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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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D.C. 20549</font></div>
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S-8</font></div>
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STATEMENT</font></div>
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SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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EXPLORATION COMPANY</font></div>
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      Employer</font></div>
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Exploration Company</font></div>
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N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite 100</font></div>
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Texas 77060</font></div>
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of Registrant&#8217;s Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)</font></div>
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Exploration Company 2009 Omnibus Stock Plan</font></div>
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Exploration Company 2009 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock
Plan</font></div>
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title of the Plan)</font></div>
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W. Rathert</font></div>
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Exploration Company</font></div>
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N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite 100</font></div>
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Texas 77060</font></div>
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847-6000</font></div>
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Agent For Service)</font></div>
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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filter, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company.&#160;&#160;See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221;
&#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):</font></div>
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OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></div>
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      Maximum Aggregate</font></div>
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      of</font></div>
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      Fee (1)</font></div>
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      Stock</font></div>
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      shares</font></div>
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the 2,750,000 shares to be registered, 2,550,000 shares are being registered
under the Newfield Exploration Company 2009 Omnibus Stock Plan (the &#8220;Omnibus
Plan&#8221;) and 200,000 shares are being registered under the Newfield Exploration
Company 2009 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan (the &#8220;Director
Plan&#8221;).&#160;&#160;Of the $86,047,500 proposed maximum aggregate offering price,
$79,789,500 and $6,258,000 are allocated to the Omnibus Plan and the Director
Plan, respectively.&#160;&#160;Of the $4,802 registration fee, $4,453 and $349
are allocated to the Omnibus Plan and the Director Plan,
respectively.</font></div>
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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 inaccordance with Rule&#160;457(c),
using the average of the high and low sales prices as reported by New York Stock
Exchange for the common stock on April 30, 2009.</font></div>
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II</font></div>
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Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></div>
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registrant with the SEC pursuant to Section&#160;12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), are incorporated by reference and
made a part of this registration statement:</font></div>
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pursuant to Sections&#160;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.&#160;&#160;<a name="002" /></font></div>
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management&#8217;s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting (which is included in Management&#8217;s Report on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting) of the registrant incorporated in this registration
statement by reference to the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2008 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.</font></div>
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stock is opined on by John D. Marziotti, the registrant&#8217;s General Counsel and
Secretary. As of May 1, 2009, Mr. Marziotti owned 23,836 shares of the
registrant&#8217;s common stock, either directly or through employee benefit plans,
and held options to acquire 31,000 shares of the registrant&#8217;s common
stock.</font></div>
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Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#8220;DGCL&#8221;) 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&#8217;
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.</font></div>
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registrant&#8217;s Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the
&#8220;Certificate of Incorporation&#8221;), together with Article&#160;VI of the
registrant&#8217;s Bylaws, as amended (the &#8220;Bylaws&#8221;), 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&#160;VI expressly
provides that it is not the exclusive method of indemnification.</font></div>
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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&#160;145.</font></div>
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registrant&#8217;s Certificate of Incorporation and Article&#160;VI of the
registrant&#8217;s Bylaws also provide that the registrant may maintain insurance, at
the registrant&#8217;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.</font></div>
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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)&#160;for any breach of the director&#8217;s duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (b)&#160;for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(c)&#160;under Section&#160;174 of the DGCL (relating to liability for
unauthorized acquisitions or redemptions of, or dividends on, capital stock) or
(d)&#160;for any transaction from which the director derived improper personal
benefit. Article&#160;Seventh of the Certificate of Incorporation contains such
a provision.</font></div>
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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.&#160;&#160;A form of these agreements
was filed as Exhibit 10.20 to the registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K on
February 6, 2009, which is incorporated herein by reference.</font></div>
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or incorporated by reference into this registration statement pursuant to Item
601 of Regulation S-K:</font></div>
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      registrant dated May&#160;15, 1997 (incorporated by reference to
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      of Amendment to Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
      registrant dated May&#160;12, 2004 (incorporated by reference to
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      Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
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date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
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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&#160;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
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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
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Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;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
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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
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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 4<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">th</font> day of
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that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Terry W.
Rathert, Brian L. Rickmers and John D. Marziotti, or any of them,
as&#160;&#160;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.</font></div>
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Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on the 4<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">th</font> day of
May,&#160;2009.</font></div>
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      Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the registrant (incorporated by
      reference to Exhibit&#160;3.1 to the registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on
      Form&#160;10-K for the year ended December&#160;31, 1999 (File No.
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      of Amendment to Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
      registrant dated May&#160;15, 1997 (incorporated by reference to
      Exhibit&#160;3.1.1 to the registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on
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      of Amendment to Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
      registrant dated May&#160;12, 2004 (incorporated by reference to
      Exhibit&#160;4.2.3 to the registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on
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      and Restated Bylaws of the registrant (incorporated by reference to
      Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
      February 6, 2009 (File No. 1-12534))</font></div>
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      of John D. Marziotti, General Counsel and Secretary of the
      registrant</font></div>
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nfxs8-05042009.htm
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2009
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
(State
      or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
72-1133047
(I.R.S.
