FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Ciardiello Matthew Ryan
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/31/2014
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MAGELLAN PETROLEUM CORP /DE/ [MPET]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1775 SHERMAN ST, STE 1950
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
VP - CFO, Treasurer, Secretary
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

DENVER, CO 80203
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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (1) 04/25/2021 Common Stock 250,000 $ 2.41 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (2) 07/24/2022 Common Stock 50,000 $ 1.14 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (3) 07/01/2023 Common Stock 150,000 $ 1.05 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (4)(5)(6) 10/15/2023 Common Stock 75,000 $ 1.03 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Ciardiello Matthew Ryan
1775 SHERMAN ST, STE 1950
DENVER, CO 80203
      VP - CFO, Treasurer, Secretary  

Signatures

Matthew Ryan Ciardiello 11/04/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) The options became vested and exercisable pursuant to the following vesting schedule: (1) one-third (83,333 options) vested on April 25, 2012, (2) one-third (83,333 options) vested on April 25, 2013, and (3) the final one-third (83,334 options) vested on April 25, 2014.
(2) The options are subject to the following vesting schedule, based on continuing employment: (1) one-third (16,667 options) vested on July 24, 2013, (2) one-third (16,667 options) vested on July 24, 2014, and (3) the final one-third (16,666 options) are scheduled to vest on July 24, 2015.
(3) The options are subject to the following vesting schedule, based on continuing employment: (1) one-third (50,000 options) vested on July 1, 2014, (2) one-third (50,000 options) are scheduled to vest on July 1, 2015, and (3) the final one-third (50,000 options) are scheduled to vest on July 1, 2016.
(4) Of the 75,000 stock options, 50,000 are target stock price options.The target stock price options become exercisable, subject to ongoing employment, if, at the end of any period of 90 trading days (a "Window"), (A) the closing price of one share of the Company's common stock as reported by NASDAQ (the "Closing Price") on each of the first ten (10) trading days of a Window equals or exceeds $2.35 per share, and (B) the median of the Closing Price for the Company's common stock during such Window is equal to or exceeds $2.35 per share.
(5) Of the 75,000 stock options awarded, 50,000 are operational performance goal options that became exercisable upon the Company achieving certain operational performance goals as follows: (A) 10% (5,000 options) vested and became exercisable upon completion of the drilling of the Company's CO2-EOR pilot program; (B) 20% (10,000 options) vested and became exercisable upon the sale of substantially all Amadeus Basin assets at Board approved prices and terms; (continued in footnote 6)
(6) and (C) 20% (10,000 options) vested and became exercisable upon the Company having the ability to participate in the drilling of at least one well in the Weald Basin along with Celtique Energie with internally developed funding. The reporting person also beneficially owns operational performance goal options to purchase 25,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.03 per share, the vesting and exercisability of which remain subject to certain operational performance goal conditions (other than the passage of time and continued employment) that are not tied to the market price of the issuer's securities, and thus, based on an interpretive position by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, do not constitute reportable derivative securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until such operational performance goal conditions are satisfied.

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