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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;24, 2025 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
  <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
  <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>N.A. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Translation of Registrant&#146;s name into English) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>United Mexican States</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>N/A</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pedregal 24, Floor 4 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Colonia Molino del Rey,&nbsp;Alcald&iacute;a Miguel Hidalgo </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mexico City,&nbsp;11040 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mexico </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address,
  including zip code, of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Long Term Incentive Plan </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the Plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Donald J. Puglisi </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Puglisi&nbsp;&amp; Associates </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>850 Library Avenue, Suite 204 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Newark, Delaware 19711 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>United States of America </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>+1 (302) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">738-6680</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Julia
  L. Petty </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Manuel Silva </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cleary Gottlieb Steen&nbsp;&amp; Hamilton LLP </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Liberty Plaza </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
  York, NY 10006 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>+1 (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">225-2000</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, or a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD></TR>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (the &#147;Company&#148;) is filing this
  registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) to register, in connection with the Company&#146;s
  Long Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), an additional 4,000,000 shares of the same class as registered under the Company&#146;s effective registration statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762506/000119312523025524/d448472ds8.htm">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT></A>, File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-269585,</FONT> filed by the Company with the SEC on February&nbsp;6, 2023 (the &#147;Earlier Registration Statement&#148;). The contents of
  the Earlier Registration Statement, where applicable, are hereby incorporated by reference, except that the provisions contained in Part II of such Earlier Registration Statement are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement. </P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The rules of the Commission allow us to incorporate by reference information into this Registration Statement. The information incorporated by reference is
  considered to be a part of this Registration Statement, and information that we file later with the Commission will automatically update and supersede this information. This Registration Statement incorporates by reference the documents listed
  below. In addition, any Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> of the Registrant hereafter furnished to the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act shall be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement if and to the
  extent provided in such document. &#8195; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s annual report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001762506/000119312524107031/d800792d20f.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;23, 2024 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-39000).</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) since <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001762506/000119312524107031/d800792d20f.htm">April&nbsp;23, 2024</A>. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The reports on Forms <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> furnished to the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762506/000119312524194794/d866135d6k.htm">August&nbsp;6,
   2024</A> (filed at 2:57 PM Eastern time), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762506/000119312524241863/d883575d6k.htm">October&nbsp;
  23, 2024</A> (filed at 4:06 PM Eastern time), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762506/000119312524270941/d863894d6k.htm">December&nbsp;
  4, 2024</A> (filed at 9:38 PM Eastern time), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762506/000119312524279084/d895285d6k.htm">December&nbsp;
  16, 2024</A> (filed at 8:40 AM Eastern time), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762506/000119312525006128/d880009d6k.htm">January&nbsp;
  14, 2025</A> (filed at 4:05 PM Eastern time), and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762506/000119312525009199/d928142d6k.htm">January&nbsp;21, 2025</A> (filed at 9:07 A.M. Eastern time). </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Series A shares contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration
  Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762506/000119312519200086/d779194d8a12b.htm">Form 8-A</A> (File No. 001-39000) filed with the Commission on July 23, 2019, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any
  amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Registrant&#146;s ADSs evidenced by ADRs, each representing one Series A share,
  contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1201935/000101915519000170/vistadep.htm">Exhibits 2.1</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762506/000119312522120379/d320893dex22.htm">2.2</A> to the Registrant&#146;s
  annual report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023, including any amendment thereto or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing
  of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and other documents. Except as provided in the last sentence of the first paragraph of the section of this Registration Statement entitled &#147;Item 3. Incorporation of
  Documents by Reference&#148;, nothing in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate any information provided in documents that is furnished (rather than filed) or is otherwise not deemed to be filed under applicable Commission rules.
