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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-21-007170
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210222

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Flame Acquisition Corp.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001831481
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BLANK CHECKS [6770]
		IRS NUMBER:				853514078
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 MILAM STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 3300
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(713) 579-8007

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 MILAM STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 3300
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002
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<p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">On behalf of our client, Flame Acquisition Corp. (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Company</font>&#8221;), set forth below are the Company&#8217;s responses to the comments of the Staff (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Staff</font>&#8221;) of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Commission</font>&#8221;) in its letter dated February 22, 2021, relating to the Company&#8217;s amended registration statement on Form S-1 submitted to the Commission on February 18, 2021 (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Registration Statement</font>&#8221;). </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Concurrently with the submission of this letter, the Company is publicly filing through EDGAR its Amendment No. 2 to its Registration Statement (&#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">S-1</font>&#8221;).&nbsp;&nbsp;For the Staff&#8217;s reference, we are providing to the Staff by hand delivery copies of this letter as well as both a clean copy of the S-1 and a copy marked to show all changes from the amended version submitted on February 18, 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">For convenience of reference, the text of the comments in the Staff&#8217;s letter has been reproduced in bold and italics herein.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has also provided its response immediately after each numbered comment. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in </font><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">the S-1</font><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">. </font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Amended Registration Statement on Form S-1, submitted February 18, 2021</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;color:#auto;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;"><font style="Background-color:#auto;text-decoration:none;"></font><font style="font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;color:#000000;"></font><font style="color:#000000;">We note your response to comment 1 and revisions on page 115 and 116, and re-issue in part. Please balance the disclosure here of your management team having created significant shareholder value across several high-profile transactions from the 1990s through 2013, with your management team's most recent experience with Sable Permian</font><font style="font-style:normal;color:#000000;">.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;color:#auto;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;"><font style="Background-color:#auto;text-decoration:none;"></font><font style="font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;color:#000000;"></font><font style="color:#000000;">We note that your forum selection provision as disclosed on page 68 and 143 identifies (i) the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the exclusive forum for certain litigation, including any &#8220;derivative action," provided that the exclusive forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, &#8220;to any claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction,&#8221; and (ii) further provides that the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;color:#auto;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;"><font style="Background-color:#auto;text-decoration:none;"></font><font style="font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;color:#000000;"></font><font style="color:#000000;">In regards to your federal forum exclusive forum clause for Securities Act claims, please revise your prospectus to disclose that investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. In this regard, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Gregory D. Patrinely, Flame Acquisition Corp. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">William B. Nelson, Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Ilir Mujalovic, Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP</p>
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