| DELAWARE                               | 87-0400335                  |
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| (State      or other jurisdiction      | (IRS      Employer          |
| of      incorporation or organization) | Identification      Number) |

|   | Title      of Each Class            |   | Name      of Each Exchange on Which Registered |   |
|--------|-------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------|--------|
|   | Common      Stock, $0.001 par value |   | NYSE      Amex                                 |   |

|   |  ̈Yes | x  No |
|--------|-----------|-------|

|   |  ̈Yes | x  No |
|--------|-----------|-------|

|   | xYes |  ̈  No |
|--------|------|----------------------|

|   |  ̈Yes |  ̈  No |
|--------|-----------|------------|

| Large      accelerated filer   ̈ | Accelerated      filer   ̈ |
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Non-accelerated      filer   ̈   | Smaller      reporting company      x    |

|   |  ̈Yes | x  No |
|--------|-----------|-------|

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| Item 15. | Exhibits,      Financial Statement Schedules |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|

|  Exhibit      Number | Description                                                                                      |
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                      |                                                                                             |
| 3.1.1                     | Certificate      of Incorporation (1)                                                            |
|                      |                                                                                             |
| 3.1.2                     | Certificate      of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated January 21, 1997      (1)   |
|                      |                                                                                             |
| 3.1.3                     | Certificate      of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated September 20, 1999      (1) |
|                      |                                                                                             |
| 3.1.4                     | Certificate      of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated December 22, 2003      (1)  |
|                      |                                                                                             |
| 3.2                       | By-laws      (1)                                                                                 |
|                      |                                                                                             |
| 3.3                       | Amendment      to Bylaws (2)                                                                     |
|                      |                                                                                             |
| 4.1                       | Series      A Certificate of Designation (6)                                                     |
|                      |                                                                                             |
| 4.2                       | Series      B Certificate of Designation (7)                                                     |
|                      |                                                                                             |
| 4.3                       | Form      of Common Stock Certificate (3)                                                        |
|                      |                                                                                             |
| 4.4                       | Form      of Warrant (4)                                                                         |
|                      |                                                                                             |
| 4.5                       | Warrant      issued to YA Global Investments, L.P. on February 6, 2008    (4)                    |
|                      |                                                                                             |
| 4.6                       | Form      of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (5)                                                   |
|                      |                                                                                             |
| 4.7                       | Form      of Series A Preferred Stock Certificate (6)                                            |
|                      |                                                                                             |
| 4.8                       | Form      of Series B Preferred Stock Certificate(7)                                             |

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| 4.9    | Warrant      issued to Trendsetter Investors, LLC on June 12, 2007  (8)                                                                                                                                                                             |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 4.10   | Form      of Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated December 2, 2009    (19)                                                                                                                                                                          |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 4.11   | Form      of Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated April 20, 2009  (20)                                                                                                                                                                              |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10.1   | Hydrocarbon      Production Sharing Contract (PSA) between SCS Corporation and the Republic      of Guinea, Dated September 22, 2006 (9)                                                                                                            |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10.2*  | Employment      Agreement between Hyperdynamics and Jason D. Davis, dated June 17, 2009      (10)                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10.3*  | Employment      Agreement between Hyperdynamics and Ray Leonard, dated July 22, 2009      (11)                                                                                                                                                      |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10.4*  | Amendment      No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Hyperdynamics Corporation and Ray      Leonard, dated December 11, 2009 (18)                                                                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10.5   | Memorandum      of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Guinea and SCS      Corporation, dated September 11, 2009 (English translation)      (12)                                                                                |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10.6   | Memorandum      of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Guinea and SCS      Corporation, dated September 11, 2009 (original French version)      (12)                                                                            |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10.7   | Sale      and Purchase Agreement between Hyperdynamics Corporation and Dana      Petroleum (E&P) Limited, dated December 4, 2009(13)                                                                                                            |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10.8   | Letter      Agreement between Hyperdynamics Corporation and Dana Petroleum (E&P)      Limited, dated December 2, 2009 (14)                                                                                                                      |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10.9   | Lease      Agreement between Hyperdynamics Corporation and Parkway Properties LP,      dated December 29, 2009 (16)                                                                                                                                 |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10.10  | Operating      Agreement between SCS Corporation and Dana Petroleum (E&P) Limited,      dated January 28, 2010 (17)                                                                                                                             |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10.11  | Amendment      No. 1 to the Hydrocarbons Production Sharing Contract between SCS      Corporation and the Republic of Guinea, dated March 26, 2010 (English      translation) (18)                                                                  |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10.12  | Amendment      No. 1 to the Hydrocarbons Production Sharing Contract between SCS      Corporation and the Republic of Guinea, dated March 26, 2010 (French      translation) (18)                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 14.1   | Code      of Ethics (1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 16.1   | Letter      from Malone & Bailey, P.C. regarding change in certifying accountant      (13)                                                                                                                                                      |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 21.1   | Subsidiaries      (14)                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 23.1** | Consent      of Malone & Bailey, P.C.                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 23.2   | Consent      of GBH CPAs, P.C. (15)                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 31.1** | Certification      of Chief Executive Officer of Hyperdynamics Corporation required by Rule      13a-14(1) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as      adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of      2002 |

