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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>72-1133047</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Newfield Exploration Company<BR>
363 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite&nbsp;2020<BR>
Houston Texas 77060</B><BR>
(Address of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Newfield Exploration Company 401(k) Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plans)<BR>
Terry W. Rathert<BR>
Newfield Exploration Company<BR>
363 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite&nbsp;2020<BR>
Houston, Texas 77060<BR>
(281)&nbsp;847-6000<BR>
&#151;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>of Securities to be</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock
(including attached
preferred share
purchase rights)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>5,000,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$42.16</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$210,800,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$8,285</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
employee benefit plan set for above.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated, solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with
Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the price of securities of the same
class, as determined in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(c), using the average of the high and low sales
prices as reported by New York Stock Exchange for the common stock on
August 11, 2008.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this registration statement is to register the offer and sale of an additional
5,000,000 shares of the registrant&#146;s common stock pursuant to the employee benefit plan set forth
on the cover page hereof (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The registrant previously filed a Form S-8 registration
statement (Registration No.&nbsp;33-79826) with respect to the Plan with the Securities Exchange
Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on June&nbsp;6, 1994.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B><br><BR>
<B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the registrant with the SEC pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference and
made a part of this registration statement: (a)&nbsp;Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2007, (b) (i)&nbsp;Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March&nbsp;31,
2008 and June&nbsp;30, 2008, (ii)&nbsp;Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;29, 2008, February&nbsp;14,
2008, March&nbsp;18, 2008, May&nbsp;5, 2008, May&nbsp;6, 2008, May&nbsp;7, 2008 and May&nbsp;22, 2008 and Current Report on
Form 8-K/A filed on April&nbsp;30, 2008 and (c)&nbsp;the description of the registrant&#146;s common stock
contained in the Form 8-A Registration Statement filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;4, 1993.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following document filed by the Plan with the SEC pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act is incorporated by reference and made a part of this registration statement: Annual
Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All information filed by the registrant or the Plan pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than information furnished to, and not filed with, the SEC)
subsequent to the effective date of this registration statement, will be deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein and to be a part of this document from the date of filing of such information
until all of the securities offered pursuant to this registration statement are sold or the
offering pursuant to this registration statement is terminated. Any statement contained herein or
in any information incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained in any other subsequently filed information that also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this registration statement,
except as so modified or superseded.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Experts</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
financial statements of the registrant and management&#146;s
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting (which is included in Management&#146;s Report on Internal
Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this registration statement by
reference to the registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007 have
been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent
registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and
accounting.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The financial statements of the Plan incorporated in this registration statement by reference
to the Plan&#146;s Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007 have been so
incorporated in reliance on the report of McConnell and Jones LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) authorizes a
corporation, under certain circumstances, to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right
of the corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of that corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit
or proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. With respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, such indemnification is available if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his
or her conduct was unlawful.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Seventh of the registrant&#146;s Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
(the &#147;Certificate of Incorporation&#148;), together with Article&nbsp;VI of the registrant&#146;s Bylaws, as
amended (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;), provide for indemnification of each person who is or was made a party to
any actual or threatened civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
proceeding because such person is, was or has agreed to become an officer or director of the
registrant or is a person who is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the
registrant as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or
similar functionary of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it
existed at the time the indemnification provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
were adopted or as may be thereafter amended. Article&nbsp;VI expressly provides that it is not the
exclusive method of indemnification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL also empowers a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation
against liability asserted against or incurred by him in any such capacity, whether or not such
corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the
provisions of Section&nbsp;145.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Seventh of the registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation and Article&nbsp;VI of the
registrant&#146;s Bylaws also provide that the registrant may maintain insurance, at the registrant&#146;s
expense, to protect the registrant and any director, officer, employee or agent of the registrant
or of another entity against any expense, liability, or loss, regardless of whether the registrant
would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the
DGCL.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a certificate of incorporation may contain a
provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such
provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (a)&nbsp;for any breach of the
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c)&nbsp;under
Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL (relating to liability for unauthorized acquisitions or redemptions of, or
dividends on, capital stock) or (d)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived improper
personal benefit. Article&nbsp;Seventh of the Certificate of Incorporation contains such a provision.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and
executive officers whereby each are indemnified by the registrant against certain liabilities that
he or she may incur as a result of serving as a director or executing his duties as an executive
officer of the registrant. A form of these agreements was filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the
registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2005, which is
incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this registration
statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;601 of Regulation&nbsp;S-K:
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1
to the registrant&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
1999 (File No.&nbsp;1-12534))</TD>
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</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Second
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
the registrant dated May&nbsp;15, 1997
(incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1.1 to the registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-32582))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Second
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
the registrant dated May&nbsp;12, 2004
(incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.2.3 to the registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-116191))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A
Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par
value $0.01 per share, setting forth the
terms of the Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.5
to the registrant&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
1998 (File No.&nbsp;1-12534))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the registrant (as amended and
restated effective as of May&nbsp;2, 2008)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2
to the registrant&#146;s Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-150622))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of McConnell and Jones LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the
signature pages to this registration
statement)</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The shares of common stock of the registrant offered and sold pursuant to the Plan are
purchased by the administrator of the assets of the Plan in market transactions. Because no
original issuance securities will be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan, no opinion of counsel
