0001539838-22-000076.txt : 20220812 0001539838-22-000076.hdr.sgml : 20220812 20220609133406 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001539838-22-000076 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220609 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Diamondback Energy, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001539838 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 WEST TEXAS STREET 2: SUITE 1200 CITY: MIDLAND STATE: TX ZIP: 79701 BUSINESS PHONE: 405-463-6900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 WEST TEXAS STREET 2: SUITE 1200 CITY: MIDLAND STATE: TX ZIP: 79701 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Document

DIAMONDBACK ENERGY, INC.
500 West Texas, Suite 1200
Midland, TX 79701

June 9, 2022

VIA EDGAR

United States Securities and Exchange Commission The Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Natural Resources 100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3561
Attn:Michael Purcell
Ethan Horowitz
Re:Diamondback Energy, Inc.
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021
Filed February 24, 2022
File No. 001-35700
Gentlemen:

Diamondback Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is in receipt of the letter dated May 25, 2022 (the “Comment Letter”) from the Securities and Exchange Commission Staff (the “Staff”) relating to the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2022.

As discussed in a telephone call with the Staff on June 6, 2022, the Company has requested that the deadline for responding to the Comment Letter be extended to June 23, 2022.

As discussed with the Staff, this letter will confirm that the Company will submit its response to the Comment Letter on or before June 23, 2022.

If you have any questions with respect to the foregoing, please do not hesitate to call me at (432) 245-6007 or Matt Zmigrosky, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, at (432) 247-6229.

Sincerely,

/s/ Kaes Van’t Hof

Kaes Van’t Hof
President and Chief Financial Officer

cc:Matt Zmigrosky
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company
John Goodgame
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP