Devon Energy Corporation

20 North Broadway

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102-8260

Janice A. Dobbs

Corporate Secretary

(405) 552-7844

September 19, 2007

Via Edgar and Facsimile (202) 772-9220

Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance — Mail Stop 7010
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-7010

Attention: Ms. Mellissa Campbell Duru

Re:       Devon Energy Corporation
Definitive 14A
Filed April 27, 2007
File No. 001-32318

Dear Ms. Duru:

This letter is to confirm our telephone conversation today regarding a request for an extension of time to respond to the comments contained in your letter dated August 21, 2007 regarding the above-referenced definitive proxy statement. As we discussed, the travel schedules of our senior executives have not permitted them time to review the responses to the comments.

We very much appreciate your consent to extend the comment response time to Friday, October 5, 2007.

Sincerely,

/s/ Janice A. Dobbs

Janice A. Dobbs
Corporate Secretary

xc:     J. Larry Nichols, Chairman and CEO