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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213900-21-026535
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210514
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210514
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20210514

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 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-233507
		FILM NUMBER:		21926005

	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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<DESCRIPTION>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO S8
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2021</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-233507</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-206564</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-135728</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-129178</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-55738</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 33-85324</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 33-74098</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 33-68560</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
NO. 333-233507</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
NO. 333-206564</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
NO. 333-135728</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
NO. 333-129178</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
NO. 333-55738</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
NO. 33-85324</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
NO. 33-74098</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
NO. 33-68560</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>TO</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>UNDER</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>Gulfport Energy
Corporation</B></FONT></P>

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charter)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 49%; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 2%; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 49%; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: center"><B>73-1521290</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: center"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)</I></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: center"><I>(IRS Employer <BR>
Identification No.)</I></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 3pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>3001 Quail Springs Parkway</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Oklahoma City, Oklahoma</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: center"><B>73134</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: center"><I>(Address of principal executive offices)</I></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: center"><I>(Zip code)</I></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Gulfport Energy Corporation
2019 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Gulfport Energy Corporation
2013 Restated Stock Incentive Plan</B></P>

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2005 Stock Incentive Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Gulfport Energy Corporation
1999 Stock Option Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>(</I>Full title of the plan)</B></P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Patrick K. Craine</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Gulfport Energy Corporation</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>3001 Quail Springs Parkway</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73134</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(405) 252-4600</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including
    area</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>code, of agent for service)</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Copy to:</I></B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Sean T. Wheeler, P.C.</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Michael W. Rigdon</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>609 Main Street, Suite 4700</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Houston, Texas 77002</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(713) 836-3647</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo;
and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 2pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 13%; padding-right: 3pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 2pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&thorn;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; padding-right: 3pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 2pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; padding-right: 3pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 2pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; padding-right: 3pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 2pt; padding-left: 3pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">These Post-Effective Amendments (the&nbsp;&ldquo;Post-Effective
Amendments&rdquo;) are being filed by Gulfport Energy Corporation (the&nbsp;&ldquo;Company&rdquo;) to deregister all securities unsold
under the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (the&nbsp;&ldquo;Registration Statements&rdquo;) filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the&nbsp;&ldquo;SEC&rdquo;):</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Registration Statement No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312519232727/d787804ds8.htm">333-233507</A>, filed on August&nbsp;28, 2019, registering 5,000,000 shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Company (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), under the Gulfport Energy Corporation 2019 Amended
and Restated Stock Incentive Plan;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Registration Statement No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312515301729/d35250ds8.htm">333-206564</A>, filed on August 25, 2015, registering 4,500,000 shares of Common
Stock, under the Gulfport Energy Corporation 2013 Restated Stock Incentive Plan;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Registration Statement No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312506145487/ds8.htm">333-135728</A>, filed on July&nbsp;12, 2006, registering 4,500,000 shares of Common
Stock, under the Gulfport Energy Corporation Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;2005 Plan&rdquo;);</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Registration Statement No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000119312505205974/0001193125-05-205974-index.htm">333-129178</A>, filed on October&nbsp;21, 2005, registering 777,269 shares of Common
Stock, under the 2005 Plan;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Registration Statement No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874499/000106083001000014/0001060830-01-000014-0001.txt">333-55738</A>, filed on February&nbsp;16, 2001, registering 883,386 shares of Common
Stock, under the Gulfport Energy Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">&#9679;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Registration Statement No. 33-68560, filed on September 8, 1993.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">As previously disclosed, on November 13, 2020,
the Company and certain of its subsidiaries (together with the Company, the&nbsp;&ldquo;Debtors&rdquo;) commenced voluntary cases (the&nbsp;&ldquo;Chapter
11 Cases&rdquo;) under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District
of Texas. The Debtors&rsquo; Chapter 11 Cases are jointly administered under the caption <I>In re Gulfport Energy Corporation, et al.</I>,
Case No. 20-35562 (DRJ).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">As a result of the Chapter 11 Cases, the Company
has terminated all offerings of securities pursuant to the Registration Statements. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Company
in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been
registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of such offering, the Company hereby removes from registration by means
of these Post-Effective Amendments all of such securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statements. The Registration Statements
are hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities and the Company hereby terminates the effectiveness
of each of the Registration Statements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the&nbsp;&ldquo;Act&rdquo;), the registrant has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration
Statements on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Oklahoma City, State of
Oklahoma, on May 14, 2021. No other person is required to sign these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements on Form
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