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    <submissionType>SCHEDULE 13G/A</submissionType>
    <previousAccessionNumber>0001104659-25-048791</previousAccessionNumber>
    <filerInfo>
      <filer>
        <filerCredentials>
          <!-- Field: Pseudo-Tag; ID: Name; Data: FS Specialty Lending Fund -->
          <cik>0001501729</cik>
          <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
        </filerCredentials>
      </filer>
      <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>


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    <coverPageHeader>
      <amendmentNo>1</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>05/09/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0001922446</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Diversified Energy Co PLC</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>G2891G204</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>1600 Corporate Drive</com:street1>
          <com:city>Birmingham</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>AL</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>35242</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </issuerInfo>
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      <reportingPersonName>FS Specialty Lending Fund</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>3949906.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>3949906.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>3949906.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>4.9</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>OO</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>This amendment is being filed because the percentage of class beneficially owned by FS Specialty Lending Fund fell below 5% as of May 9, 2025 (the "Effective Date").  This Schedule 13G shows the number of shares beneficially owned by FS Specialty Lending as of the Effective Date.</comments>
    </coverPageHeaderReportingPersonDetails>
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      <reportingPersonName>FS/EIG Advisor, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>3949906.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>3949906.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>3949906.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>4.9</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IA</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>This amendment is being filed because the percentage of class beneficially owned by FS/EIG Advisor, LLC fell below 5% as of the Effective Date. This Schedule 13G shows the number of shares beneficially owned by FS/EIG Advisor, LLC as of the Effective Date.</comments>
    </coverPageHeaderReportingPersonDetails>
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      <reportingPersonName>FS Investment Advisor, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>3949906.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>3949906.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>3949906.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>4.9</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>OO</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>This amendment is being filed because the percentage of class beneficially owned by FS Investment Advisor, LLC fell below 5% as of the Effective Date. This Schedule 13G shows the number of shares beneficially owned by FS Investment Advisor, LLC as of the Effective Date.</comments>
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    <items>
      <item1>
        <issuerName>Diversified Energy Co PLC</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>1600 Corporate Drive Birmingham, AL, 35242</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </item1>
      <item2>
        <filingPersonName>This Statement is filed on behalf of the following persons (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"):

FS Specialty Lending Fund
FS/EIG Advisor, LLC
FS Investment Advisor, LLC

This Statement relates to common shares (the "Shares")  of Diversified Energy Co PLC (the "Company") owned by FS Specialty Lending Fund through its wholly-owned subsidiary FSEP Investments, Inc. FS/EIG Advisor, LLC is the investment adviser to FS Specialty Lending Fund. FS Investment Advisor, LLC is a member of FS/EIG Advisor, LLC and is responsible for appointing the investment committee members responsible for making investment decisions with respect to the Shares. This amendment was filed to reflect the sale of 139,748 Shares between March 14, 2025 and May 9, 2025 (the "Effective Date"), which caused the Reporting Persons' beneficial interest to fall below 5% of the Company's outstanding Shares as of the Effective Date.

With respect to Item 3 below, FS/EIG Advisor, LLC selects "[a]n investment adviser in accordance with ss. 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)."</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>The principal business office for all filing persons is:
c/o FS Investments
201 Rouse Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19112</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>See Item 4 of each cover page.</citizenship>
      </item2>
      <item3>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>IA</typeOfPersonFiling>
      </item3>
      <item4>
        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>3949906.00</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>4.9%</classPercent>
        <numberOfSharesPersonHas>
          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>0</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>3949906.00</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>0</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>3949906.00</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
        </numberOfSharesPersonHas>
      </item4>
      <item5>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <classOwnership5PercentOrLess>Y</classOwnership5PercentOrLess>
      </item5>
      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item6>
      <item7>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>See disclosure in Item 2 hereof.</subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>
      </item7>
      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item8>
      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item9>
      <item10>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above 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>
      </item10>
    </items>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>FS Specialty Lending Fund</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Stephen Sypherd</signature>
        <title>Stephen Sypherd, General Counsel</title>
        <date>05/29/2025</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>FS/EIG Advisor, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Stephen Sypherd</signature>
        <title>Stephen Sypherd, Authorized Signatory</title>
        <date>05/29/2025</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>FS Investment Advisor, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Stephen Sypherd</signature>
        <title>Stephen Sypherd, Authorized Signatory</title>
        <date>05/29/2025</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
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