regarding the legality of the securities being registered hereunder is required.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant hereby undertakes that it has submitted the Plan and will submit any amendments
thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) in a timely manner and has made and will make all
changes required by the IRS to qualify the Plan.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in this registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change
to such information in this registration statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. If a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B><U>SIGNATURES</U></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The Registrant</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on
this the 18<sup>th</sup> day of
August,&nbsp;2008.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Terry W. Rathert
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Terry W. Rathert&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President and CFO&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></U>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Terry W. Rathert, Brian L. Rickmers, Mona Leigh Bernhardt and John D. Marziotti, or
any of them, as true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing required or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
indicated on the 18<sup>th</sup> day of August,
2008.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ David A. Trice
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David A. Trice</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Chairman, President, CEO<br>
and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Terry W. Rathert
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Terry W. Rathert</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Senior Vice President and CFO<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Brian L. Rickmers
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brian L. Rickmers</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Philip J. Burguieres
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Philip J. Burguieres</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Pamela J. Gardner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Pamela J. Gardner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Dennis Hendrix
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dennis Hendrix</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ John R. Kemp III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John R. Kemp III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ J. Michael Lacey
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Michael Lacey</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Director</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Joseph H. Netherland
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph H. Netherland</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Howard H. Newman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Howard H. Newman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Thomas G. Ricks
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas G. Ricks</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Juanita F. Romans
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Juanita F. Romans</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ J. Terry Strange
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Terry Strange</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ C. E. Shultz
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
C. E. Shultz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">
Director</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The Plan</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan Administrator of the Plan
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on
this the 18<sup>th</sup> day of August,
2008.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY<BR>
401(k) PLAN</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Mona Leigh Bernhardt
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Mona Leigh Bernhardt&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Plan Administrator&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="91%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the registrant&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
1999 (File No.&nbsp;1-12534))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Second Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the registrant dated May&nbsp;15, 1997
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1.1 to the
registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (Registration
No.&nbsp;333-32582))</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Second Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the registrant dated May&nbsp;12, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2.3 to the
registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration
No.&nbsp;333-116191))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1.4
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, setting forth the
terms of the Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock,
par value $0.01 per share (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.5 to the registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for
the year ended December&nbsp;31, 1998 (File No.&nbsp;1-12534))</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the registrant (as amended and restated effective as
of May&nbsp;2, 2008) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to
the registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (File No.
333-150622))</TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18, 2008
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
72-1133047
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
Newfield Exploration Company
363 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite 2020
Houston Texas 77060
(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
Newfield Exploration Company 401(k) Plan
(Full title of the Plans)
Terry W. Rathert
Newfield Exploration Company
363 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite 2020
Houston, Texas 77060
(281) 847-6000
—
(Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
of Securities to be
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Registered (1)
Registered
Per Share (2)
Offering Price (1)
Registration Fee
Common Stock
(including attached
preferred share
purchase rights)
5,000,000 shares
$42.16
$210,800,000
$8,285
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
employee benefit plan set for above.
(2)
Estimated, solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with
Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the price of securities of the same
class, as determined in accordance with Rule 457(c), using the average of the high and low sales
prices as reported by New York Stock Exchange for the common stock on
August 11, 2008.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The purpose of this registration statement is to register the offer and sale of an additional
5,000,000 shares of the registrant's common stock pursuant to the employee benefit plan set forth
on the cover page hereof (the "Plan"). The registrant previously filed a Form S-8 registration
statement (Registration No. 33-79826) with respect to the Plan with the Securities Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") on June 6, 1994.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the registrant with the SEC pursuant to Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference and
made a part of this registration statement: (a) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007, (b) (i) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31,
2008 and June 30, 2008, (ii) Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 29, 2008, February 14,
2008, March 18, 2008, May 5, 2008, May 6, 2008, May 7, 2008 and May 22, 2008 and Current Report on
Form 8-K/A filed on April 30, 2008 and (c) the description of the registrant's common stock
contained in the Form 8-A Registration Statement filed with the SEC on November 4, 1993.
The following document filed by the Plan with the SEC pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act is incorporated by reference and made a part of this registration statement: Annual
Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.
All information filed by the registrant or the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than information furnished to, and not filed with, the SEC)
subsequent to the effective date of this registration statement, will be deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein and to be a part of this document from the date of filing of such information
until all of the securities offered pursuant to this registration statement are sold or the
offering pursuant to this registration statement is terminated. Any statement contained herein or
in any information incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained in any other subsequently filed information that also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this registration statement,
except as so modified or superseded.
Experts
The
financial statements of the registrant and management's
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting (which is included in Management's Report on Internal
Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this registration statement by
reference to the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 have
been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent
registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and
accounting.
The financial statements of the Plan incorporated in this registration statement by reference
to the Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 have been so
incorporated in reliance on the report of McConnell and Jones LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") authorizes a
corporation, under certain circumstances, to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right
of the corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of that corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit
or proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. With respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, such indemnification is available if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his
or her conduct was unlawful.
