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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Mollah Robert   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MAGELLAN PETROLEUM CORP /DE/ [MPET] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 11 ASHWOOD HILL ESTATE, GREENMONT CLOSE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/08/2010 (Street) ASHGROVE, QLD, AUSTRALIA, C3 4060 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 12/08/2010   A   15,000 (1) A $ 0 (2) 67,112 (3) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Mollah Robert 11 ASHWOOD HILL ESTATE GREENMONT CLOSE ASHGROVE, QLD, AUSTRALIA, C3 4060	X

Signatures

/s/ Robert Mollah, by Edward B. Whittemore, attorney-in-fact		12/10/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On December 8, 2010, the date of the Company's annual shareholder meeting, 15,000 shares of the Company's common stock were awarded to the reporting person under Section 9 of the Company's 1998 Stock Incentive Plan ("Plan"), pursuant to the terms of the Company's non-employee director compensation policy ("Policy"). The Policy provides for an annual stock award with a value equal to $35,000 to be made to each non-employee director on either July 1st or the date of the annual shareholder meeting held during each Company fiscal year, subject to a cap of 15,000 shares (the difference in value between the shares and $35,000 to be paid in cash). Consistent with the terms of the Policy, the number of shares awarded on December 8, 2010 was limited to the number of shares the reporting person was entitled to receive under the Plan as of July 1, 2010 since, as of that date, there was an insufficient number of shares available under the Plan to make the annual awards to each eligible director.
(2)	The fair market value of a share of the Company's common stock on July 1, 2010 was $1.83, calculated in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
(3)	Amount reported does not include beneficial ownership of the shares subject to stock options held by the reporting person which have previously been reported in Table II.

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