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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 28, 2017</B></P>

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No. 333-______</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 13pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.</B></P>

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of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</FONT></P>

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    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="width: 50%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State
        or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
        Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>61-1630631</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
    Identification Number)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="width: 50%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>410
        17th Street, Suite 1400</B><BR>
        <B>Denver, Colorado</B></FONT></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address
        of principal executive offices)</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><BR>
    <B>80202</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. 2017
    Long Term Incentive Plan</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of plan)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Richard
        J. Carty</B><BR>
        <B>President and Chief Executive Officer</B></FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Bonanza
        Creek Energy, Inc.</B></FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>410
        17<SUP>th</SUP> Street, Suite 1400</B></FONT></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Denver,
        Colorado 80202</B></FONT></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(720)
        440-6100</B></FONT></P>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone
    Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Richard D. Truesdell, Jr., Esq.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Byron B. Rooney, Esq.</B><BR>
    <B>Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP</B><BR>
    <B>450 Lexington Avenue</B><BR>
    <B>New York, NY 10017</B><BR>
    <B>(212) 450-4000</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller
reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 67%; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated
    filer &nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated
    filer &nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated
    filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller
    reporting company &nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Do
    not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION
    OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; padding-right: 2pt; padding-left: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title
    Of Securities To Be Registered</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; padding-right: 2pt; padding-left: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amount
    To Be Registered</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; padding-right: 2pt; padding-left: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Proposed
    Maximum Offering Price Per Share</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; padding-right: 2pt; padding-left: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Proposed
    Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; padding-right: 2pt; padding-left: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amount
    Of<BR>
    Registration Fee</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; border-right: Black 1 solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Common
    Stock, par value $0.01 per share&#9;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; border-right: Black 1 solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">2,467,430
    (1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; border-right: Black 1 solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$&#9;34.36
    (2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; border-right: Black 1 solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$&#9;84,780,894.80
    (2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$&#9;9,826.11</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">This Registration Statement on Form
                                         S-8 (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) covers shares of Common Stock, par value
                                         of $0.01 per share (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), of Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;
                                         or the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) issuable pursuant to the Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.
                                         2017 Long Term Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;2017 LTIP&rdquo;) and pursuant to Rule 416(a)
                                         under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), any
                                         additional securities as may become issuable pursuant to the adjustment provisions of
                                         the 2017 LTIP.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Estimated solely for the purpose
                                         of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act, and
                                         based on the value attributed to the Common Stock in connection with the Registrant&rsquo;s
                                         emergence from bankruptcy pursuant to the Third Amended Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization
                                         Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left">Item 1.&#9;Plan Information.*</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in"><B>Item 2. &#9;Registration Information and
Employee Plan Annual Information*</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in"><B>____________</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">*The information specified in Item 1 and
Item 2 of Part I of this Registration Statement is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under
the Securities Act and the introductory note of Part I of this Registration Statement. The documents containing the information
specified in Part I will be delivered to participants in the 2017 LTIP as required by Rule 428(b)(1).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">The following documents heretofore filed
by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, as amended&#894;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;) since
the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in clause (a) above&#894; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
description of the Common Stock of the Registrant contained in the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed
with the Commission on April 28, 2017 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">All other documents filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered under this Registration
Statement have been sold, or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
and shall be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Any statement contained in a document incorporated
by, or deemed 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 herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not
be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 4. Description of Securities</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in">Not
applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Our third amended and restated certificate
of incorporation provides that a director will not be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (1) for any breach of the director&rsquo;s duty of loyalty to the Company
or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of the law, (3) under Section 174 of the</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">DGCL for unlawful payment of dividends or improper redemption
of stock or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. In addition, if the DGCL is amended
to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Company
will be limited to the fullest extent permitted by the amended DGCL.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a
corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses, including attorneys&rsquo;
fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits and proceedings whether civil,
criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than a derivative action by or in the right of the corporation, if they acted
in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard
is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification extends only to expenses, including attorneys&rsquo;
fees, incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action and the statute requires court approval before there
can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides
that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation, bylaws,
disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Our third amended and restated certificate
of incorporation contains indemnification rights for our directors and our officers. Additionally, our fourth amended and restated
bylaws provides that we will indemnify and advance expenses to any officer or director to the fullest extent authorized by the
DGCL and that persons who are not directors or officers may be similarly indemnified for service to the Company to the extent authorized
by our board of directors.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">We have obtained directors&rsquo; and officers&rsquo;
insurance to cover our directors, officers and some of our employees for certain liabilities. Further, we have entered into written
indemnity agreements with our directors and executive officers. Under these agreements, if a director or officer makes a claim
