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Commission on October 2, 2015</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-__________</B></P>

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STATES&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Kosmos Energy Ltd. </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">(Exact name
of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 29%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Bermuda</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 44%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 27%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; background-color: white"><B>98-0686001</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
    incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">(I.R.S. Employer <BR>
    Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Clarendon
        House</B></FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>2
        Church Street</B></FONT></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Hamilton
        HM 11, Bermuda</B></FONT></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(441)
        295-5950 (t)</B></FONT></P>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices,
    Including Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Kosmos Energy Ltd. Long Term Incentive
        Plan </B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">(Full
        title of the plan)</FONT></P>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 27%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Jason E. Doughty</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>General Counsel
        and Senior Vice President,</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Legal, Human Resources and Administration</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">&nbsp;<B>c/o
Kosmos Energy, LLC</B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>8176 Park Lane,
        Suite 500</B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>Dallas, TX 75231</B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>(214)
445-9600 (t)</B></FONT>&nbsp;</P></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">(Name, address and telephone number,
    including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><I>With a copy to:</I></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Jeffrey P. Crandall </B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP</B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>450 Lexington Avenue</B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10017</B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(212) 450-4000 (t)</B></P>
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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.</B></FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 63%; font-size: 8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Large accelerated filer </B>&#9746;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 37%; font-size: 8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Accelerated filer&nbsp;</B>&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Non-accelerated
    filer </B>&#9744;<B>&nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Smaller reporting company </B>&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION
    OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 38%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title
    of Each Class of Securities to be Registered</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amount
    to be Registered (1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Proposed
    Maximum Offering Price per Share (2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 21%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Proposed
    Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; padding-right: 4pt; padding-left: 4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amount
    of <BR>
    Registration Fee (3)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 9pt; text-indent: -0.125in; padding-left: 0.125in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Common
    Shares, par value $0.01, to be issued under the Kosmos Energy Ltd. Long Term Incentive Plan</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">15,000,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$5.43</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$81,450,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$8,202.02</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font-size: 9pt; text-indent: -9.35pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">15,000,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">$5.43</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">$81,450,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center">$8,202.02</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(1)</TD><TD>This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) covers common shares, par value $0.01 per
share (&ldquo;Common Shares&rdquo;) of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) (i) issuable
pursuant to the Kosmos Energy Ltd. Long Term Incentive Plan, amended and restated as of January 23, 2015 (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;),
(ii) to be issued in the future under the Plan and (iii) pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), any additional Common Shares that may become issuable under the Plan by reason of any share dividend,
share split or other similar transaction.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(2)</TD><TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities
Act. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share represents the average of the high and low prices reported for a Common Share
on the New York Stock Exchange on September 28, 2015.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(3)</TD><TD>Rounded up to the nearest penny.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal; background-color: white">This
Registration Statement has been prepared and filed pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E
to Form S-8 for the purpose of registering an additional 15,000,000 Common Shares that are issuable at any time or from time to
time under the Plan.&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
for the Plan with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) on May 16, 2011 (Registration No. 333-174234),
including the documents incorporated by reference therein, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except
as supplemented by the information set forth below.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in">PART I</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">The
information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions
of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8 instructions. The documents containing
the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1).</FONT></P>

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

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">The following documents are incorporated
herein by reference:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(a)&#9;The Company&rsquo;s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the Commission on February 23, 2015 (Registration No. 001-35167).</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)&#9;All reports filed pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), since December 31, 2014.</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)&#9;The description of the Company&rsquo;s
share capital which is contained in the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 001-35167), dated
May 6, 2011, including any amendments or supplements thereto.</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">&#9;All documents filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents; except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to shareholders or document or current report
furnished under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions. Any statement contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is incorporated 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 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 8. Exhibits.</P>

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Exhibit<BR>
Number</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Specimen share certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed April 25, 2011 (Commission File No. 333-171700)).</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed March 23, 2011 (Commission File No. 333-171700)).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 92%; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Memorandum of Association of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, dated March 31, 2011 (Commission File No. 333-171700)).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">Bye-laws of&nbsp;Kosmos Energy Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated May 6, 2011 (Commission File No. 001-35167)).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Conyers Dill &amp; Pearman Limited</FONT> (filed herewith).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Ernst &amp; Young LLP</FONT> (filed herewith).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">Consent of Conyers Dill &amp; Pearman Limited</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> (included in Exhibit 5).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereof).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Kosmos Energy Ltd. Long Term Incentive Plan (amended and restated
        as of January 23, 2015) (filed herewith).</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, 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
Dallas, Texas, on the 2nd day of October, 2015.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>KOSMOS ENERGY LTD. </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jason E. Doughty</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 9%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Jason E. Doughty</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Legal, Human Resources and Administration</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&#9;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,
that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Andrew G. Inglis, Thomas P. Chambers
and Jason E. Doughty acting singly, his true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (i) act on, sign and file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and/or the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this registration statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto and any subsequent registration statement filed
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda together with all
schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii) act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may
be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, (iii) take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate in connection
therewith, granting unto such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do
in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact or any of their substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

