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| DELAWARE                                                                                               | 73-0237060                           |
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| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)                                         | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
|  6801 BROADWAY EXT., SUITE 300OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA  73116-9037 (405) 848-7551   |
| (Address and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices) |

| COMMON STOCK ($0.50 PAR VALUE) |
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| (Title of Class)               |

| Large accelerated filer | o |   | Accelerated filer | o |   | Non-accelerated filer | o |   | Smaller reporting company | þ |
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| ExhibitNumber |   |  Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|---------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 3.1           |   | Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated November 1, 1988, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of The Reserve Petroleum Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB (Commission File No. 0-8157) filed March 28, 1997. |
| 3.2           |   | Amended By-Laws dated November 16, 2004, are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of The Reserve Petroleum Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB (Commission File No. 0-8157) filed March 30, 2006.                     |
| 14            |   | Code of Ethics incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 of The Reserve Petroleum Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB (Commission File No. 0-8157) filed March 30, 2006.                                                    |
| 23*           |   | Consent of RCADKINS, LLC                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 31.1*         |   | Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.                                                                                      |
| 31.2*         |   | Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.                                                                                      |
| 32*           |   | Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sections 1350.                                                                                                                  |
| 99*           |   | Report of RCADKINS, LLC                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 101.INS       |   | XBRL Instance Document                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 101.SCH       |   | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 101.CAL       |   | XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Link base Document                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 101.LAB       |   | XBRL Taxonomy Label Link base Document                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 101.PRE       |   | XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Link base Document                                                                                                                                                                                      |

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|                                |   | THE RESERVE PETROLEUM COMPANY                                |
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|                                |   |         (Registrant) |
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| Date:  September 25, 2012 |   | By:                                                          | /s/ Cameron R. McLain |
|                                |   | Name:                                                        | Cameron R. McLain, President |
|                                |   | Title:                                                       | (Principal Executive Officer) |

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| Date:  September 25, 2012 |   | By:    | /s/ James L. Tyler |
|                                |   | Name:  | James L. Tyler, 2nd Vice President |
|                                |   | Title: | (Principal Financial Officer) |

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