October 24, 2017
Via Edgar
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F. Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attn: | Irene Barberena-Meissner | |
| Re: | Alta Mesa Holdings, LP | |
| Registration Statement on FormS-4 filed October 4, 2017 | ||
| FileNo. 333-220789 | ||
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Alta Mesa Holdings, LP (the“Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of the above-captioned Registration Statement be accelerated so that such Registration Statement will be declared effective at 4:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| ALTA MESA HOLDINGS, LP | ||
| By: | Alta Mesa Holdings GP, LLC, its general partner | |
| /s/ Harlan H. Chappelle | ||
| Harlan H. Chappelle | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| cc: | William B. Nelson, Haynes and Boone, LLP |