Contango Oil & Gas Company
717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900
Houston, Texas 77002
January 21, 2020
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Irene Barberena-Meissner
Re: | Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness of |
Registration Statement onForm S-3 (File No. 333-235934) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Contango Oil & Gas Company hereby respectfully requests that, pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the effectiveness of its Registration Statement onForm S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-235934) be accelerated so that the Registration Statement will become effective on Thursday, January 23, 2020, at 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Hillary H. Holmes of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP at (346)718-6602.
Sincerely, | ||
CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY | ||
By: | /s/ E. Joseph Grady | |
E. Joseph Grady | ||
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
cc: | Hillary H. Holmes, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP |