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            <amendmentNo>8</amendmentNo>
            <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>

            <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>12/31/2024</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
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                <issuerName>KOSMOS ENERGY LTD</issuerName>
                <issuerCusip>500688106</issuerCusip>
                <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
                    <com:street1>8176 PARK LANE, SUITE 500</com:street1>
                    <com:city>DALLAS</com:city>
                    <com:stateOrCountry>TX</com:stateOrCountry>
                    <com:zipCode>75231</com:zipCode>
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                <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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            <reportingPersonName>BlackRock, Inc.</reportingPersonName>
            <memberGroup>b</memberGroup>
            <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
            <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
                <soleVotingPower>55746974</soleVotingPower>
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                <issuerName>KOSMOS ENERGY LTD</issuerName>
                <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>8176 PARK LANE, SUITE 500 DALLAS TX 75231</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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                <filingPersonName>BlackRock, Inc.
                In accordance with SEC Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998), this Schedule 13G reflects the securities beneficially owned, or deemed to be beneficially owned, by certain business units (collectively, the "Reporting Business Units") of BlackRock, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates. It does not include securities, if any, beneficially owned by other business units whose beneficial ownership of securities are disaggregated from that of the Reporting Business Units in accordance with such release.</filingPersonName>
                <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>BlackRock, Inc. 50 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
                <citizenship>See Item 4 of Cover Page</citizenship>
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                  <classOwnership5PercentOrLess>N</classOwnership5PercentOrLess>
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                <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
               <ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>Various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct
               the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of
               the common stock of
               KOSMOS ENERGY LTD.
               No one person's interest in the common stock of
               KOSMOS ENERGY LTD
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                <subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>See Exhibit 99</subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>
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                <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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                <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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                <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
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        <signatureInformation>
            <reportingPersonName>BlackRock, Inc.</reportingPersonName>
            <signatureDetails>
                <signature>Spencer Fleming</signature>
                <title>Managing Director</title>
                <date>02/05/2025</date>
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        </signatureInformation>
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