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| 31.2** | Certification      of Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of      Hyperdynamics Corporation required by Rule 13a-14(1) or Rule 15d-14(a) of      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of      the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 32.1   | Certification      of Chief Executive Officer of Hyperdynamics Corporation pursuant to      Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Section 1350 of 18      U.S.C. 63 (21)                                                                                                 |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 32.2   | Certification      of Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of      Hyperdynamics Corporation pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley      Act of 2002 and Section 1350 of 18 U.S.C. 63.  (21)                                                              |

| * | Management      contracts or compensatory plans orarrangements. |
|---|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

| ** | Filed      herewith. |
|----|----------------------|

| (1) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form 10-KSB/A filed May 16,  2005. |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (2) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form 8-K filed March 9,  2009. |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (3) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form S-1 filed January 12, 2006, as      amended. |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (4) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form 8-K filed February 8,  2008. |
|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (5) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form 8-K filed May 12,2008. |
|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (6) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form SB-2 filed February 25,  2000. |
|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (7) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form 8-K filed June 15,  2001. |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (8) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form 8-K filed June 18,  2007. |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (9) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form 8-K filed September 28,  2006. |
|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (10) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K filed July 6,2009. |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------|

| (11) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K filed July 23,2009. |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

| (12) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K filed September 15,  2009. |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (13) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, filed December 22,  2008. |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (14) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, filed December 7,  2009 |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (15) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, dated December 11,  2009. |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (16) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, dated January 6,  2010. |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (17) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, dated January 29,  2010. |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (18) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, dated March 31,  2010. |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (19) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, dated December 3,  2009. |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (20) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, dated April 20,  2010. |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (21) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 10-K filed on September 30,  2009. |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|             | HYPERDYNAMICS      CORPORATION |
|------------------|--------------------------------|
|             |                           |   |
| May      6, 2010 | By:                            | /s/ Ray Leonard |
|             |                           | Ray      Leonard |
|             |                           | President,      CEO and Director |
|             |                           |   |

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| Exhibit      Number | Description                                                                                                                                                              |
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 3.1.1               | Certificate      of Incorporation (1)                                                                                                                                    |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 3.1.2               | Certificate      of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated January 21, 1997      (1)                                                                           |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 3.1.3               | Certificate      of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated September 20, 1999      (1)                                                                         |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 3.1.4               | Certificate      of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation, dated December 22, 2003      (1)                                                                          |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 3.2                 | By-laws      (1)                                                                                                                                                         |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 3.3                 | Amendment      to Bylaws (2)                                                                                                                                             |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 4.1                 | Series      A Certificate of Designation (6)                                                                                                                             |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 4.2                 | Series      B Certificate of Designation (7)                                                                                                                             |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 4.3                 | Form      of Common Stock Certificate (3)                                                                                                                                |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 4.4                 | Form      of Warrant (4)                                                                                                                                                 |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 4.5                 | Warrant      issued to YA Global Investments, L.P. on February 6, 2008    (4)                                                                                            |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 4.6                 | Form      of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (5)                                                                                                                           |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 4.7                 | Form      of Series A Preferred Stock Certificate (6)                                                                                                                    |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 4.8                 | Form      of Series B Preferred Stock Certificate (7)                                                                                                                    |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 4.9                 | Warrant      issued to Trendsetter Investors, LLC on June 12, 2007  (8)                                                                                                  |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 4.10                | Form      of Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated December 2, 2009    (19)                                                                                               |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 4.11                | Form      of Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated April 20, 2009  (20)                                                                                                   |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 10.1                | Hydrocarbon      Production Sharing Contract (PSA) between SCS Corporation and the Republic      of Guinea, Dated September 22, 2006 (9)                                 |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 10.2*               | Employment      Agreement between Hyperdynamics and Jason D. Davis, dated June 17, 2009      (10)                                                                        |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 10.3*               | Employment      Agreement between Hyperdynamics and Ray Leonard, dated July 22, 2009      (11)                                                                           |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 10.4*               | Amendment      No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Hyperdynamics Corporation and Ray      Leonard, dated December 11, 2009 (18)                                        |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 10.5                | Memorandum      of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Guinea and SCS      Corporation, dated September 11, 2009 (English translation)      (12)     |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 10.6                | Memorandum      of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Guinea and SCS      Corporation, dated September 11, 2009 (original French version)      (12) |
|                |                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 10.7                | Sale      and Purchase Agreement between Hyperdynamics Corporation and Dana      Petroleum (E&P) Limited, dated December 4, 2009  (13)                               |

