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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                   FORM 40-F

  [_]   Registration Statement pursuant to section 12 of the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934


  [X]   Annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006    Commission File Number: 333-96537


                          COMPTON PETROLEUM CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

                                 ALBERTA, CANADA
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        (Province or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

                                      1311
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            (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Numbers)


                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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             (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number (if applicable))

       SUITE 3300, 425-1ST STREET, S.W., CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA T2P 3L8
                                 (403) 237-9400
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   (Address and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive offices)


       CT CORPORATION SYSTEM, 111 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011
                                 (212) 894-8400
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       (Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number (including
             area code) of agent for service in the United States)


SECURITIES REGISTERED OR TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT:


TITLE OF EACH CLASS                  NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON WHICH REGISTERED
Common Shares, no par value                            New York Stock Exchange

 SECURITIES REGISTERED OR TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(G) OF THE ACT:

                           TITLE OF EACH CLASS: None

              SECURITIES FOR WHICH THERE IS A REPORTING OBLIGATION
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(D) OF THE ACT: None


FOR ANNUAL REPORTS, INDICATE BY CHECK MARK THE INFORMATION FILED WITH THIS
FORM:

    [ ] Annual information form         [ ] Audited annual financial statements

         128,503,476 Common Shares outstanding as of December 31, 2006

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Indicate  by check  mark  whether  the  Registrant  by filing  the  information
contained  in this  Form is also  thereby  furnishing  the  information  to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Exchange  Act"). If "Yes" is marked,  indicate the filing number assigned
to the Registrant in connection with such Rule.

                        Yes [_]             No [X]

Indicate  by check  mark  whether  the  Registrant  (1) has filed  all  reports
required  to be filed by  Section  13 or 15(d) of the  Exchange  Act during the
preceding  12  months  (or for such  shorter  period  that the  Registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports)  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days.


                        Yes [X]             No [_]


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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

          This Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on 40-F of Compton Petroleum
Corporation  is hereby  filed to include as an exhibit  thereto  the  consent of
Netherland,  Sewell & Associates, Inc., which consent was inadvertently excluded
from the original filing.

          Except as otherwise stated herein, no other  information  contained in
the Annual Report on Form 40-F,  including the exhibits  filed with the original
filing, is amended by this Amendment No. 1 on Form 40-F.



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                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Exchange Act,  Compton  certifies  that it
meets all of the  requirements  for filing on Form 40-F and has duly caused this
Annual  Report to be  signed on its  behalf  by the  undersigned,  thereto  duly
authorized.

Dated this 13th day of April, 2007.


                                     COMPTON PETROLEUM CORPORATION



                                     By: /s/ Norman G. Knecht
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                                         Name:  Norman G. Knecht
                                         Title: Vice President, Finance &
                                                Chief Financial Officer





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Documents filed as part of this report:


                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT NO.     DESCRIPTION
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    20.1*       Annual  Information Form for the fiscal year ended December
                31, 2006.

    20.2*       Consolidated  Financial  Statements  for the  fiscal  years
                ended December 31, 2006 and 2005.

    20.3*       Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis for the fiscal year
                ended December 31, 2006.

    23.1*       Consent  of  Grant  Thornton  LLP,  independent   chartered
                accountants.

    23.2*       Consent  of  Grant  Thornton  LLP,  independent   chartered
                accountants.

    23.3        Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.

    31.1*       Certification  of Chief Executive  Officer pursuant to Rule
                13a-14(a) or 15d-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

    31.2*       Certification  of Chief Financial  Officer pursuant to Rule
                13a-14(a) or 15d-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

    32.1*       Certification  of Chief Executive  Officer pursuant to Rule
                13(a)-14(b)  and Section  1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of
                the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350).

    32.2*       Certification  of Chief Financial  Officer pursuant to Rule
                13(a)-14(b)  and Section  1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of
                the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350).


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*   previously filed