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June 20, 2024
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Aliya Ishmukhamedova
| Re: | Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. | |||||||
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-278284)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. hereby respectfully requests that, pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the effectiveness of its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-278284) be accelerated so that the Registration Statement will become effective on Monday, June 24, 2024, at 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Tull R. Florey of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP at (346) 718-6767.
| Sincerely, | ||||||||
| FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ John C. Ivascu | |||||||
| John C. Ivascu | ||||||||
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||
| cc: | Tull R. Florey, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | ||||