Article Seventh of the registrant's Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
(the "Certificate of Incorporation"), together with Article VI of the registrant's Bylaws, as
amended (the "Bylaws"), provide for indemnification of each person who is or was made a party to
any actual or threatened civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
proceeding because such person is, was or has agreed to become an officer or director of the
registrant or is a person who is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the
registrant as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or
similar functionary of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it
existed at the time the indemnification provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
were adopted or as may be thereafter amended. Article VI expressly provides that it is not the
exclusive method of indemnification.
Section 145 of the DGCL also empowers a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation
against liability asserted against or incurred by him in any such capacity, whether or not such
corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the
provisions of Section 145.
Article Seventh of the registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and Article VI of the
registrant's Bylaws also provide that the registrant may maintain insurance, at the registrant's
expense, to protect the registrant and any director, officer, employee or agent of the registrant
or of another entity against any expense, liability, or loss, regardless of whether the registrant
would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the
DGCL.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a certificate of incorporation may contain a
provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such
provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (a) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) under
Section 174 of the DGCL (relating to liability for unauthorized acquisitions or redemptions of, or
dividends on, capital stock) or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived improper
personal benefit. Article Seventh of the Certificate of Incorporation contains such a provision.
The registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and
executive officers whereby each are indemnified by the registrant against certain liabilities that
he or she may incur as a result of serving as a director or executing his duties as an executive
officer of the registrant. A form of these agreements was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the
registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2005, which is
incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this registration
statement pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K:
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1.1
Second Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to the registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1999 (File No. 1-12534))
4.1.2
Certificate of Amendment to Second
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
the registrant dated May 15, 1997
(incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1.1 to the registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Registration No. 333-32582))
4.1.3
Certificate of Amendment to Second
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
the registrant dated May 12, 2004
(incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.2.3 to the registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-116191))
4.1.4
Certificate of Designation of Series A
Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par
value $0.01 per share, setting forth the
terms of the Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5
to the registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1998 (File No. 1-12534))
4.2
Bylaws of the registrant (as amended and
restated effective as of May 2, 2008)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2
to the registrant's Registration Statement
on Form S-3 (File No. 333-150622))
*23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.
*23.2
Consent of McConnell and Jones LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the
signature pages to this registration
statement)
*
Filed herewith.
The shares of common stock of the registrant offered and sold pursuant to the Plan are
purchased by the administrator of the assets of the Plan in market transactions. Because no
original issuance securities will be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan, no opinion of counsel
regarding the legality of the securities being registered hereunder is required.
The registrant hereby undertakes that it has submitted the Plan and will submit any amendments
thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and has made and will make all
changes required by the IRS to qualify the Plan.
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in this registration statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change
to such information in this registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement;
(b) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof;
(c) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;
(d) that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof; and
(e) insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. If a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on
this the 18
th
day of
August, 2008.
NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY
By:
/s/ Terry W. Rathert
Terry W. Rathert
Senior Vice President and CFO
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Terry W. Rathert, Brian L. Rickmers, Mona Leigh Bernhardt and John D. Marziotti, or
any of them, as true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing required or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
indicated on the 18
th
day of August,
2008.
Signature
Title
/s/ David A. Trice
David A. Trice
Chairman, President, CEO
and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Terry W. Rathert
Terry W. Rathert
Senior Vice President and CFO
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Brian L. Rickmers
Brian L. Rickmers
Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Philip J. Burguieres
Philip J. Burguieres
Director
/s/ Pamela J. Gardner
Pamela J. Gardner
Director
/s/ Dennis Hendrix
Dennis Hendrix
Director
/s/ John R. Kemp III
John R. Kemp III
Director
/s/ J. Michael Lacey
J. Michael Lacey
Director
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/s/ Joseph H. Netherland
Joseph H. Netherland
Director
/s/ Howard H. Newman
Howard H. Newman
Director
/s/ Thomas G. Ricks
Thomas G. Ricks
Director
/s/ Juanita F. Romans
Juanita F. Romans
Director
/s/ J. Terry Strange
J. Terry Strange
Director
/s/ C. E. Shultz
C. E. Shultz
Director
The Plan
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan Administrator of the Plan
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on
this the 18
th
day of August,
2008.
NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY
401(k) PLAN
By:
/s/ Mona Leigh Bernhardt
Mona Leigh Bernhardt
Plan Administrator
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1.1
Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1999 (File No. 1-12534))
4.1.2
Certificate of Amendment to Second Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the registrant dated May 15, 1997
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1.1 to the
registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration
No. 333-32582))
4.1.3
Certificate of Amendment to Second Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the registrant dated May 12, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2.3 to the
registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 333-116191))
4.1.4
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, setting forth the
terms of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock,
par value $0.01 per share (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.5 to the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1998 (File No. 1-12534))
4.2
Bylaws of the registrant (as amended and restated effective as
of May 2, 2008) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
the registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333-150622))
*23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.
*23.2
Consent of McConnell and Jones LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this
registration statement)
*
Filed herewith.