April 21, 2017
Via Edgar
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F. Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Anuja A. Majmudar
| Re: | Callon Petroleum Company |
| Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed April 13, 2017 |
| File No. 333-217287 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Callon Petroleum Company (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 10:00 a.m., Washington, D.C. time, on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
| Very truly yours, |
| CALLON PETROLEUM COMPANY |
| /s/ Joseph C. Gatto, Jr. |
| Joseph C. Gatto, Jr. |
| President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer |
| cc: | William B. Nelson, Haynes and Boone, LLP |