of indemnification to us, either a majority of the independent directors or independent legal counsel selected by the independent
directors will review the relevant facts and make a determination regarding whether the officer or director has met the standards
of conduct under Delaware law that would permit (under Delaware law) and require (under the indemnity agreement) us to indemnify
the officer or director.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Any underwriting agreement that the Registrant
may enter into in connection with the sale of any securities registered hereunder, may provide for indemnification of directors
and certain officers of the Registrant by the underwriters against certain liabilities. To the extent that the Registrant enters
into any such underwriting agreement, the Registrant will file it as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K, which will be
incorporated by reference into this registration statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">The foregoing is only a general summary
of certain aspects of Delaware law, our third amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our fourth amended and restated
bylaws dealing with indemnification of directors and officers, and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the detailed provisions of Section 145 of the DGCL, our third amended and restated certificate of incorporation
and fourth amended and restated bylaws.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Not Applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 8. Exhibits.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">The exhibits to this Registration Statement
are listed in the Exhibit Index hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; padding-right: 5pt">
        <P STYLE="font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Exhibit
No.&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 85%">
        <P STYLE="font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Description
of Exhibit&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt">4.1&#9;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., filed with
    the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 28, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
    Registrant&rsquo;s   registration statement on Form 8-A filed on April 28, 2017)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt">4.2&#9;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
    Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&rsquo;s   registration statement on Form 8-A filed on April 28, 2017)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; padding-right: 5pt">
        <P STYLE="font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Exhibit
No.&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 85%">
        <P STYLE="font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Description
of Exhibit&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt">5.1&#9;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&dagger;&nbsp;Opinion of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt">23.1&#9;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&dagger;&nbsp;Consent of Hein &amp; Associates LLP</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt">23.2&#9;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&dagger;&nbsp;Consent of Independent Petroleum Engineers, Netherland, Sewell &amp; Associates, Inc.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt">23.3&#9;&#9;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&dagger;&nbsp;Consent of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; padding-right: 5pt">24.1&#9;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt">&dagger;&nbsp;Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto)</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in; padding-right: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left">_______________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&dagger; Filed or furnished herewith</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 9. Undertakings.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1.25in">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1.25in">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if
the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective registration statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1.25in">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(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 by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of its 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&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the 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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in">(c)&nbsp;&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
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Denver, State of Colorado, on April 28, 2017.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">BONANZA CREEK ENERGY, INC.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Richard J. Carty</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:&#9;Richard J. Carty</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:&#9;President &amp; Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that
each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Cyrus D. Marter IV, Wade Jaques and Roberta Louis, each
of them acting individually, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%">Date:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 19%">April 28, 2017</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Richard J. Carty</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:&#9;Richard J. Carty</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:&#9;President, Chief Executive Officer and Director &#9;(principal executive officer)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Date:</TD>
    <TD>April 28, 2017</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Scott Fenoglio</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:&#9;Scott Fenoglio</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:&#9;Senior Vice President, Finance and Planning (principal financial officer)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Date:</TD>
    <TD>April 28, 2017</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Wade E. Jaques</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:&#9;Wade E. Jaques</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:&#9;Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer &#9;(principal accounting officer)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Date:</TD>
    <TD>April 28, 2017</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Jack Vaughn</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:&#9;Jack Vaughn</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:&#9;Chairman of the Board</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Date:</TD>
    <TD>April 28, 2017</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Paul Keglevic</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:&#9;Paul Keglevic</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:&#9;Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Date:</TD>
    <TD>April 28, 2017</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Brian Steck</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:&#9;Brian Steck</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:&#9;Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Date:</TD>
    <TD>April 28, 2017</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Thomas Tyree</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:&#9;Thomas Tyree</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:&#9;Director</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 7%">Date:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 19%">April 28, 2017</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Scott Vogel</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>Name:&#9;Scott Vogel</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Date:</TD>
    <TD>April 28, 2017</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Jeffrey Wojahn</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:&#9;Jeffrey Wojahn</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:&#9;Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Exhibit
No.&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 85%">
        <P STYLE="font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Description
of Exhibit&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt">4.1&#9;</TD>
    <TD>Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., filed with the Secretary of State
    of the State of Delaware on April 28, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s registration
    statement on Form 8-A filed on April 28, 2017)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt">4.2&#9;</TD>
    <TD>Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
    Registrant&rsquo;s   registration statement on Form 8-A filed on April 28, 2017)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt">5.1&#9;</TD>
    <TD>&dagger;&nbsp;Opinion of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt">23.1&#9;</TD>
    <TD>&dagger;&nbsp;Consent of Hein &amp; Associates LLP</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt">23.2&#9;</TD>
    <TD>&dagger;&nbsp;Consent of Independent Petroleum Engineers, Netherland, Sewell &amp; Associates, Inc.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt">23.3&#9;&#9;</TD>
    <TD>&dagger;&nbsp;Consent of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5pt">24.1&#9;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&dagger;&nbsp;Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto)</TD></TR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 28, 2017
Registration
No. 333-______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
____________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
____________________
Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.