      Employer
Identification
      Number)
Newfield
Exploration Company
363
N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite 100
Houston
Texas 77060
(Address
of Registrant's Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
___________________________
Newfield
Exploration Company 2009 Omnibus Stock Plan
Newfield
Exploration Company 2009 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock
Plan
(Full
title of the Plan)
Terry
W. Rathert
Newfield
Exploration Company
363
N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite 100
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 filter, 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
¨
Non-accelerated
filer
¨
Smaller
reporting
Company
¨
___________________________
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of Securities to be Registered
Amount
      to be
Registered
      (1)
Proposed
      Maximum Offering Price
Per
      Share (2)
Proposed
      Maximum Aggregate
Offering
      Price (1)
Amount
      of
Registration
      Fee (1)
Common
      Stock
2,750,000
      shares
$31.29
$86,047,500
$4,802
________________
(1)      Of
the 2,750,000 shares to be registered, 2,550,000 shares are being registered
under the Newfield Exploration Company 2009 Omnibus Stock Plan (the "Omnibus
Plan") and 200,000 shares are being registered under the Newfield Exploration
Company 2009 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan (the "Director
Plan").  Of the $86,047,500 proposed maximum aggregate offering price,
$79,789,500 and $6,258,000 are allocated to the Omnibus Plan and the Director
Plan, respectively.  Of the $4,802 registration fee, $4,453 and $349
are allocated to the Omnibus Plan and the Director Plan,
respectively.
(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 inaccordance 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 April 30, 2009.
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:
·
Annual
      Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
    2008;
·
Quarterly
      Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31,
      2009;
·
Current
      Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 6, 2009, March 3,
      2009 and April 22, 2009 (excluding any portions of such reports that were
      "furnished" rather than "filed");
and
·
the
      description of the registrant's common stock contained in the Form 8-A
      Registration Statement filed with the SEC on November 4,
      1993.
All information filed by the registrant
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 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) of the registrant incorporated in this registration
statement by reference to the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2008 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.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the registrant's common
stock is opined on by John D. Marziotti, the registrant's General Counsel and
Secretary. As of May 1, 2009, Mr. Marziotti owned 23,836 shares of the
registrant's common stock, either directly or through employee benefit plans,
and held options to acquire 31,000 shares of the registrant's common
stock.
2
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 10.20 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K on
February 6, 2009, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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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))
4.2
Amended
      and Restated Bylaws of the registrant (incorporated by reference to
      Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
      February 6, 2009 (File No. 1-12534))
5.1
Opinion
      of John D. Marziotti, General Counsel and Secretary of the
      registrant
23.1
Consent
      of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent
      of John D. Marziotti (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers
      of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this registration
      statement)
99.1
Newfield
      Exploration Company 2009 Omnibus Stock Plan
99.2
Newfield
      Exploration Company 2009 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock
      Plan
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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;
(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
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 4
th
day of
May, 2009.
NEWFIELD
EXPLORATION COMPANY
By:
/s/ Terry W.
Rathert
Terry W. Rathert
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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 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 4
th
day of
May, 2009.
Signature
Title
/s/ David A. Trice
Chairman
      and Chief Executive Officer
David
      A. Trice
and
      Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Terry W. Rathert
Senior
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Terry
      W. Rathert
(Principal
      Financial Officer)
/s/ Brian L. Rickmers
Controller
      (Principal Accounting Officer)
Brian
      L. Rickmers
/s/ Philip J. Burguieres
Director
Philip
      J. Burguieres
/s/ Pamela J. Gardner
Director
Pamela
      J. Gardner
/s/ Dennis R. Hendrix
Director
Dennis
      R. Hendrix
/s/ John R. Kemp III
Director
John
      R. Kemp III
/s/ J. Michael Lacey
Director
J.
      Michael Lacey
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/s/ Joseph H. Netherland
Director
Joseph
      H. Netherland
/s/ Howard H. Newman
Director
Howard
      H. Newman
/s/ Thomas G. Ricks
Director
Thomas
      G. Ricks
/s/ Juanita F. Romans
Director
Juanita
      F. Romans
/s/ C. E. Shultz
Director
C.
      E. Shultz
/s/ J. Terry Strange
Director
J.
      Terry Strange
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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))
4.2
Amended
      and Restated Bylaws of the registrant (incorporated by reference to
      Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
      February 6, 2009 (File No. 1-12534))
5.1
Opinion
      of John D. Marziotti, General Counsel and Secretary of the
      registrant
23.1
Consent
      of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent
      of John D. Marziotti (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers
      of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this registration
      statement)
99.1
Newfield
      Exploration Company 2009 Omnibus Stock Plan
99.2
Newfield
      Exploration Company 2009 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock
      Plan