Concho Resources Inc. (NYSE:CXO) Files An 8-K Other Events

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Concho Resources Inc. (NYSE:CXO) Files An 8-K Other Events

Item8.01

Other Events.

On February22, 2017, Concho Resources Inc. (the Company) filed
its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December31, 2016 (the
2016 Form 10-K). At the time the Company filed its 2016 Form
10-K, the Company had received a manually signed consent (the
Consent) from Grant Thornton LLP (GT), the Companys independent
registered public accounting firm, to which GT consented to the
incorporation by reference in the Companys registration
statements on Form S-3 and Form S-8, as set forth in the Consent,
of its report, dated February22, 2017, relating to the Companys
financial statements and the effectiveness of its internal
control over financial reporting.

The Company filed the Consent as Exhibit 23.1 to its 2016 Form
10-K; however, GTs conformed electronic was inadvertently
omitted. To correct this inadvertent omission, a copy of the
consent, as originally filed, which includes GTs conformed
electronic , is attached as Exhibit 23 to this Form 8-K and is
incorporated herein by reference.

Item9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

ExhibitNo.

Description of Exhibit

Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, dated February22, 2017


About Concho Resources Inc. (NYSE:CXO)

Concho Resources Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, development and exploration of oil and natural gas properties. The Company’s operations are focused in the Permian Basin of Southeast New Mexico and West Texas, an onshore oil and natural gas basin in the United States. Its three core operating areas include New Mexico Shelf, where it targets the Yeso formation with horizontal drilling; Delaware Basin, where it uses horizontal drilling and technology to target the Bone Spring formation and the Wolfcamp shale formation, and Midland Basin, where it targets the Wolfcamp and Spraberry formations with horizontal drilling. The Company has reserves of approximately 623.5 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe) that are located in its core operating areas. The Company’s core operations are focused in the Permian Basin, which underlies an area of Southeast New Mexico and West Texas approximately 250 miles wide and 300 miles long.

Concho Resources Inc. (NYSE:CXO) Recent Trading Information

Concho Resources Inc. (NYSE:CXO) closed its last trading session up +2.08 at 134.53 with 1,195,693 shares trading hands.