15-12G

PDC ENERGY, INC.

Date: August 25, 2023

/s/ Kari H. Endries

Kari H. Endries

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number: 001-37419

PDC Energy, Inc.*

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1099 18^th Street, Suite 1500

Denver, Colorado

80202

(303) 860-5800

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

6.125% Senior Notes due 2024

5.75% Senior Notes due 2026

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

None

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:


Rule 12g-4(a)(1)		☒
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)		☐
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)		☒
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)		☐
Rule 15d-6		☐
Rule 15d-22(b)		☐

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:

6.125% Senior Notes due 2024 – No holders

5.75% Senior Notes due 2026 – 73 holders

Common Stock, $0.01 par value – 1 holder

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, PDC Energy, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

On May 21, 2023, PDC Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“PDC Energy”), Chevron Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Chevron”), and Bronco Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron (“Merger Subsidiary”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), providing for Chevron to acquire PDC Energy. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on August 7, 2023, Merger Subsidiary merged with and into PDC Energy, with PDC Energy continuing as the surviving corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron.

SEC Form 15-12G filed by PDC Energy Inc.