-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Et44H8zsvZ3Wz7bMegeUv+//ID6/sEtzLUO0h5wT2juLchIwYsCaG039xSGDClEM /cf056s5verR3ab+rFqh9g== 0000351817-09-000018.txt : 20090813 0000351817-09-000018.hdr.sgml : 20090813 20090625165340 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000351817-09-000018 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090625 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SWIFT ENERGY CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000351817 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 203940661 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 16825 NORTHCHASE DR STE 400 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77060 BUSINESS PHONE: 2818742700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 16825 NORTHCHASE DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77060 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm s-3registration.htm

Swift Energy Company
16825 Northchase, Suite 400
Houston, Texas 77060
June 25, 2009



VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Norm Gholson
 
 


Re:           Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-159341)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Swift Energy Company (the “Company”), hereby requests that the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended, be accelerated to 10:00 a.m. on June 26, 2009, or as soon thereafter as practical.

The disclosure in the filing is the responsibility of the Company.  The Company represents to the Commission that:

(a)  
should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

(b)  
the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures in the filing; and

(c)  
the Company will not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.



Please contact the undersigned at (281) 874-2724 or Donald Brodsky of Baker & Hostetler LLP at (713) 646-1335 with any questions regarding the foregoing.

   
Very truly yours,
Swift Energy Company
/s/ Alton D. Heckaman, Jr.
 
By:
Alton D. Heckaman, Jr.
 
Title:
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

 

 
 
 
 

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