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                             June 23, 2022

       Matthew Kaes Van't Hof
       President and Chief Financial Officer
       Diamondback Energy, Inc.
       500 West Texas, Suite 1200
       Midland, Texas 79701

                                                        Re: Diamondback Energy,
Inc.
                                                            Registration
Statement on Form S-4
                                                            Filed June 13, 2022
                                                            File No. 333-265558

       Dear Mr. Van't Hof:

              We have limited our review of your registration statement to
those issues we have
       addressed in our comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to
provide us with
       information so we may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to this letter by amending your registration
statement and providing the
       requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your
facts and
       circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell
us why in your
       response.

              After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
       provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Registration Statement on Form S-4 Filed June 13, 2022

       General

   1.                                                   Please confirm your
understanding that we will not be in a position to accelerate the
                                                        effectiveness of your
registration statement until our comments relating to your Form 10-
                                                        K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2021 have been resolved.
               We remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the accuracy
       and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments,
action or absence of
       action by the staff.

              Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration.
Please allow adequate
       time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective
date of the registration
       statement.
 Matthew Kaes Van't Hof
Diamondback Energy, Inc.
June 23, 2022
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       Please contact Michael Purcell, Staff Attorney at 202-551-5351 or Karina
Dorin, Staff
Attorney at 202-551-3763 with any other questions.



                                                           Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameMatthew Kaes Van't Hof
                                                           Division of
Corporation Finance
Comapany NameDiamondback Energy, Inc.
                                                           Office of Energy &
Transportation
June 23, 2022 Page 2
cc:       John Goodgame
FirstName LastName