountain  Standard  Time to review  results for the
third quarter and nine months ended  September 30, 2000. To  participate  in the
call,  please call  800-482-5519,  Conference ID# 843043,  at least five minutes
prior to the scheduled start time.

HEC is a public oil and gas company based in Denver,  Colorado  with  properties
primarily  located in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico and  Colorado,  Texas and
onshore South Louisiana.

This press release may contain projections and other forward-looking  statements
within  the  meaning  of  federal  securities  laws.  Any  such  projections  or
statements reflect the Company's current views with respect to future events and
financial  performance.  No assurances can be given,  however, that these events
will occur or that such  projections  will be achieved and actual  results could
differ  materially from those projected.  A discussion of important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected is included
in the  Company's  periodic  reports  filed  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission.  Such factors include,  among others,  risks inherent in exploration
and  development  activities  generally,  mechanical  risks,  risks that reserve
estimates are inaccurate and  uncertainties  regarding future gas and oil prices
and the availability of capital.


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                           HALLWOOD ENERGY CORPORATION
                        SUMMARIZED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                           THIRD QUARTER 2000 AND 1999
                   (In thousands except per share and prices)



                                                          Quarter Ended September 30,               Nine Months Ended September 30,
                                                           2000                 1999                 2000                  1999
                                                           ----                 ----                 ----                  ----
                                                                  (Unaudited)                                (Unaudited)

<S>                                                        <C>                  <C>                  <C>                    <C>
Oil and gas revenue                                        $18,598              $15,643              $56,355                $34,877
Other revenue                                                2,139                1,300                5,910                  4,116
                                                           -------              -------              -------                -------
         Total revenue                                      20,737               16,943               62,265                 38,993
                                                            ------               ------               ------                 ------

Depreciation and depletion                                   6,039                6,423               18,665                 15,235
Other expenses                                               8,977                9,557               28,122                 21,474
                                                           -------              -------               ------                 ------
         Total revenue                                      15,016               15,980               46,787                 36,709
                                                            ------               ------               ------                 ------

Income before income tax expense (benefit)
Income tax expense (benefit)                                (1,612)                 256                 (442)                   182
                                                            ------            ---------             --------               --------
New income                                                $  7,333           $      707              $15,920               $  2,102
                                                           =======            =========               ======                =======
Net income attributable to common shareholders

Net income per share - Basic                            $      .72          $       .02           $     1.46             $      .05
                                                         =========           ==========            =========              =========
Net income per share - Diluted                          $      .70          $       .02           $     1.46             $      .05
                                                         =========           ==========            =========              =========

Production:
     Oil - barrels                                             149                  278                  533                    661
     Gas - mcf                                               5,308                5,476               17,095                 13,016

Price:
     Oil - per barrel                                       $23.51               $18.21               $23.80                 $15.52
     Gas - per mcf                                         $  2.84              $  1.95              $  2.55                $  1.89
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