8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):

                                DECEMBER 2, 2002


                         WESTPORT RESOURCES CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


           NEVADA                      001-14256               13-3869719
(State or Other Jurisdiction          (Commission             (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)              File Number)          Identification No.)


                              1670 BROADWAY STREET
                                   SUITE 2800
                             DENVER, COLORADO 80202
              (Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)


                                 (303) 573-5404
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



ITEM 9.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

         On December 2, 2002, Westport Resources Corporation, a Nevada
corporation, issued a press release announcing a proposed public offering of its
common stock. The press release is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and
incorporated herein by reference.


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                                    SIGNATURE

         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.

                                      WESTPORT RESOURCES CORPORATION


Date:  December 2, 2002               By:        /s/ Lon McCain
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                                      Name:  Lon McCain
                                      Title: Vice President, Chief Financial
                                             Officer and Treasurer





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX




        EXHIBIT
         NUMBER                               EXHIBIT
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         99.1*         Press release dated December 2, 2002 entitled "Westport
                       Announces Offering of Common Stock."


            *Filed herewith.

EX-99.1

                      [WESTPORT RESOURCES CORPORATION LOGO]


                         WESTPORT RESOURCES CORPORATION
                            1670 BROADWAY, SUITE 2800
                             DENVER, COLORADO 80202


WESTPORT ANNOUNCES OFFERING OF COMMON STOCK

Denver, Colorado, December 2, 2002 - Westport Resources Corporation (NYSE:WRC)
announced today that it has filed a supplemental prospectus with the Securities
and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed public offering of
approximately $150 million of common stock. The Company expects to price the
offering the week of December 9, 2002.

Westport intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to finance, in part,
the recently announced acquisition of natural gas properties and midstream
gathering and compression assets in Utah.

Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse First Boston and JPMorgan are joint book-running
managers for the offering. When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus
supplement relating to the offering may be obtained from the offices of Lehman
Brothers Inc., Equity Capital Markets, 747 7th Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
10019, 212-526-7001; CreditSuisse First Boston Corporation, Prospectus
Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, 212-325-2580; and J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc., Chase Distribution & Support Services, 1 Chase Manhattan
Plaza, Floor 5B, New York, NY 10081, or e-mail at
Addressing.Services@jpmchase.com.

Westport is an independent energy company engaged in oil and natural gas
exploitation, acquisition and exploration activities primarily in the Gulf of
Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, Permian Basin/Mid-Continent and the Gulf Coast.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under the securities laws of any state.

Contact information: Lon McCain or Jonathan Bloomfield at (303) 573-5404.

FORWARD - LOOKING STATEMENTS

This release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include estimates,
plans, expectations, opinions, forecasts, projections, guidance or other
statements that are not statements of fact, such as anticipated dates of first
production, estimated reserves, projected drilling and development activity,
projected production, and projected property sales. Although the Company
believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are
reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have
been correct. There are many factors that could cause forward-looking statements
not to be correct, including the risks and uncertainties inherent in the
Company's business and other cautionary statements set forth in the filings of
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without
limitation the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. These risks
include, among others, oil and gas price volatility, availability of services
and supplies, operating hazards and mechanical failures, uncertainties in the
estimates of proved reserves and in projections of future rates of production
and timing of development expenditures, environmental risks, regulatory changes,
general economic conditions, and the actions or inactions of third-







party operators. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements contained in this release.