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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-026177
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240219
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240221
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240221

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DOYLE M. CHRISTOPHER
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001584983
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35371
		FILM NUMBER:		24661772

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		555 - 17TH STREET, SUITE 3700
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80022

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DOYLE CHRISTOPHER M
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20130823

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CIVITAS RESOURCES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001509589
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				611630631
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	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
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        <signatureName>By: Rosemary Morice, Attorney-in-Fact for Michael Christopher Doyle</signatureName>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 24</B></P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Know all by these presents,
that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Travis L. Counts, Adrian Milton, Geoffrey Storm, and Rosemary Morice, signing
singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(1)&#8239;&#8239;prepare,
execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &quot;SEC&quot;)
a Form&nbsp;ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling
the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;) or any rule&nbsp;or regulation of the SEC;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&#8239;&#8239;execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Civitas Resources,&nbsp;Inc. (the
 &quot;Company&quot;), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act and the rules&nbsp;thereunder;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(3)&#8239;&#8239;do and
perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form&nbsp;3,
4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(4)&#8239;&#8239;take any
other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned hereby grants
to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power
of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Power of Attorney shall
remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of February&nbsp;21, 2024.</P>

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  <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%">/s/ M. Christopher Doyle</TD></TR>

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  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>M. Christopher Doyle</TD></TR>
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