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    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-04-08</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001281922</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Triangle Petroleum Corp</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TPLM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001316580</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Luxor Capital Group, LP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>767 FIFTH AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>19TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10153</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001356913</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LUXOR CAPITAL PARTNERS OFFSHORE LTD</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O M&amp;C CORPORATE SVCS LTD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>PO BOX 309 GT UGLAND HOUSE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GEORGE TOWN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>E9</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>00000</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>CAYMAN ISLANDS</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001393021</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Luxor Capital Partners, LP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>767 FIFTH AVENUE, 19TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10153</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001338765</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LCG SELECT OFFSHORE LTD</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>PO BOX 309GT UGLAND HOUSE SOUTH CHURCH S</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>GEORGE TOWN</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GRAND CAYAMAN CAYMAN ISLANDS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>E9</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>00000</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>CAYMAN ISLANDS</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001296411</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LCG SELECT LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>767 FIFTH AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>19TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10153</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001434201</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LUXOR SPECTRUM LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>767 FIFTH AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>19TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10153</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001434200</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LUXOR SPECTRUM OFFSHORE LTD</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O MAPLES CORPORATE SERVICES LTD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>P.O. BOX 309 GT</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GEORGE TOWN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>E9</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>KY1-1104</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>CAYMAN ISLANDS</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-04-08</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>44166</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.1886</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>297911</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-04-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>25000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.1514</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>272911</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects the securities of the issuer held in accounts managed separately (&quot;Separately Managed Accounts&quot;) by Luxor Capital
 Group, LP (&quot;Luxor Capital Group&quot;).  The Separately Managed Accounts also hold warrants exercisable for an additional 66,632
 shares of common stock (&quot;Shares&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Luxor Capital Group acts as the investment manager of Luxor Capital Partners, LP (the &quot;Onshore Fund&quot;), Luxor Capital Partners
 Offshore, Ltd. (the &quot;Offshore Fund&quot;), LCG Select, LLC (the &quot;Select Onshore Fund&quot;), LCG Select Offshore, Ltd. (the
 &quot;Select Offshore Fund&quot;), Luxor Spectrum, LLC (the &quot;Spectrum Onshore Fund&quot;), Luxor Spectrum Offshore, Ltd. (the &quot;Spectrum
 Offshore Fund&quot;) (collectively, the &quot;Luxor Funds&quot;) and the Separately Managed Accounts.  Luxor Management, LLC (&quot;Luxor
 Management&quot;) is the general partner of Luxor Capital Group.  Mr. Leone is the managing member of Luxor Management.  LCG
 Holdings, LLC (&quot;LCG Holdings&quot;) is the general partner of the Onshore Fund and the managing member of the Select Onshore Fund
 and the Spectrum Onshore Fund.  Mr. Leone is the managing member of LCG Holdings.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The Onshore Fund directly owns 1,483,488 Shares and warrants exercisable for an additional 419,919 Shares.  The Offshore Fund
 directly owns 2,188,946 Shares and warrants exercisable for an additional 632,347 Shares.  The Select Onshore Fund directly
 owns 404,271Shares and warrants exercisable for an additional 114,264 Shares.  The Select Offshore Fund directly owns
 1,905,878 Shares and warrants exercisable for an additional 526,569 Shares.  The Spectrum Onshore Fund directly owns 1,460
 Shares and warrants exercisable for an additional 730 Shares.  The Spectrum Offshore Fund directly owns 51,080 Shares and
 warrants exercisable for an additional 25,540 Shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Luxor Capital Group, Luxor Management and Mr. Leone may each be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the Shares held by the
 Luxor Funds and the Separately Managed Accounts.  LCG Holdings may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the Shares held
 by the Onshore Fund, the Select Onshore Fund and the Spectrum Onshore Fund.  For purposes of this Form 4, Luxor Capital
 Group, Luxor Management, LCG Holdings and Mr. Leone each disclaims ownership of the Shares owned by the Luxor Funds and the
 Separately Managed Accounts, except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Norris Nissim, as General Counsel of Luxor Management, LLC, General Partner of Luxor Capital Group, LP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-04-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
