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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-074801
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230626

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BKV Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001838406
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				850886382
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1200 17TH ST., STE 2100
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(720) 375-9680

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1200 17TH ST., STE 2100
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80202
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>BKV Corporation</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1200 17<SUP>th</SUP> Street, Suite 2100</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Denver, CO 80202</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">June 26, 2023</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in"><B><I>VIA EDGAR </I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">United States Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
Division of Corporation Finance<BR>
100 F Street, N.E.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 12%">Attention:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Loan Lauren Nguyen, Legal Branch Chief</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Liz Packebusch, Staff Attorney</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Karina Dorin, Staff Attorney</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Mark Wojciechowski, Staff Accountant</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Jenifer Gallagher, Staff Accountant</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">Sandra Wall, Petroleum Engineer</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Re:</B></FONT></TD><TD><B>BKV Corporation</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><B>Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><B>Filed April 14, 2023</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>File No. 333-268469</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">To the addressees set forth
above:</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 letter sets forth the
responses of BKV Corporation (the &ldquo;<B><I>Company</I></B>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<B><I>we</I></B>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<B><I>our</I></B>&rdquo;
and &ldquo;<B><I>us</I></B>&rdquo;) to the comments set forth in the comment letter of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &ldquo;<B><I>Staff</I></B>&rdquo;) dated April 28, 2023 (the &ldquo;<B><I>Comment Letter</I></B>&rdquo;) relating to Amendment No.
4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-268469, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2023
(the &ldquo;<B><I>Registration Statement</I></B>&rdquo;). We have also revised the Registration Statement in response to the Staff&rsquo;s
comments and, concurrently with delivery of this letter, we are publicly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission an Amendment
No. 5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (&ldquo;<B><I>Amendment No. 5</I></B>&rdquo;) that reflects these revisions and generally
updates certain information in the Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">To assist your review, set
forth below in bold are the comments of the Staff contained in the Comment Letter and immediately below each comment is the response of
the Company with respect thereto or a statement identifying the location in Amendment No. 5 of the requested disclosure or revised disclosure.
Please note that all references to page numbers in our responses refer to the page numbers of the registration statement included in Amendment
No. 5. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Amendment No. 5.</P>

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No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-1</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in"><U>Summary Reserve,
Production and Operating Data</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in"><U>2022 Activity,
page 35</U></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>1.</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Your filing states on pages 35 and 188 that during 2022, &ldquo;Revisions of previous estimates consisted
of upward revisions to proved developed reserves and proved undeveloped reserves of 182.9 Bcfe as a result of higher average pricing during
2022 for natural gas, NGLs and oil.&rdquo; However, on page F-50, this upward pricing revision of 182.9 Bcfe is attributed solely to proved
developed reserves. Please review and revise your filing so that all volume changes are consistent and correlate with the reconciliations
provided.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><I>Response</I></FONT>:
The Registration Statement has been revised as requested. Please see pages 36 and 198 of Amendment No. 5.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in"><U>Our Operations</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in"><U>Drilling, Refrac
and Restimulation Activity, page 174</U></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>2.</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Please expand your filing to include a description of your present activities, including the number
of gross and net wells in process, as of December 31, 2022. Refer to the disclosure requirements in Item 1206 of Regulation S-K.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><I>Response</I></FONT>:
The Registration Statement has been revised as requested. Please see page 183 of Amendment No. 5.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in"><U>Summary of Our
Reserve Estimates</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in"><U>Estimated Reserves
at SEC Pricing, page 184</U></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>3.</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Your presentation of estimated probable and possible reserves at SEC pricing on pages 185-186 includes
multiple lines labeled as &ldquo;Total estimated proved undeveloped reserves (MMcfe)&rdquo;, which, in fact, appear to refer to probable
and possible developed and undeveloped reserves. Please review and revise the labels in this presentation as necessary to resolve these
inconsistencies.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><I>Response</I></FONT>:
The Registration Statement has been revised as requested. Please see pages 194-195 of Amendment No. 5.&nbsp;</P>

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to this matter and hope the foregoing answers are responsive to your comments. Please direct any questions or comments regarding this
correspondence to the undersigned or to our counsel, Samantha Crispin of Baker Botts L.L.P. at (214) 953-6497, Preston Bernhisel of the
same firm at (214) 953-6783 or Adorys Velazquez of the same firm at (212) 408-2523.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Very truly yours,</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Christopher P. Kalnin</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 6%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 40%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Christopher P. Kalnin</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: italic 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">Title:
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: italic 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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