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    <periodOfReport>2023-11-01</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>EARTHSTONE ENERGY INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ESTE</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>EnCap Partners GP, LLC</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>9651 KATY FREEWAY, SUITE 600</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77024</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001504103</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>EnCap Energy Capital Fund VIII, L.P.</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>9651 KATY FREEWAY, SUITE 600</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77024</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001707241</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Bold Energy Holdings, LLC</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ENCAP INVESTMENTS L.P.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>9651 KATY FREEWAY, SUITE 600</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77024</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>EnCap Energy Capital Fund IX, L.P.</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>9651 KATY FREEWAY, SUITE 600</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77024</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>EnCap Energy Capital Fund XI, L.P.</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>9651 KATY FREEWAY, SUITE 600</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77024</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
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                <value>2023-11-01</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnotes</value>
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                <value>2023-11-01</value>
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                <value></value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnotes</value>
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                <value>OpCo Units</value>
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                <value>2023-11-01</value>
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                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>33956524</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>See footnotes</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">EnCap Partners GP, LLC (&quot;EnCap Partners GP&quot;) is the general partner of EnCap Partners, LP (&quot;EnCap Partners&quot;), which is the managing member of EnCap Investments Holdings, LLC (&quot;EnCap Holdings&quot;), which is the sole member of EnCap Investments GP, L.L.C. (&quot;Investments GP&quot;), which is the general partner of EnCap Investments L.P. (&quot;Investments LP&quot;), which is the general partner of EnCap Equity Fund VIII GP, L.P. (&quot;Fund VIII GP&quot;) and EnCap Equity Fund IX GP, L.P. (&quot;Fund IX GP&quot;), which are the general partners of EnCap Energy Capital Fund VIII, L.P. (&quot;Fund VIII&quot;) and EnCap Energy Capital Fund IX, L.P. (&quot;Fund IX&quot;), respectively. Fund IX directly owns 100% of the membership interests of Bold Energy Holdings, LLC (&quot;Bold&quot;). Investments LP is the sole member of EnCap Equity Fund XI GP, LLC (&quot;Fund XI LLC&quot;), which is the general partner of EnCap Equity Fund XI GP, L.P. (&quot;Fund XI GP&quot;), which is the general partner of EnCap Energy Capital Fund XI, L.P. (&quot;Fund XI&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On November 1, 2023, the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), dated of August 21, 2023, by and among the Issuer, Earthstone Energy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&quot;Earthstone Holdings&quot;), Permian Resources Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (&quot;Permian&quot;), Smits Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct wholly owned subsidiary of Permian Resources (&quot;Merger Sub I&quot;), Smits Merger Sub II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Permian Resources (&quot;Merger Sub II&quot;) and Permian Resources Operating, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&quot;Permian Operating&quot;), were consummated (the &quot;Closing&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">(Continued from footnote 2): Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Closing, (a) each issued and outstanding share of Class A Common Stock was converted into the right to receive 1.446 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Class A common stock of Permian, $0.0001 par value per share, (b) each issued and outstanding share of Class B Common Stock was converted into the right to receive 1.446 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Class C common stock of Permian, $0.0001 par value per share, and (c) each common unit representing limited liability company interests (the &quot;OpCo Units&quot;) in Earthstone Holdings was converted into the right to receive 1.446 common units representing limited liability company interests in Permian Operating. This Form 4 constitutes an exit filing by the Reporting Persons.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Of the reported shares of Class A common stock, 2,303,000 shares were directly held of record by Fund VIII, and 19,819,820 shares were directly held of record by Fund XI.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Of the reported shares of Class B common stock, 33,956,524 shares (and an equivalent number of OpCo Units) were directly held of record by Bold.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The filing of this Form 4 constitutes an exit filing by the Reporting Person as former holders of more than 10% as a beneficial owner of the Issuer.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Fund VIII, By: Fund VIII GP, its general partner, Investments LP, its general partner, Investments GP, its general partner, /s/ Douglas E. Swanson, Jr., Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-11-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Bold Energy Holdings, LLC, By: Fund IX, its sole member, Fund IX GP, its general partner, Investments LP, its general partner, Investments GP, its general partner, /s/ Douglas E. Swanson, Jr., Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-11-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Fund IX, By: Fund IX GP, its general partner, Investments LP, its general partner, Investments GP, its general partner, /s/ Douglas E. Swanson, Jr., Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-11-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Fund XI, By: Fund XI GP, its general partner, Fund XI LLC, its general partner, Investments LP, its sole member, Investments GP, its general partner, /s/ Douglas E. Swanson, Jr., Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-11-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>EnCap Partners GP, By: /s/ Douglas E. Swanson, Jr., Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-11-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
