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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-16-091722
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160127

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Silver Run Acquisition Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001658566
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BLANK CHECKS [6770]
		IRS NUMBER:				475381253
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 1450
		STREET 2:		C/O RIVERSTONE EQUITY
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7133571400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1000 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 1450
		STREET 2:		C/O RIVERSTONE EQUITY
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Weil, Gotshal&nbsp;&amp; Manges LLP<br> 767 Fifth Avenue<br> New York, New York 10153<br> Phone: (212) 310-8000<br> Fax: (212) 310-8007</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 3.0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">January&nbsp;27, 2016</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION</font></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Loan Lauren P. Nguyen</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Legal Branch Chief</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Division of Corporation Finance<br> 100 F Street NE<br> Washington, D.C. 20549-3561</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Re:</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>Silver Run Acquisition Corporation<br> Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1<br> CIK No.&nbsp;1658566</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Nguyen:</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">On behalf of our client, Silver Run Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<b>Company</b>&#148;), we submit this letter to update the Company&#146;s response to comment number 1 contained in the letter, dated December&nbsp;14, 2015, from the staff (the &#147;<b>Staff</b>&#148;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<b>Commission</b>&#148;) relating to the Company&#146;s initial draft registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 confidentially submitted with the Commission. We are concurrently publicly filing via EDGAR the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (the &#147;<b>Registration Statement</b>&#148;). The changes reflected in the Registration Statement include those intended to update, clarify and render more complete the information set forth therein. We are sending to the Staff under separate cover copies of the Registration Statement, including copies marked to show the changes from the draft confidentially submitted on January&nbsp;13, 2016</font>. </font>Set forth below is the Company&#146;s updated response to the Staff&#146;s prior comment.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Staff&#146;s Prior Comment:</font></u></b><b> Please supplementally provide us with copies of all written communications, as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under the Securities Act, that you, or anyone authorized to do so on your behalf, present to potential investors in reliance on Section&nbsp;5(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Act, whether or not they retain copies of the communications.</b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Company&#146;s Updated Response:</font></u>&#160; The Company is providing to the Staff, on a supplemental basis, copies of the written communications, as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under the Securities Act, that were used in meetings with potential investors in reliance on Section&nbsp;5(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Act. These materials were only made available for viewing by potential investors during the Company&#146;s presentations, and no copies were retained by any potential investor. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;418 under the Securities Act, the copies</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">supplementally provided shall not be deemed to be filed with, or a part of or included in, the Registration Statement. Additionally, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;418(b)&nbsp;under the Securities Act, the Company requests that the Staff please return such copies to the Company upon completion of the Staff&#146;s review. Other than these materials, the Company has not provided, and it has not authorized any person to provide, any written materials to potential investors in reliance on Section&nbsp;5(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Act. The Company will undertake to provide the Staff with copies of any additional written communications that are presented to potential investors in the future by it or anyone authorized to do so on its behalf in reliance on Section&nbsp;5(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Act, whether or not such potential investors retain copies of such communications.</font></p>
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