(Exact Name
of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
____________________
Delaware
(State
        or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
61-1630631
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
410
        17th Street, Suite 1400
Denver, Colorado
(Address
        of principal executive offices)
80202
(Zip Code)
Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. 2017
    Long Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of plan)
____________________
Richard
        J. Carty
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bonanza
        Creek Energy, Inc.
410
        17
th
Street, Suite 1400
Denver,
        Colorado 80202
(720)
        440-6100
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone
    Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
____________________
Copies to:
Richard D. Truesdell, Jr., Esq.
Byron B. Rooney, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 450-4000
____________________
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.
Large accelerated
    filer
☐
Accelerated
    filer
☒
Non-accelerated
    filer
☐
Smaller
    reporting company
☐
(Do
    not check if a smaller reporting company)
____________________
CALCULATION
    OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
    Of Securities To Be Registered
Amount
    To Be Registered
Proposed
    Maximum Offering Price Per Share
Proposed
    Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount
    Of
Registration Fee
Common
    Stock, par value $0.01 per share
2,467,430
    (1)
$	34.36
    (2)
$	84,780,894.80
    (2)
$	9,826.11
(1)
This Registration Statement on Form
                                         S-8 (the "Registration Statement") covers shares of Common Stock, par value
                                         of $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (the "Company"
                                         or the "Registrant") issuable pursuant to the Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.
                                         2017 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "2017 LTIP") and pursuant to Rule 416(a)
                                         under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), any
                                         additional securities as may become issuable pursuant to the adjustment provisions of
                                         the 2017 LTIP.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose
                                         of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act, and
                                         based on the value attributed to the Common Stock in connection with the Registrant's
                                         emergence from bankruptcy pursuant to the Third Amended Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization
                                         Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.	Plan Information.*
Item 2. 	Registration Information and
Employee Plan Annual Information*
____________
*The information specified in Item 1 and
Item 2 of Part I of this Registration Statement is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under
the Securities Act and the introductory note of Part I of this Registration Statement. The documents containing the information
specified in Part I will be delivered to participants in the 2017 LTIP as required by Rule 428(b)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents heretofore filed
by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
(a)       The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, as amended;
(b)       All
reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") since
the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in clause (a) above; and
(c)       The
description of the Common Stock of the Registrant contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed
with the Commission on April 28, 2017 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All other documents filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered under this Registration
Statement have been sold, or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
and shall be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated
by, or deemed 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 herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not
be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not
applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Our third amended and restated certificate
of incorporation provides that a director will not be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (1) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company
or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of the law, (3) under Section 174 of the
DGCL for unlawful payment of dividends or improper redemption
of stock or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. In addition, if the DGCL is amended
to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Company
will be limited to the fullest extent permitted by the amended DGCL.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a
corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses, including attorneys'
fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits and proceedings whether civil,
criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than a derivative action by or in the right of the corporation, if they acted
in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard
is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification extends only to expenses, including attorneys'
fees, incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action and the statute requires court approval before there
can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides
that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation's certificate of incorporation, bylaws,
disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.
