SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: February 28, 2011 Estimated average burden hours per response 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Third Point LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 390 PARK AVENUE (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Baseline Oil & Gas Corp. [ BOGA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/08/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	07/09/2008		P		106,100	A	$0.45	106,100	I	See Footnotes ( 1 ) ( 4 )
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	07/16/2008		P		25,000	A	$0.4	131,100	I	See Footnotes ( 1 ) ( 4 )
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	07/17/2008		P		130,000	A	$0.502	261,100	I	See Footnotes ( 1 ) ( 4 )
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	07/17/2008		P/K		170,000	A	$0.482	431,100	I	See Footnotes ( 1 ) ( 4 )
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	07/17/2008		P		55,000	A	$0.478	486,100	I	See Footnotes ( 1 ) ( 4 )
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	07/18/2008		C		62,018,850	A	( 2 )	62,504,950	I	See Footnotes ( 1 ) ( 4 )

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
14% Senior Subordinated Convertible Secured Notes due 2013	( 2 )	07/08/2008		P		2,140,000 ( 3 )		10/01/2007	10/01/2013	Common Stock	2,972,460	$1,883,200	42,265,000 ( 3 )	I	See Footnotes ( 1 ) ( 4 )
14% Senior Subordinated Convertible Secured Notes due 2013	( 2 )	07/09/2008		P		2,675,000 ( 3 )		10/01/2007	10/01/2013	Common Stock	3,715,575	$2,501,125	44,940,000 ( 3 )	I	See Footnotes ( 1 ) ( 4 )
14% Senior Subordinated Convertible Secured Notes due 2013	( 2 )	07/16/2008		P		1,000,000 ( 3 )		10/01/2007	10/01/2013	Common Stock	1,389,000	$1,010,000	45,940,000 ( 3 )	I	See Footnotes ( 1 ) ( 4 )
14% Senior Subordinated Convertible Secured Notes due 2013	( 2 )	07/16/2008		P		3,210,000 ( 3 )		10/01/2007	10/01/2013	Common Stock	4,458,690	$3,210,000	49,150,000 ( 3 )	I	See Footnotes ( 1 ) ( 4 )
14% Senior Subordinated Convertible Secured Notes due 2013	( 2 )	07/17/2008		S			36,970,000 ( 3 )	10/01/2007	10/01/2013	Common Stock	51,351,330	$36,970,000	12,180,000 ( 3 )	I	See Footnotes ( 1 ) ( 4 )
14% Senior Subordinated Convertible Secured Notes due 2013	( 2 )	07/17/2008		P		36,970,000 ( 3 )		10/01/2007	10/01/2013	Common Stock	51,351,330	$36,970,000	49,150,000 ( 3 )	I	See Footnotes ( 1 ) ( 4 )
14% Senior Subordinated Convertible Secured Notes due 2013	( 2 )	07/18/2008		C			44,650,000 ( 3 )	10/01/2007	10/01/2013	Common Stock	62,018,850	$0 ( 2 )	4,500,000 ( 3 )	I	See Footnotes ( 1 ) ( 4 )

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Third Point LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 390 PARK AVENUE (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Loeb Daniel S (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THIRD POINT LLC 390 PARK AVENUE (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* THIRD POINT PARTNERS LP (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THIRD POINT LLC 390 PARK AVENUE (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* THIRD POINT PARTNERS QUALIFIED L P (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THIRD POINT LLC 390 PARK AVENUE (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Third Point LLC ("Third Point") acts as the investment manager of a variety of funds and managed accounts (the "Funds"), including Third Point Partners L.P. ("Partners") and Third Point Partners Qualified L.P. ("Qualified"). The Funds hold in the aggregate $4,500,000 in principal amount of the issuer's 14% Senior Subordinated Convertible Secured Notes due 2013 (the "Notes"), which are convertible into 6,250,500 shares of Common Stock. Third Point, as investment manager of the Funds, and Daniel S. Loeb, as Chief Executive Officer of Third Point, each may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock into which such Notes are convertible.

2. Each $1,000 of the principal amount of Notes is convertible into 1,389 shares of Common Stock. The Funds converted $44,650,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes into 62,018,850 shares of Common Stock on July 18, 2008.

3. These shares do not include any shares that may be issued, at the Company's election within 30 days after conversion, in satisfaction of a related conversion make-whole amount.

4. Third Point and Mr. Loeb each disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of any indirect pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed to be an admission that Third Point or Mr. Loeb is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act, as amended (the "Act") and the rules promulgated thereunder or for any other purpose. Each of Partners and Qualified hereby disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities reported herein other than those which it directly holds, for purposes of Section 16 of the Act and the rules promulgated thereunder or for any other purpose.

Remarks:

The Power of Attorney given by Daniel S. Loeb is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the Schedule 13D with respect to the issuer filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Third Point LLC and Mr. Loeb on July 18, 2008. Exhibit List: Exhibit 99.1: Joint Filer Information - Daniel S. Loeb Exhibit 99.2: Joint Filer Information - Third Point Partners L.P. Exhibit 99.3: Joint Filer Information - Third Point Partners Qualified L.P.

	/s/ William Song, Attorney-in-Fact for Daniel S. Loeb, Chief Executive Officer of Third Point LLC	07/22/2008
	/s/ William Song, Attorney-in-Fact for Daniel S. Loeb	07/22/2008
	/s/ William Song, Attorney-in-Fact for Daniel S. Loeb, Managing Member, Third Point Advisors LLC, General Partner for Third Point Partners L.P.	07/22/2008
	/s/ William Song, Attorney-in-Fact for Daniel S. Loeb, Managing Member, Third Point Advisors LLC, General Partner of Third Point Partners Qualified L.P.	07/22/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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