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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Name of Issuer)

(Title of Class of Securities)

(CUSIP Number)

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

Rule 13d-1(b)

Rule 13d-1(c)

Rule 13d-1(d)

SCHEDULE 13D/A 0001193125-24-235378 0001635320 XXXXXXXX LIVE 6 Class A Common stock, par value $0.001 per share 02/24/2025 false 0001384195 76680V108 Ring Energy, Inc. 1725 HUGHES LANDING BLVD, SUITE 900 THE WOODLANDS TX 77380 Harsha Marti 212 878 0600 c/o Warburg Pincus LLC 450 Lexington Avenue New York NY 10017 0001635320 N Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 OO Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus Partners II (US), L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus (E&P) Energy LLC OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 OO Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus (E&P) Energy GP, L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P)-A, L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y WP Energy Stronghold Holdings, L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y WP Energy Partners Stronghold Holdings, L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B, L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-A, L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B Stronghold, LLC OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 OO 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus (E&P) XII LLC OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 OO 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus (E&P) XII, L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-2, L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-1, L.P.. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y WP XII Stronghold Holdings, L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y WP XII (E&P) Partners (A), L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN Y WP XII (E&P) Partners (B), L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN Y Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII-E (A), L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII-D (A), L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII (A), L.P. OO N DE 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 PN 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-2 Stronghold, LLC OO N X1 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 OO 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus & Co. N X1 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 OO 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Y Warburg Pincus LLC OO N X1 0 28945643 0 28945643 28945643 N 15.1 OO 1 Based on 191,696,093 shares issued and outstanding as of October 24, 2024 based on information from the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024. Class A Common stock, par value $0.001 per share Ring Energy, Inc. 1725 HUGHES LANDING BLVD, SUITE 900 THE WOODLANDS TX 77380 This Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D (the "Statement") relates to the shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), of Ring Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Issuer"), whose principal executive office is located at 1725 Hughes Landing Blvd. Suite 900, The Woodlands, Texas 77380. This Amendment amends the Schedule 13D (the "Original Schedule 13D") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on September 12, 2022, Amendment No. 1, filed with the SEC on October 31, 2022 ("Amendment No. 1"), Amendment No. 2, filed with the SEC on August 25, 2023 ("Amendment No. 2,"), Amendment No. 3, filed with the SEC on March 6, 2024 ("Amendment No. 3"), Amendment No. 4, filed with the SEC on September 20, 2024 ("Amendment No. 4") and Amendment No. 5, filed with the SEC on October 9, 2024 ("Amendment No. 5"), and together with the Original Schedule 13D, the "Schedule 13D"). All capitalized terms contained herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 13D. Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment does not modify any of the information previously reported in the Schedule 13D. (a)- (b) The information relating to the beneficial ownership of the Common Stock by each of the Reporting Persons set forth in Rows 7 through 13 of the cover pages hereto is incorporated by reference herein and is as of the date hereof. Such information assumes there are 191,696,093 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 24, 2024, as reported on the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 29, 2024 On February 24, 2025, certain of the Reporting Persons sold an aggregate of 6,575,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $1.23 per share pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Rule 144 Sale"), including: 1,856,123 shares sold by Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P)-A, L.P.; 1,184,486 shares sold by WP Energy Stronghold Holdings, L.P.; 96,981 shares sold by WP Energy Partners Stronghold Holdings, L.P.; 112,104 shares sold by Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-A, L.P.; 37,806 shares sold by Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B Stronghold, LLC; 1,201,417 shares sold by Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII (A), L.P.; 28,831 shares sold by Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII-D (A), L.P.; 43,625 shares sold by Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII-E (A), L.P.;78,571 shares sold by WP XII (E&P) Partners (A), L.P.;1,714,070 shares sold by WP XII Stronghold Holdings, L.P.; 202,181 shares sold by Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-1, L.P.; and 18,805 shares sold by Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-2 Stronghold, LLC. Following the Rule 144 Sale, the shares of Common Stock are directly held as follows: 8,171,355 shares by Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P)-A, L.P.; 5,214,558 shares by WP Energy Stronghold Holdings, L.P.; 426,948 shares by WP Energy Partners Stronghold Holdings, L.P.; 493,523 shares by Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-A, LP; 166,438 shares by Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B Stronghold, LLC; 5,289,092 shares by Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII (A), L.P.; 126,927 shares by Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII-D (A), L.P.; 192,054 shares by Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII-E (A), L.P.; 345,901 shares by WP XII (E&P) Partners (A), L.P.; 7,545,984 shares by WP XII Stronghold Holdings, L.P.; 890,079 shares by Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-1, L.P.; and 82,784 shares by Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-2 Stronghold, LLC. Warburg Pincus is the general partner of Warburg Pincus Partners II (US), L.P., which is the managing member of Warburg Pincus (E&P) Energy LLC and Warburg Pincus (E&P) XII LLC. Warburg Pincus (E&P) Energy LLC is the general partner of Warburg Pincus (E&P) Energy GP, L.P., which is the general partner of Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P)-A, L.P., WP Energy Stronghold Holdings, L.P., WP Energy Partners Stronghold Holdings, L.P., Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-A, L.P., and Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B, L.P. Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B, L.P. is the managing member of Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B Stronghold, LLC. Warburg Pincus (E&P) XII LLC is the general partner of Warburg Pincus (E&P) XII, L.P., which is the general partner of Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-1, L.P., Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-2, L.P., WP XII Stronghold Holdings, L.P., WP XII (E&P) Partners (A), L.P., WP XII (E&P) Partners (B), L.P., Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII (A), L.P., Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII-D (A), L.P., and Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII-E (A), L.P. Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-2, L.P. is the managing member of Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-2 Stronghold, LLC (Warburg Pincus and the other entities listed in this paragraph, collectively, the "Warburg Entities"). In such capacities, each of the Warburg Entities may be deemed to beneficially own the reported securities. Except for the Rule 144 Sale, the Reporting Persons have not effected any transactions related to the Common Shares since the filing of Amendment No. 5. None None. Exhibit 24.1 - Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2024, among the Reporting Persons, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 24.1 to Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule 13D. Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus Partners II (US), L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus (E&P) Energy LLC /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus (E&P) Energy GP, L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P)-A, L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 WP Energy Stronghold Holdings, L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 WP Energy Partners Stronghold Holdings, L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B, L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-A, L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B Stronghold, LLC /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus (E&P) XII LLC /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus (E&P) XII, L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-2, L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-1, L.P.. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 WP XII Stronghold Holdings, L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 WP XII (E&P) Partners (A), L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 WP XII (E&P) Partners (B), L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII-E (A), L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII-D (A), L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII (A), L.P. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-2 Stronghold, LLC /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus & Co. /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025 Warburg Pincus LLC /s/ Harsha Marti Harsha Marti, Authorized Signatory 02/27/2025