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                              February 3, 2021

       Geoffrey Strong
       Chief Executive Officer
       Spartan Acquisition Corp. III
       9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor
       New York, NY 10019

                                                        Re: Spartan Acquisition
Corp. III
                                                            Registration
Statement on Form S-1
                                                            Filed January 15,
2021
                                                            File No. 333-252162

       Dear Mr. Strong:

              We have reviewed your registration statement and have the
following comments. In
       some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so
we may better
       understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to this letter by amending your registration
statement and providing the
       requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your
facts and
       circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell
us why in your
       response.

              After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
       provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Registration Statement on Form S-1

       Exhibit 4.4, page II-5

   1.                                                   We note that the form
of warrant agreement filed as Exhibit 4.4 provides that any action,
                                                        proceeding, or claim
arising out of or relating in any way to the agreement shall be
                                                        brought and enforced in
the courts of the State of New York or the United States District
                                                        Court for the Southern
District of New York, and that the company irrevocably submits to
                                                        such jurisdiction,
which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. We also note that the company
                                                        waives any objection to
such    exclusive jurisdiction.    If this provision requires investors
                                                        in this offering to
bring any such action, proceeding, or claim in the courts of the State of
                                                        New York or the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York,
                                                        please disclose such
provision in your registration statement, and disclose whether this
                                                        provision applies to
actions arising under the Securities Act or Exchange Act. If the
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Spartan Acquisition Corp. III
February 3, 2021
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         provision applies to actions arising under the Securities Act or
Exchange Act, please also
         add related risk factor disclosure. If this provision does not apply
to actions arising under
         the Securities Act or Exchange Act, please also ensure that the
provision in the warrant
         agreement states this clearly.
        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.

        You may contact Dale Welcome, Staff Accountant at (202) 551-3865 or
John Cash,
Accounting Branch Chief at (202) 551-3768 if you have questions regarding
comments on the
financial statements and related matters. Please contact Sherry Haywood, Staff
Attorney at (202)
551-3345 or Asia Timmons-Pierce, Special Counsel at (202) 551-3754 with any
other questions.



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Comapany NameSpartan Acquisition Corp. III
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