Our third amended and restated certificate
of incorporation contains indemnification rights for our directors and our officers. Additionally, our fourth amended and restated
bylaws provides that we will indemnify and advance expenses to any officer or director to the fullest extent authorized by the
DGCL and that persons who are not directors or officers may be similarly indemnified for service to the Company to the extent authorized
by our board of directors.
We have obtained directors' and officers'
insurance to cover our directors, officers and some of our employees for certain liabilities. Further, we have entered into written
indemnity agreements with our directors and executive officers. Under these agreements, if a director or officer makes a claim
of indemnification to us, either a majority of the independent directors or independent legal counsel selected by the independent
directors will review the relevant facts and make a determination regarding whether the officer or director has met the standards
of conduct under Delaware law that would permit (under Delaware law) and require (under the indemnity agreement) us to indemnify
the officer or director.
Any underwriting agreement that the Registrant
may enter into in connection with the sale of any securities registered hereunder, may provide for indemnification of directors
and certain officers of the Registrant by the underwriters against certain liabilities. To the extent that the Registrant enters
into any such underwriting agreement, the Registrant will file it as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K, which will be
incorporated by reference into this registration statement.
The foregoing is only a general summary
of certain aspects of Delaware law, our third amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our fourth amended and restated
bylaws dealing with indemnification of directors and officers, and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the detailed provisions of Section 145 of the DGCL, our third amended and restated certificate of incorporation
and fourth amended and restated bylaws.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The exhibits to this Registration Statement
are listed in the Exhibit Index hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.
Exhibit
No.
Description
of Exhibit
4.1
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., filed with
    the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 28, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
    Registrant's   registration statement on Form 8-A filed on April 28, 2017)
4.2
Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
    Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's   registration statement on Form 8-A filed on April 28, 2017)
Exhibit
No.
Description
of Exhibit
5.1
† Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
23.1
† Consent of Hein & Associates LLP
23.2
† Consent of Independent Petroleum Engineers, Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
23.3
† Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
† Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto)
_______________
† Filed or furnished herewith
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)  The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)   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 the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if
the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)       To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(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 by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement.
(2)   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.
(3)   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.
(b)   The
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of its 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 the 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.
(c)   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
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that 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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Denver, State of Colorado, on April 28, 2017.
BONANZA CREEK ENERGY, INC.
By:
/s/ Richard J. Carty
Name:	Richard J. Carty
Title:	President & Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that
each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Cyrus D. Marter IV, Wade Jaques and Roberta Louis, each
of them acting individually, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Date:
April 28, 2017
By:
/s/ Richard J. Carty
Name:	Richard J. Carty
Title:	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director 	(principal executive officer)
Date:
April 28, 2017
By:
/s/ Scott Fenoglio
Name:	Scott Fenoglio
Title:	Senior Vice President, Finance and Planning (principal financial officer)
Date:
April 28, 2017
By:
/s/ Wade E. Jaques
Name:	Wade E. Jaques
Title:	Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer 	(principal accounting officer)
Date:
April 28, 2017
By:
/s/ Jack Vaughn
Name:	Jack Vaughn
Title:	Chairman of the Board
Date:
April 28, 2017
By:
/s/ Paul Keglevic
Name:	Paul Keglevic
Title:	Director
Date:
April 28, 2017
By:
/s/ Brian Steck
Name:	Brian Steck
Title:	Director
Date:
April 28, 2017
By:
/s/ Thomas Tyree
Name:	Thomas Tyree
Title:	Director
Date:
April 28, 2017
By:
/s/ Scott Vogel
Name:	Scott Vogel
Title:	Director
Date:
April 28, 2017
By:
/s/ Jeffrey Wojahn
Name:	Jeffrey Wojahn
Title:	Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
of Exhibit
4.1
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., filed with the Secretary of State
    of the State of Delaware on April 28, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's registration
    statement on Form 8-A filed on April 28, 2017)
4.2
Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
    Registrant's   registration statement on Form 8-A filed on April 28, 2017)
5.1
† Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
23.1
† Consent of Hein & Associates LLP
23.2
† Consent of Independent Petroleum Engineers, Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
23.3
† Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
† Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto)
_______________
† Filed or furnished herewith