  </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Description of Document</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.1&#135;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762506/000119312524107031/d800792dex11.htm">English language translation of bylaws (as amended) of the Registrant (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-39000)</FONT> and incorporated herein by reference)</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.2&#135;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762506/000119312523112976/d456759dex48.htm">Amended and Restated Long Term Incentive Plan as approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Vista on February&nbsp;
  22, 2023 (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;24, 2023 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
  001-39000)</FONT> and incorporated herein by reference)</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.3&#135;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762506/000119312523025524/d448472dex43.htm">English language translation of the Irrevocable Trust Agreement of Administration entered into by and between Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (formerly
   known as Vista Oil&nbsp;&amp; Gas, S.A.B. de C.V.) and Banco Invex, S.A., Instituci&oacute;n de Banca M&uacute;ltiple, Invex Grupo Financiero dated as of March&nbsp;26, 2019, as amended on December&nbsp;2, 2022 (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the
  Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;6, 2023 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-269585)</FONT> and incorporated herein by
  reference)</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.4&#135;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762506/000119312519188268/d668730df1.htm">Form of Deposit Agreement among Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (formerly known as Vista Oil&nbsp;
  &amp; Gas, S.A.B. de C.V.), The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary, and the owners and holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder (incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;F-1&nbsp;filed</FONT> with the SEC on July&nbsp;2, 2019)</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>5.1*</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d893417dex51.htm">Opinion of Creel, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Garc&iacute;a-Cu&eacute;llar,</FONT> Aiza y Enr&iacute;quez, S.C., counsel to the Registrant, as to the legality of the securities being registered</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1*</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d893417dex51.htm">Consent of Creel, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Garc&iacute;a-Cu&eacute;llar,</FONT> Aiza y Enr&iacute;quez, S.C., counsel to the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1)</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2*</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d893417dex232.htm">Consent of Pistrelli, Henry Martin y Asociados S.A. (successor of Pistrelli, Henry Martin y Asociados S.R.L.), member of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young Global Limited</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.3*</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d893417dex233.htm">Consent of Mancera, S.C., member of Ernst &amp; Young Global Limited </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1*</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>107*</TD>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Incorporated herein by reference </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of January&nbsp;24, 2025. </P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V.</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Miguel Galuccio</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Name: Miguel Galuccio</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Title: Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Pablo Vera Pinto</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Name: Pablo Vera Pinto</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Title: Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We, the undersigned directors and officers of Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (the &#147;Company&#148;), do hereby severally constitute and
  appoint Miguel Galuccio and Pablo Vera Pinto, each our true and lawful attorneys and agents, to do any and all acts and things in our name and on our behalf in our capacities as directors and officers and to execute any and all instruments for us
  and in our names in the capacities indicated below, which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable to enable said Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and
  any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with the Registration Statement of the Company on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> including specifically, but without limitation, power
  and authority to sign for us or any of us in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) hereto; and we do each hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or any one of
  them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the indicated
  capacities as of January&nbsp;24, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Miguel Galuccio</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Miguel Galuccio</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Pablo Vera Pinto</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pablo Vera Pinto</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Susan L. Segal</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Susan L. Segal</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Mauricio Doehner Cobian</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mauricio Doehner Cobian</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Pierre-Jean Sivignon</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pierre-Jean Sivignon</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Gerard Martellozo</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gerard Martellozo</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Germ&aacute;n Losada</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Germ&aacute;n Losada</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Donald J. Puglisi</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Authorized Representative in the United States</TD></TR>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2025
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  N.A.
  (Translation of Registrant's name into English)
  United Mexican States
  N/A
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  Pedregal 24, Floor 4
  Colonia Molino del Rey, Alcaldía Miguel Hidalgo
  Mexico City, 11040
  Mexico
  (Address,
  including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
  Long Term Incentive Plan
  (Full title of the Plan)
  Donald J. Puglisi
  Puglisi & Associates
  850 Library Avenue, Suite 204
  Newark, Delaware 19711
  United States of America
  +1 (302)
  738-6680
  (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Copies to:
  Julia
  L. Petty
  Manuel Silva
  Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
  One Liberty Plaza
  New
  York, NY 10006
  +1 (212)
  225-2000
  Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, or a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated
  filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth Company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  Explanatory Note
  Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
  S-8,
  Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (the "Company") is filing this
  registration statement on Form
  S-8
  (this "Registration Statement") with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") to register, in connection with the Company's
  Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), an additional 4,000,000 shares of the same class as registered under the Company's effective registration statement on
  Form S-8
  , File
  No. 333-269585,
  filed by the Company with the SEC on February 6, 2023 (the "Earlier Registration Statement"). The contents of
  the Earlier Registration Statement, where applicable, are hereby incorporated by reference, except that the provisions contained in Part II of such Earlier Registration Statement are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  The rules of the Commission allow us to incorporate by reference information into this Registration Statement. The information incorporated by reference is
  considered to be a part of this Registration Statement, and information that we file later with the Commission will automatically update and supersede this information. This Registration Statement incorporates by reference the documents listed
  below. In addition, any Report on Form
  6-K
  of the Registrant hereafter furnished to the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act shall be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement if and to the
  extent provided in such document.
  (a)
  The Registrant's annual report on
  Form
  20-F
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on April 23, 2024 (File
  No. 001-39000).
  (b)
  All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since
  April 23, 2024
  .
