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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-232727
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190829
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190828
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20190829

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GULFPORT ENERGY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000874499
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				731521290
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-233507
		FILM NUMBER:		191063388

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		14313 NORTH MAY AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			OKLAHOMA CITY
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			73134
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4058488807

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		14313 NORTH MAY AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			OKLAHOMA CITY
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			73134

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WRT ENERGY CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WESTERN RESOURCE TECHNOLOGIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19600201
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;28, 2019 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GULFPORT ENERGY CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">73-1521290</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3001 Quail Springs Parkway</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Oklahoma City, Oklahoma</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>73134</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GULFPORT ENERGY CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2019 AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Patrick K. Craine </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>General Counsel and Corporate Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Gulfport Energy Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3001 Quail Springs Parkway </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73134 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(405)&nbsp;252-4600</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>With a Copy to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Clinton W. Rancher </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Baker Botts L.L.P. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>910
Louisiana Street </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, Texas 77002 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(713) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">229-1234</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Non-accelerated filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended
transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities to be</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>be</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registered(1)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offering
Price</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Per Share(2)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offering Price(2)</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registration Fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common stock, par value $0.01 per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">5,000,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$2.60</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$13,000,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$1,575.60</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
Registration Statement shall also cover such indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Gulfport Energy Corporation (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) as may become issuable under the Gulfport Amended and
Restated 2019 Stock and Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as a result of the antidilution and similar provisions thereof. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act solely for the purposes of calculating
the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on August&nbsp;23, 2019. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> relates to the registration of 5,000,000 additional shares (the
&#147;Shares&#148;) of common stock, par value of $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Gulfport Energy Corporation (&#147;Gulfport&#148; the &#147;Company&#148;), issuable pursuant to the Gulfport Energy Corporation 2019 Amended and
Restated Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the &#147;Plan&#148;), which amendment and restatement, at the recommendation of the Gulfport Board of Directors, was approved by the stockholders of the Company on June&nbsp;6, 2019. The
maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan is 12,500,000 shares, which includes the shares previously registered under the following Registration Statements on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) by Gulfport (collectively, the &#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-55738)</FONT> filed on
<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000106083001000014/0001060830-01-000014-0001.txt">February<U></U>&nbsp;16, 2001</A> registering 627,337 shares of Common Stock; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-129178)</FONT> filed
on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312505205974/ds8.htm">October<U></U>&nbsp;21, 2005</A> registering 777,269 shares of Common Stock; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-135728)</FONT> filed
on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312506145487/ds8.htm">July<U></U>&nbsp;12, 2006</A> registering 1,595,394 shares of Common Stock; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-206564)</FONT> filed
on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312515301729/d35250ds8.htm">August<U></U>&nbsp;25, 2015</A> registering 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Registration Statements relate, and the Company is filing this
Registration Statement to register the Shares pursuant to General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The contents of the Prior Registration
Statements are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except that the provisions contained in such Prior Registration Statements are modified as set forth herein. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312506089520/dex31.htm">Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> File No.<U>
</U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;000-19514,</FONT> filed by the Company with the SEC on April<U></U>&nbsp;26, 2006).</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312509227206/dex32.htm">Certificate of Amendment No.<U></U>&nbsp;1 to Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q,</FONT> File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;000-19514,</FONT> filed by the Company with the SEC on November<U></U>&nbsp;6, 2009).</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312513298847/d571356dex31.htm">Certificate of Amendment No.<U></U>&nbsp;2 to Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;000-19514,</FONT> filed by the Company with the SEC on July<U></U>&nbsp;23, 2013).</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312506144856/dex32.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> File No.<U></U><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;000-19514,</FONT> filed by the Company with the SEC on July<U></U>&nbsp;12, 2006).</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312513298847/d571356dex32.htm">First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,
