ROYALE ENERGY INC, NT 10-Q, 1999-05-14

ROYALE ENERGY INC
NT 10-Q, 1999-05-14
CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS
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                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 12b-25

                     NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING

[X] Form 10-QSB

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 1999

Commission File Number 0-22750
CUSIP Number

PART I          REGISTRANT INFORMATION

Full Name of Registrant:          ROYALE ENERGY, INC.

Address of Principal Executive Office (Street and Number)

                      7676 HAZARD CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 1500
                               SAN DIEGO, CA 92108

PART II          RULES 12b-25(b) AND (c)

(a) The reasons described in reasonable in detail in part III of this
form could not be eliminated without unreasonable effort or expense.

(b) The subject Report on Form 10-QSB will be filed on or before
the fifteenth calendar day following the prescribed due date.

PART III          NARRATIVE

     The Report on Form 10-QSB for Royale Energy, Inc., (the Company) for the
quarter ended March 31, 1999, is due to be filed on May 17, 1999.  As of May 14,
1999, the unaudited interim financial statement is not yet complete because the
Company has recently acquired new accounting software as part of its scheduled
cycle of updating its management information systems and the Company's internal
accounting staff has not yet completed the process of converting to the new
software.  The Company expects that its Form 10-QSB will be filed before May 29,
1999.

PART IV          OTHER INFORMATION

(1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this
information:

          Lee Polson               512-474-8881

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(2) Have all other periodic reports required under section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such
shorter period that the registrant was required to file such report(s) been
filed?
If the answer is no, identify report(s).

[X] YES          [   ] NO

(3) Is it anticipated that any significant in results of operation from the
corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be reflected by the
earnings statements to be included in the subject report or portion thereof?

[    ] YES          [X] NO

                                   SIGNATURES

Royale Energy, Inc., has caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                        ROYALE ENERGY INC,

DATE: May 14, 1999                      /S/ DONALD H. HOSMER
                                        DONALD H. HOSMER, PRESIDENT