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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001558370-23-004557
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230324
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230324
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20230324

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BATTALION OIL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001282648
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				200700684
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-257181
		FILM NUMBER:		23760074

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3505 WEST SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY NORTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77043
		BUSINESS PHONE:		832-538-0300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3505 WEST SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY NORTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77043

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HALCON RESOURCES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20120209

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RAM ENERGY RESOURCES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20060518

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TREMISIS ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040304
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<!--Enhanced HTML document created with Toppan Merrill Bridge  9.14.0.96--><!--Created on: 3/24/2023 07:36:48 PM (UTC)--><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><title></title></head><body><div style="margin-top:30pt;"></div><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:12.09%;padding-right:12.09%;position:relative;"><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on </b><b style="font-weight:bold;">March 24, 2023</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Registration No.&#160;</b><b style="font-weight:bold;">333-236155</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New 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In accordance with the undertakings made by the Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any securities that had been registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes and withdraws from registration any and all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statements that remain unsold as of the date hereof. Note that the numbers of securities listed above do not take into account any applicable corporate actions, such as stock splits, that may have been taken in the interim.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">&#160;</p><p style="display:none;font-family:'SimSun';font-size:12pt;line-height:0pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:12.09%;margin-right:12.09%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:75.82%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:12.09%;padding-right:12.09%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:30pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">&#160;</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt;margin:0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on March 24, 2023.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">&#160;</p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width:100%;" align="center"><tr style="height:1pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50.88%;margin:0pt;padding:0.25pt;"></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:4.39%;margin:0pt;padding:0.25pt;"></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:44.72%;margin:0pt;padding:0.25pt;"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;width:50.88%;margin:0pt;padding:0.25pt;"></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;width:49.11%;margin:0pt;padding:0.25pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">BATTALION OIL CORPORATION</b></p></td></tr><tr style="height:47.5pt;"><td style="display:none;vertical-align:top;width:50.88%;margin:0pt;padding:0.25pt;"></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;width:49.11%;margin:0pt;padding:0.25pt;"></td></tr><tr style="height:6.95pt;"><td style="display:none;vertical-align:top;width:50.88%;margin:0pt;padding:0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt 0.25pt;"></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:4.39%;margin:0pt;padding:0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt 0.25pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">By:</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:44.72%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt 0.25pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">/s/ Richard H. 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