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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000902664-23-004053
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230721
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230721

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CIVITAS RESOURCES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001509589
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				611630631
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-86667
		FILM NUMBER:		231101071

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		555 - 17TH STREET, SUITE 3700
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		303-293-9100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		555 - 17TH STREET, SUITE 3700
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110106

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001706220
		IRS NUMBER:				454106121
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		15 LITTLE WEST 12TH STREET
		STREET 2:		5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10014
		BUSINESS PHONE:		646-517-7252

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		15 LITTLE WEST 12TH STREET
		STREET 2:		5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10014
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 99%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">SCHEDULE 13D/A</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">(Amendment No. 2)*</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: transparent; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">Civitas
    Resources, Inc.</P></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: transparent; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">Common
    Stock, par value $0.01 per share</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Benjamin Dell</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, LLC</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">15 Little West 12th Street - 5th Floor</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 32.3pt; padding-left: 37.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Eleazer Klein, Esq.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 32.3pt; padding-left: 37.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Adriana Schwartz, Esq.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: transparent; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">(212)
    756-2000</P></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: transparent; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">July
    19, 2023</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; background-color: transparent">If the filing person has previously filed
a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of
Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box. [ ]</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: transparent">(Page 1 of 5 Pages)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; background-color: transparent">______________________________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; background-color: transparent">* The remainder of this cover page shall
be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent
amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; background-color: transparent">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; background-color: transparent">The information required on the remainder
of this cover page shall not be deemed to be &#8220;filed&#8221; for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(&quot;Act&quot;) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the
Act (however, see the Notes).</P>


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    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; background-color: transparent">NAME OF REPORTING PERSON</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in; background-color: transparent">Kimmeridge Energy Management
    Company, LLC</P></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; background-color: transparent">(a) <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; background-color: transparent">(b) <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">SEC USE ONLY<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; background-color: transparent">SOURCE OF FUNDS</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in; background-color: transparent">AF</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-left: 6pt; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-bottom: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; background-color: transparent">CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in; background-color: transparent">Delaware</P></TD></TR>
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SHARES<BR>
BENEFICIALLY<BR>
OWNED BY<BR>
EACH<BR>
REPORTING<BR>
PERSON WITH</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; background-color: transparent; text-align: center"><B>7</B></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; background-color: transparent">SOLE VOTING POWER</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in; background-color: transparent">8,348,022</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; background-color: transparent">SHARED VOTING POWER</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in; background-color: transparent">0</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; background-color: transparent">SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in; background-color: transparent">8,348,022</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; background-color: transparent">SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in; background-color: transparent">0</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; background-color: transparent">AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED
    BY EACH REPORTING PERSON</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt 0.25in; background-color: transparent">8,348,022</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3.8pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center"><B>12</B></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; background-color: transparent">PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT
    IN ROW (11)</P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 3pt 0 0; background-color: transparent">TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON</P>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 4pt 0 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">The following constitutes
Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned (the &#8220;<U>Amendment No. 2</U>&#8221;). This Amendment No. 2 amends the
Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify"><B>INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">Items 5(a)-(c) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated by the following:</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(a)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">See rows (11) and (13) of the cover page to this Schedule 13D/A for the aggregate number of Shares and percentage of the Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person.&nbsp;&nbsp;The percentages used in this Schedule 13D/A are calculated based upon 80,436,855 Shares outstanding as of May 1, 2023, as reported in the Issuer&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 3, 2023.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(b)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">See rows (7) through (10) of the cover pages to this Schedule 13D/A for the number of Shares as to which each Reporting Person has the sole or shared power to vote or direct the vote and sole or shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">(c)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">Information regarding transactions in the Shares that have been effected by the Reporting Person during the past sixty (60) days is set forth in&nbsp;<U>Exhibit B</U>&nbsp;which is attached hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center; background-color: transparent"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in; background-color: transparent">After
reasonable inquiry and to the best of his or its knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this
statement is true, complete and correct.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; background-color: transparent">Date: July 21, 2023</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt"><B>KIMMERIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.75pt">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Tamar Goldstein </TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tamar Goldstein</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;General Counsel</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; background-color: transparent"><B>Exhibit B</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; background-color: transparent"><B>TRANSACTIONS IN THE
SHARES DURING THE PAST SIXTY (60) DAYS<BR>
BY THE REPORTING PERSON</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.3pt; background-color: transparent">The
following table sets forth all transactions in the Shares effected by the Reporting Person during the past sixty (60) days. Except as
noted below, all such transactions were effected in the open market through brokers and the price per share is net of commissions.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><B>Price Per Share ($)</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">07/19/2023</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(3,296,475)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">70.50</TD></TR>
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