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| 10.8   | Letter      Agreement between Hyperdynamics Corporation and Dana Petroleum (E&P)      Limited, dated December 2, 2009 (14)                                                                                                                                                       |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 10.9   | Lease      Agreement between Hyperdynamics Corporation and Parkway Properties LP,      dated December 29, 2009 (16)                                                                                                                                                                  |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 10.10  | Operating      Agreement between SCS Corporation and Dana Petroleum (E&P) Limited,      dated January 28, 2010 (17)                                                                                                                                                              |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 10.11  | Amendment      No. 1 to the Hydrocarbons Production Sharing Contract between SCS      Corporation and the Republic of Guinea, dated March 26, 2010 (English      translation) (18)                                                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 10.12  | Amendment      No. 1 to the Hydrocarbons Production Sharing Contract between SCS      Corporation and the Republic of Guinea, dated March 26, 2010 (French      translation) (18)                                                                                                    |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 14.1   | Code      of Ethics (1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 16.1   | Letter      from Malone & Bailey, P.C. regarding change in certifying accountant      (13)                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 21.1   | Subsidiaries      (14)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 23.1** | Consent      of Malone & Bailey, P.C.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 23.2   | Consent      of GBH CPAs, P.C. (15)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 31.1** | Certification      of Chief Executive Officer of Hyperdynamics Corporation required by Rule      13a-14(1) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as      adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of      2002                                  |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 31.2** | Certification      of Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of      Hyperdynamics Corporation required by Rule 13a-14(1) or Rule 15d-14(a) of      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of      the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 32.1   | Certification      of Chief Executive Officer of Hyperdynamics Corporation pursuant to      Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Section 1350 of 18      U.S.C. 63 (21)                                                                                                 |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 32.2   | Certification      of Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of      Hyperdynamics Corporation pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley      Act of 2002 and Section 1350 of 18 U.S.C. 63.  (21)                                                              |

| * | Management      contracts or compensatory plans orarrangements. |
|---|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

| ** | Filed      herewith. |
|----|----------------------|

| (1) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form 10-KSB/A filed May 16,  2005. |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (2) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form 8-K filed March 9,  2009. |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (3) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form S-1 filed January 12, 2006, as      amended. |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (4) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form 8-K filed February 8,  2008. |
|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (5) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form 8-K filed May 12,2008. |
|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (6) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form SB-2 filed February 25,  2000. |
|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (7) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form 8-K filed June 15,  2001. |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (8) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form 8-K filed June 18,  2007. |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (9) | Incorporated      by reference to our Form 8-K filed September 28,  2006. |
|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (10) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K filed July 6,2009. |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------|

| (11) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K filed July 23,2009. |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

| (12) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K filed September 15,  2009. |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (13) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, filed December 22,  2008. |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (14) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, filed December 7,  2009 |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (15) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, dated December 11,  2009. |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (16) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, dated January 6,  2010. |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (17) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, dated January 29,  2010. |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (18) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, dated March 31,  2010. |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (19) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, dated December 3,  2009. |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (20) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 8-K/A, dated April 20,  2010. |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

| (21) | Incorporated      by reference to Form 10-K filed on September 30,  2009. |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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