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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001683168-21-001314
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210409

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Vivakor, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001450704
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REFUSE SYSTEMS [4953]
		IRS NUMBER:				262178141
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7700 IRVINE CENTER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800
		CITY:			IRVINE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92618
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(949) 887-6890

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7700 IRVINE CENTER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800
		CITY:			IRVINE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92618
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>VIVAKOR, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>433 Lawndale Drive</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>South Salt Lake City, UT 84115</B></P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">April 9, 2021</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Karina Dorrin</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">U.S. Securities &amp; Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">100 F Street, N.E.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 48px; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Re:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Vivakor, Inc.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Filed February 12, 2021</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>File No. 333-250011</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">Dear Ms.
Dorrin:</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">By letter dated February 26, 2021, the staff (the
&ldquo;<U>Staff</U>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<U>you</U>&rdquo; or &ldquo;<U>your</U>&rdquo;) of the U.S. Securities &amp; Exchange Commission (the
&ldquo;<U>Commission</U>&rdquo;) provided Vivakor, Inc. (the &ldquo;<U>Company</U>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<U>we</U>,&rdquo; &ldquo;<U>us</U>&rdquo;
or &ldquo;<U>our</U>&rdquo;) with its comments to the Company&rsquo;s Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on February
12, 2021. We are in receipt of your letter and set forth below are the Company&rsquo;s responses to the Staff&rsquo;s comments. For your
convenience, the comments are listed below, followed by the Company&rsquo;s responses.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><U>Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on
Form S-1</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><U>Corporate Structure, page 2</U></P>

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

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top"><TD STYLE="width: 20px"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 20px">1.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Please
revise your organizational chart to include the various entities discussed throughout your filing, including Vivaventures Fund LLC, Viva
Energy Fund III, LLC and International Metals Exchange, LLC, as requested in prior comment 4.</TD></TR><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Response:</U> In Amendment No. 3
to Registration Statement filed on the date hereof (the &ldquo;<U>Amendment</U>&rdquo;) a revised organizational chart has been included,
replacing the prior version.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><U>Market For Our Common Stock and Related Stockholder Matters, page
24</U></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 20px">2.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">We note you have revised your disclosure to reflect that the OTC Pink does not constitute an established public trading market in response
to prior comment 7 and reissue the comment in part. Please state the range of high and low bid information for each full quarterly period
within the two most recent fiscal years and any subsequent interim period for which financial statements are included, or are required
to be included. See Item 201(a)(1)(iii) of Regulation S-K.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Response:</U> Disclosure in the Amendment
has been revised to include such ranges of high and low bid information for each full quarterly period within the two most recent fiscal
years and any subsequent interim period for which financial statements are included.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><U>Exhibits</U></P>

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  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; width: 20px">3.</TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Please file executed copies of your agreements and/or notes with Novus Capital Group LLC and TriValley and Triple T, including any amendments
thereto, or tell is why you believe you are not required to do so. Refer to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.</TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><U>Response:</U> Such documents have
been filed as exhibits to the Amendment.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">4.</TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">We note that Exhibit 10.10 appears to contain redactions. Please clarify whether you are redacting information from Exhibit 10.10 and
the basis for such redactions.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Response:</U> Such redactions were
made in accordance with the Company&rsquo;s obligations to maintain confidentiality with respect to other party to such agreement, pursuant
to the parties&rsquo; agreement.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">5.</TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">
Please file executed copies of all agreements filed as exhibits.</TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Response:</U> The following  exhibits have been re-filed with the Amendment with conformed
signatures included: 10.2, 10.3, 10.10, 10.15, 10.16, 10.22, 10.23, 10.24, 10.25 and 10.26.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><U>General</U></P>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">6.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">We note disclosure on pages 41 and 42 continues to state that you believe you may be able to generate
$6 million from the sale of precious metals based on indications from potential buyers. As requested in prior comment 2, please revise
to clarify the basis for this statement and disclose any material assumptions used in such estimates.</TD></TR><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Response:</U> Such amount was based
on prior transactions; however, due to potential uncertainty in extrapolating such results, the Company has nevertheless determined to
remove such disclosure to avoid any potential confusion.</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">7.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Please include the name(s) of the underwriter(s) in your next amendment.</TD></TR><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Response:</U> The name of the representative
for the underwriters will be included in a subsequent amendment, following the Company&rsquo;s having effected its reverse stock split.</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">8.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">We continue to consider your revised disclosure in response to prior comment 6, and may have additional
comments.</TD></TR><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><U>Response:</U> <FONT STYLE="color: #252525; background-color: white">The
</FONT>following analysis sets forth the basis for the conclusion that the Company
is not an &ldquo;Investment Company&rdquo; as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the &ldquo;Act&rdquo;). </TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="color: #252525; background-color: white">First,
the Company&rsquo;s position is that it is not an investment company under the Act because the Company </FONT><FONT STYLE="color: #212121">is
an &ldquo;issuer primarily engaged, directly or through a wholly-owned subsidiary or subsidiaries, in a business or businesses other than
that of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading in securities.&rdquo; </FONT><FONT STYLE="color: #252525; background-color: white">(Section
3(b)(1) of the Act) </FONT><FONT STYLE="color: #212121">As described and disclosed in the Company&rsquo;s S-1 filed on November 12, 2020,
as amended, the Company is engaged in the business of extracting hydrocarbons from contaminated soil. Holding investment securities is
not part of the Company&rsquo;s business plan and investment securities comprise a small portion of its assets. The Company has no intention
to acquire any additional investment securities and the direction of its business, under the Board of Directors and management, is exclusively
with respect to remediation and recovery of hydrocarbons and related businesses. The Company owns and finances assets related to such
business.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Additionally, the Company&rsquo;s
investment securities comprise approximately 11% of its total assets, far below the applicable threshold. (Rule 3a-1(a)) On an unconsolidated
basis, at December 31, 2020, the Company had total assets of $35,922,161.83, with $4,048,411.23 in investment securities. Such investment
securities are comprised of (i) shares of Scepter, Inc. (OTC: BRZL) valued at $3,360,000 (net of unrealized gain); (ii) shares of Odyssey,
Inc. (OTC: ODYY) valued at $656,951.23; (iii) $5,000 of equity in VVMCI; and (iv) $26,640 of equity in Vivakor Middle East.</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="color: #252525; background-color: white">The
Company holds ownership interests </FONT><FONT STYLE="color: #212121">in</FONT> <FONT STYLE="color: #252525; background-color: white">the
entities listed below:</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Vivakor Middle East LLC, 49% owned;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">VivaVentures Energy Group, Inc., 99.6% owned;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">VivaVentures Management Company Inc. (VVMCI); 100% owned;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Viva Oil Sands, LLC; 100% owned.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">On
an unconsolidated basis, the value of the Company&rsquo;s assets in Vivakor Middle East LLC, the subsidiary in which the Company holds
less than a majority interest, is $18,438.62. </TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">VVMCI
holds ownership interests in multiple entities, however, the value of assets in such entities that are not wholly owned, and can be deemed
investment securities, are valued at approximately $5,000. Furthermore, the Company does not receive any gain (or loss) in the income
(or losses) of such entities, nor does the Company expect any profit from these investments, as, pursuant to such entities&rsquo; operating
agreements, the Company has no claim to any assets of such entities and no requirement to fund any liability on their books.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><U>/s/ Matthew Nicosia&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>

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