Black Stone Minerals, L.P.
1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2020
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 445-3200
May 14, 2024
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Energy & Transportation
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3561
Attention: Anuja Majmudar
| Re: | Black Stone Minerals, L.P. |
Form S-3 Registration Statement
Filed March 19, 2024 (Amended May 8, 2024)
File No. 333-278061
Dear Ms. Majmudar:
Black Stone Minerals, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-278061) be accelerated under Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, so that it is declared effective at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on May 16, 2024 or as soon thereafter as possible.
We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Stancell Haigwood of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. at (212) 237-0035 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
[Signature page follows]
| Very truly yours, | ||||
| Black Stone Minerals, L.P. | ||||
| By: | Black Stone Minerals GP, L.L.C., its general partner | |||
| By: | /s/ Steve Putman | |||
| Name: | Steve Putman | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary | |||
| cc: | Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. |
Stancell Haigwood
Brenda Lenahan
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