  (c)
  The reports on Forms
  6-K
  furnished to the Commission on
  August 6,
   2024
  (filed at 2:57 PM Eastern time),
  October 
  23, 2024
  (filed at 4:06 PM Eastern time),
  December 
  4, 2024
  (filed at 9:38 PM Eastern time),
  December 
  16, 2024
  (filed at 8:40 AM Eastern time),
  January 
  14, 2025
  (filed at 4:05 PM Eastern time), and
  January 21, 2025
  (filed at 9:07 A.M. Eastern time).
  (d)
  The description of the Registrant's Series A shares contained in the Registrant's Registration
  Statement on
  Form 8-A
  (File No. 001-39000) filed with the Commission on July 23, 2019, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any
  amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  (e)
  The description of the Registrant's ADSs evidenced by ADRs, each representing one Series A share,
  contained in
  Exhibits 2.1
  and
  2.2
  to the Registrant's
  annual report on Form
  20-F
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, including any amendment thereto or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing
  of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and other documents. Except as provided in the last sentence of the first paragraph of the section of this Registration Statement entitled "Item 3. Incorporation of
  Documents by Reference", nothing in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate any information provided in documents that is furnished (rather than filed) or is otherwise not deemed to be filed under applicable Commission rules.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description of Document
  4.1‡
  English language translation of bylaws (as amended) of the Registrant (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
  20-F
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (File
  No. 001-39000)
  and incorporated herein by reference)
  4.2‡
  Amended and Restated Long Term Incentive Plan as approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Vista on February 
  22, 2023 (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant's Form
  20-F
  filed with the SEC on April 24, 2023 (File
  No. 
  001-39000)
  and incorporated herein by reference)
  4.3‡
  English language translation of the Irrevocable Trust Agreement of Administration entered into by and between Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (formerly
   known as Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V.) and Banco Invex, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Invex Grupo Financiero dated as of March 26, 2019, as amended on December 2, 2022 (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the
  Registrant's registration statement on Form
  S-8
  filed with the SEC on February 6, 2023 (File
  No. 333-269585)
  and incorporated herein by
  reference)
  4.4‡
  Form of Deposit Agreement among Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (formerly known as Vista Oil 
  & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V.), The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary, and the owners and holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's registration statement on
  Form F-1 filed
  with the SEC on July 2, 2019)
  5.1*
  Opinion of Creel,
  García-Cuéllar,
  Aiza y Enríquez, S.C., counsel to the Registrant, as to the legality of the securities being registered
  23.1*
  Consent of Creel,
  García-Cuéllar,
  Aiza y Enríquez, S.C., counsel to the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2*
  Consent of Pistrelli, Henry Martin y Asociados S.A. (successor of Pistrelli, Henry Martin y Asociados S.R.L.), member of Ernst & Young Global Limited
  23.3*
  Consent of Mancera, S.C., member of Ernst & Young Global Limited
  24.1*
  Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement)
  107*
  Filing Fee Tables for Form
  S-8
  *
  Filed herewith
  ‡
  Incorporated herein by reference
  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, as of January 24, 2025.
  Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V.
  By:
  /s/ Miguel Galuccio
  Name: Miguel Galuccio
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
  By:
  /s/ Pablo Vera Pinto
  Name: Pablo Vera Pinto
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  We, the undersigned directors and officers of Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (the "Company"), do hereby severally constitute and
  appoint Miguel Galuccio and Pablo Vera Pinto, each our true and lawful attorneys and agents, to do any and all acts and things in our name and on our behalf in our capacities as directors and officers and to execute any and all instruments for us
  and in our names in the capacities indicated below, which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable to enable said Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and
  any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with the Registration Statement of the Company on Form
  S-8
  including specifically, but without limitation, power
  and authority to sign for us or any of us in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) hereto; and we do each hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or any one of
  them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the indicated
  capacities as of January 24, 2025.
  Name
  Title
  /s/ Miguel Galuccio
  Miguel Galuccio
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
  /s/ Pablo Vera Pinto
  Pablo Vera Pinto
  Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
  /s/ Susan L. Segal
  Susan L. Segal
  Director
  /s/ Mauricio Doehner Cobian
  Mauricio Doehner Cobian
  Director
  /s/ Pierre-Jean Sivignon
  Pierre-Jean Sivignon
  Director
  /s/ Gerard Martellozo
  Gerard Martellozo
  Director
  /s/ Germán Losada
  Germán Losada
  Director
  /s/ Donald J. Puglisi
  Donald J. Puglisi
  Authorized Representative in the United States