</FONT> File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;000-19514,</FONT> filed by the Company with the SEC on July<U></U>&nbsp;23, 2013).</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.6</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312514180347/d718779dex31.htm">Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;000-19514,</FONT> filed by the Company with the SEC on May<U></U>&nbsp;2, 2014).</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000106083004000253/doc2.txt">Form of Common Stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No.<U></U>&nbsp;2 to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">SB-2,</FONT> File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-115396,</FONT> filed by the Company with the SEC on July<U></U>&nbsp;22, 2004).</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312517056510/d341218dex41.htm">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February<U></U>&nbsp;
17, 2017, by and between Gulfport Energy Corporation and Vitruvian II Woodford, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;000-19514,
</FONT> filed by the Company with the SEC on February<U></U>&nbsp;24, 2017).</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312519129779/d652757ddef14a.htm">2019 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule
 14A, File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;000-19514,</FONT> filed by the Company with the SEC on April<U></U>&nbsp;30, 2019).</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d787804dex51.htm">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. with respect to legality of securities. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d787804dex231.htm">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#poa">Power of Attorney (set forth in the signature page of this Registration Statement). </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oklahoma City, State of
Oklahoma, on August&nbsp;28, 2019. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Patrick K. Craine</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Patrick K. Craine</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">General Counsel and
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick K. Craine and Quentin R. Hicks, and each of
them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or would do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David M. Wood&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Quentin R.
Hicks&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Quentin R. Hicks</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David L.
Houston&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">David L. Houston</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deborah G.
Adams&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Deborah G. Adams</P></TD>
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Groeschel&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Craig Groeschel</P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">August&nbsp;28, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gulfport
Energy Corporation </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3001 Quail Springs Parkway </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma 73134 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As set forth
in the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148;) to be filed on the date hereof by Gulfport Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;),
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<B>Securities Act</B>&#148;), relating to an additional 5,000,000 shares (the &#147;<B>Shares</B>&#148;) of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the &#147;<B>Common Stock</B>&#148;), issuable pursuant to the Gulfport Energy Corporation Amended and Restated 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;<B>Plan</B>&#148;), certain legal matters
in connection with the Shares are being passed upon for you by us. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you for filing as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In our capacity as your counsel in the connection referred to above, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified, of (i)&nbsp;the
Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, each as amended to date, (ii)&nbsp;the Plan, (iii)&nbsp;corporate records of the Company, as furnished to us by the Company, (iv)&nbsp;certificates of public
officials and of representatives of the Company, (v)&nbsp;statutes and (vi)&nbsp;other instruments and documents as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In giving such opinions, we have relied upon certificates of officers of the Company
and of public officials with respect to the accuracy of the factual matters contained in such certificates. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In making our examination, we have assumed,
without independent investigation, that the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals are accurate and complete, that all documents submitted to us as copies are true and correct copies
of the originals thereof and that all information submitted to us was accurate and complete. In addition, we have assumed that at or prior to the time of the delivery of any shares of Common Stock, the Registration Statement will be effective under
the Securities Act. We have also assumed that the consideration received by the Company for the Shares will not be less than the par value of the Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On the basis of the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications hereinafter set forth, we are of the opinion that following due
authorization of a particular award as provided in and in accordance with the Plan, the Shares issuable pursuant to such award will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. Upon issuance and delivery of
such Shares from time to time pursuant to the terms of such award for the consideration established pursuant to the terms of the Plan and otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions of such award, including, if applicable, the lapse of any
restrictions relating thereto, the satisfaction of any performance conditions associated therewith and any requisite determinations by or pursuant to the authority of the Board of Directors of the Company or a duly constituted and acting committee
thereof as provided therein, and, in the case of stock options, the exercise thereof and payment for such Shares as provided therein, such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The opinions set forth above are limited in all respects to matters of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as in effect on the date hereof.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not
hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:55%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:55%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have issued our reports dated February&nbsp;28, 2019, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting
of Gulfport Energy Corporation included in the Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018, which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the
incorporation by reference of the aforementioned reports in this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">August&nbsp;28, 2019 </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As independent petroleum engineers, we hereby consent to the inclusion of information included or incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8&#148;)</FONT> of Gulfport Energy Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) with respect to the information from our firm&#146;s reserves report dated
February&nbsp;1, 2019, on oil and gas reserves of Gulfport Energy Corporation and its subsidiaries, as of December&nbsp;31, 2018, located in the United States and information from our prior reserve reports and to all references to our firm included
or incorporated by reference in the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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Operating Officer</P></TD></TR>
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