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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-25-031544
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250401
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250815
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250815

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Patton Gregory Scott
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002063732
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-41895
		FILM NUMBER:		251225391

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2303 S. JUNIPER WAY
		CITY:			LAKEWOOD
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80228

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Prairie Operating Co.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001162896
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				980357690
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		55 WAUGH DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77007
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(713) 424-4247

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		55 WAUGH DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77007

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Creek Road Miners, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20210715

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WIZARD BRANDS, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20200814

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20181009
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        <footnote id="F1">Represents restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) granted under the 2024 Amended &amp; Restated Prairie Operating Co. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &quot;LTIP&quot;). Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive, upon vesting, one share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer (&quot;Common Stock&quot;). 25,469 of the 125,469 RSUs reported on this Form 3 began vesting ratably in three annual installments beginning on March 5, 2025. 100,000 of the 125,469 RSUs reported on this Form 4 will best ratably in three annual installments beginning on November 4, 2026.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents an award of performance units representing a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock per performance unit. Between 0% and 200% of the target number of performance units granted, which were granted under the LTIP, are eligible to vest during a three-year performance period beginning on January 1, 2024 and ending on December 31, 2026 based on continued employment and the Issuer's relative total shareholder return in comparison to the total shareholder return performance among the Performance Peer Group (as defined in the award agreement).</footnote>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Daniel Timothy Sweeney the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of the attorneys-in-fact, may be of
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to such attorneys-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 the attorneys-in-fact, or the attorneys-in-fact&#8217;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
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The undersigned agrees that such attorneys-in-fact may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in writing by or at the direction of
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      respects) that arise out of or are based upon any untrue statements or omissions of necessary facts in the information provided by or at the direction of the undersigned, or upon the lack of timeliness in the delivery of information by or at the
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