Callon Petroleum Company

One Briarlake Plaza

2000 W. Sam Houston Parkway S., Suite 2000

Houston, Texas 77042

(281) 589-5200

December 23, 2020

Via EDGAR

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:    Callon Petroleum Company

Registration Statement on Form S-3

File No. 333-251490

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are filing this letter in order to provide the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance sufficient time to perform its customary screening and review of registration statements prior to their effectiveness.

Pursuant to Rule 473(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), the following delaying amendment, prescribed by Rule 473(a) of the Act, is hereby incorporated into the facing page of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-251490) filed by Callon Petroleum Company on December 18, 2020:

“The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.”

Sincerely,

Callon Petroleum Company

By: /s/ Michol L. Ecklund    

Name: Michol L. Ecklund

Title: Senior Vice President, General

Counsel and Corporate Secretary

cc:    Michael W. Rigdon, Kirkland & Ellis LLP