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<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>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 31%; padding-right: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Signature&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 37%; padding-right: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Title&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 32%; padding-right: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Date&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding-right: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 6pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 9.35pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/
        Andrew G. Inglis&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chairman and Chief Executive
    Officer<BR>
    (principal executive officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October 2, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Andrew G. Inglis</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 6pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 9.35pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/
        Thomas P. Chambers&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Senior
                                         Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</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">(principal
        financial officer)</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"></P></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October 2, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Thomas P. Chambers</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 6pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 9.35pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/
        Paul M. Nobel&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Senior
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</FONT>&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(principal
        accounting officer)</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October 2, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Paul M. Nobel</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 6pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 9.35pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/
        Brian F. Maxted&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October 2, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Brian F. Maxted</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 6pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 9.35pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/
        Sir Richard B. Dearlove&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October 2, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Sir Richard B. Dearlove</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 6pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 9.35pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/
        David I. Foley&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October 2, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">David I. Foley</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 6pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 9.35pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/
        David B. Krieger&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October 2, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">David B. Krieger</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 6pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 9.35pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/
        Joseph P. Landy&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October 2, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Joseph P. Landy</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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        Prakash A. Melwani&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; width: 37%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; width: 32%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October 2, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Prakash A. Melwani</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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        Adebayo O. Ogunlesi&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October 2, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Adebayo O. Ogunlesi</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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        Chris Tong&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October 2, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chris Tong</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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        Christopher A. Wright&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD ROWSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October 2, 2015</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; text-indent: -9.35pt; padding-right: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Christopher A. Wright</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Exhibit<BR>
Number&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%; padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Specimen share certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed April 25, 2011 (Commission File No. 333-171700)).</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed March 23, 2011 (Commission File No. 333-171700)).</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Memorandum of Association of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, dated March 31, 2011 (Commission File No. 333-171700)).</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">Bye-laws of&nbsp;Kosmos Energy Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated May 6, 2011 (Commission File No. 001-35167)).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Conyers Dill &amp; Pearman Limited</FONT> (filed herewith).</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Ernst &amp; Young LLP</FONT> (filed herewith).</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">Consent of Conyers Dill &amp; Pearman Limited</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> (included in Exhibit 5).</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereof).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Kosmos Energy Ltd. Long Term Incentive Plan (amended and restated
        as of January 23, 2015) (filed herewith).</P>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 2, 2015
Registration No. 333-__________
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Kosmos Energy Ltd.
(Exact name
of registrant as specified in its charter)
Bermuda
98-0686001
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Clarendon
        House
2
        Church Street
Hamilton
        HM 11, Bermuda
(441)
        295-5950 (t)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices,
    Including Zip Code)
Kosmos Energy Ltd. Long Term Incentive
        Plan
(Full
        title of the plan)
Jason E. Doughty
General Counsel
        and Senior Vice President,
Legal, Human Resources and Administration
c/o
Kosmos Energy, LLC
8176 Park Lane,
        Suite 500
Dallas, TX 75231
(214)
445-9600 (t)
(Name, address and telephone number,
    including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Jeffrey P. Crandall
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 450-4000 (t)
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
☐
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
☐
CALCULATION
    OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
    of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
Amount
    to be Registered (1)
Proposed
    Maximum Offering Price per Share (2)
Proposed
    Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount
    of
Registration Fee (3)
Common
    Shares, par value $0.01, to be issued under the Kosmos Energy Ltd. Long Term Incentive Plan
15,000,000
$5.43
$81,450,000
$8,202.02
Total
15,000,000
$5.43
$81,450,000
$8,202.02
(1)
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") covers common shares, par value $0.01 per
share ("Common Shares") of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (the "Company" or the "Registrant") (i) issuable
pursuant to the Kosmos Energy Ltd. Long Term Incentive Plan, amended and restated as of January 23, 2015 (the "Plan"),
(ii) to be issued in the future under the Plan and (iii) pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), any additional Common Shares that may become issuable under the Plan by reason of any share dividend,
share split or other similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities
Act. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share represents the average of the high and low prices reported for a Common Share
on the New York Stock Exchange on September 28, 2015.
(3)
Rounded up to the nearest penny.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This
Registration Statement has been prepared and filed pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E
to Form S-8 for the purpose of registering an additional 15,000,000 Common Shares that are issuable at any time or from time to
time under the Plan.  Pursuant to General Instruction E, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
for the Plan with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on May 16, 2011 (Registration No. 333-174234),
including the documents incorporated by reference therein, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except
as supplemented by the information set forth below.
PART I
The
information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions
of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8 instructions. The documents containing
the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan 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 are incorporated
herein by reference:
(a)	The Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the Commission on February 23, 2015 (Registration No. 001-35167).
(b)	All reports filed pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since December 31, 2014.
(c)	The description of the Company's
share capital which is contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 001-35167), dated
May 6, 2011, including any amendments or supplements thereto.
All documents filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents; except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to shareholders or document or current report
furnished under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions. Any statement contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is incorporated 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 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Specimen share certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed April 25, 2011 (Commission File No. 333-171700)).
4.2
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed March 23, 2011 (Commission File No. 333-171700)).
2
4.3
Memorandum of Association of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, dated March 31, 2011 (Commission File No. 333-171700)).
4.4
Bye-laws of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated May 6, 2011 (Commission File No. 001-35167)).
5
Opinion of
Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited
(filed herewith).
23.1
Consent of
Ernst & Young LLP
(filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited
(included in Exhibit 5).
24
Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereof).
99
Kosmos Energy Ltd. Long Term Incentive Plan (amended and restated
        as of January 23, 2015) (filed herewith).
3
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, 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
Dallas, Texas, on the 2nd day of October, 2015.
KOSMOS ENERGY LTD.
By:
/s/ Jason E. Doughty
Name:
Jason E. Doughty
Title:
General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Legal, Human Resources and Administration
4
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,
that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Andrew G. Inglis, Thomas P. Chambers
and Jason E. Doughty acting singly, his true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (i) act on, sign and file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and/or the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this registration statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto and any subsequent registration statement filed
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda together with all
schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii) act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may
be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, (iii) take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate in connection
therewith, granting unto such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do
in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact or any of their substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
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.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
        Andrew G. Inglis
Chairman and Chief Executive
    Officer
(principal executive officer)
October 2, 2015
Andrew G. Inglis
/s/
        Thomas P. Chambers
Senior
                                         Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(principal
        financial officer)
October 2, 2015
Thomas P. Chambers
/s/
        Paul M. Nobel
Senior
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(principal
        accounting officer)
October 2, 2015
Paul M. Nobel
/s/
        Brian F. Maxted
Director
October 2, 2015
Brian F. Maxted
/s/
        Sir Richard B. Dearlove
Director
October 2, 2015
Sir Richard B. Dearlove
/s/
        David I. Foley
Director
October 2, 2015
David I. Foley
/s/
        David B. Krieger
Director
October 2, 2015
David B. Krieger
/s/
        Joseph P. Landy
Director
October 2, 2015
Joseph P. Landy
5
/s/
        Prakash A. Melwani
Director
October 2, 2015
Prakash A. Melwani
/s/
        Adebayo O. Ogunlesi
Director
October 2, 2015
Adebayo O. Ogunlesi
/s/
        Chris Tong
Director
October 2, 2015
Chris Tong
/s/
        Christopher A. Wright
Director
October 2, 2015
Christopher A. Wright
6
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Specimen share certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed April 25, 2011 (Commission File No. 333-171700)).
4.2
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed March 23, 2011 (Commission File No. 333-171700)).
4.3
Memorandum of Association of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, dated March 31, 2011 (Commission File No. 333-171700)).
4.4
Bye-laws of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated May 6, 2011 (Commission File No. 001-35167)).
5
Opinion of
Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited
(filed herewith).
23.1
Consent of
Ernst & Young LLP
(filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited
(included in Exhibit 5).
24
Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereof).
99
Kosmos Energy Ltd. Long Term Incentive Plan (amended and restated
        as of January 23, 2015) (filed herewith).