Blueprint
Yuma
Energy, Inc.
1177
West Loop South, Suite 1825
Houston,
TX 77027
(713)
968-7000
January
31, 2018
VIA EDGAR
H.
Roger Schwall
Assistant
Director
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporate Finance
100 F
Street, N.E.
Washington,
DC 20549
Registration
Statement on Form S-3
Filed
January 16, 2018
File
No. 333-222566
Dear
Mr. Schwall:
Pursuant
to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, Yuma Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) respectfully
requests that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) accelerate the effective date of the
above referenced Registration Statement so that it may become
effective at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on February 2, 2018, or as soon
thereafter as practicable. The Company would also appreciate
telephone notice of such effectiveness to Adam J. Fogoros at (303)
573-1600. The Company hereby authorizes Adam J. Fogoros and Reid A.
Godbolt of Jones & Keller, P.C. to orally modify or withdraw
this request for acceleration.
In
connection with the Company’s request for acceleration of
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company
acknowledges the following:
(1)
Should the
Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority,
declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission
from taking any action with respect to the filing;
(2)
The action of the
Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in
declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from
its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filing; and
(3)
The Company may not
assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a
defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person
under the federal securities law of the United States.
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Very
truly yours,
YUMA
ENERGY, INC.
By:
/s/ Sam L.
Banks
Name:
Sam L. Banks
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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