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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2018-07-23</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001346980</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Chaparral Energy, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CHAP</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001747265</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Ver Hoeve Mark Wallace</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>701 CEDAR LAKE BLVD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>OKLAHOMA CITY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OK</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>73114</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice President - Geoscience</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>48491</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 8,479 shares of performance restricted stock granted under the Management Incentive Plan of Chaparral Energy, Inc., dated as of August 9, 2017 (the &quot;MIP&quot;), 27,500 shares of time restricted stock granted under the MIP, and 12,512 vested shares. Of the 8,479 shares of performance restricted stock, 4,583 will vest on December 31, 2018, and 3,896 will vest on December 31, 2019, subject to performance vesting conditions. Of the 27,500 shares of time restricted stock, 13,750 will vest on April 1, 2019 and 13,750 will vest on April 1, 2020, subject to time vesting conditions.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Power of Attorney is attached hereto as Exhibit 24.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Linda Byford, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-07-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
