Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

RIVERSTONE HOLDINGS LLC

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 5/10/2018

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

TALOS ENERGY INC. [TALO]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O RIVERSTONE HOLDINGS LLC, 712 FIFTH AVENUE, 36TH FLOOR

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director ___ X ___ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10019

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_ X _ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	14926683	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Includes 13,669,287 shares held of record by Riverstone Talos Energy Equityco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Riverstone Equityco"), and 1,257,396 shares held of record by Riverstone Talos Energy Debtco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Riverstone Debtco").
(2)	David M. Leuschen and Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr. are the members of Riverstone Management Group, L.L.C., which is the general partner of Riverstone /Gower Mgmt Co Holdings, L.P., which is the sole member of Riverstone Holdings, LLC, which is the sole shareholder of Riverstone Energy GP V Corp, which is the managing member of Riverstone Energy GP V, LLC, which is the general partner of Riverstone Energy Partners V, L.P., which is the general partner of Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund V (FT), L.P., which is the general partner of Riverstone V Talos Holdings, L.P., which is the managing member of Riverstone Equityco and the sole manager of Riverstone Debtco. Riverstone Energy GP V, LLC is managed by a managing committee consisting of Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr., David M. Leuschen, E. Bartow Jones, N. John Lancaster, Baran Tekkora, James T. Hackett, Michael B. Hoffman and Robert M. Tichio.
(3)	Each of Riverstone V Talos Holdings, L.P., Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund V (FT), L.P., Riverstone Energy Partners V, L.P., Riverstone Energy GP V, LLC, Riverstone Energy GP V Corp, Riverstone Holdings, LLC, Riverstone /Gower Mgmt Co Holdings, L.P., Riverstone Management Group, L.L.C., Mr. Lesuchen and Mr. Lapeyre may be deemed to have or share beneficial ownership of the common stock held directly by Riverstone Equityco or Riverstone Debtco. Each such entity or person disclaims any such beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

Remarks:
Due to the limitations of the electronic filing system, each of Riverstone Equityco, Riverstone Debtco, Riverstone V Talos Holdings, L.P., Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund V (FT), L.P., Riverstone Energy Partners V, L.P., Riverstone Energy GP V , LLC, Riverstone Energy GP V Corp are filing a separate Form 3.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
RIVERSTONE HOLDINGS LLC C/O RIVERSTONE HOLDINGS LLC 712 FIFTH AVENUE, 36TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10019		X
Riverstone/Gower Mgmt Co Holdings, L.P. C/O RIVERSTONE HOLDINGS LLC 712 FIFTH AVENUE, 36TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10019		X
Riverstone Management Group, L.L.C. C/O RIVERSTONE HOLDINGS LLC 712 FIFTH AVENUE, 36TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10019		X
LEUSCHEN DAVID M C/O RIVERSTONE HOLDINGS LLC 712 FIFTH AVENUE, 36TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10019		X
LAPEYRE PIERRE F JR C/O RIVERSTONE HOLDINGS LLC 712 FIFTH AVENUE, 36TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10019		X

Signatures
RIVERSTONE HOLDINGS LLC /s/ Peter Haskopoulos, Authorized Person		5/21/2018
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
RIVERSTONE /GOWER MGMT CO HOLDINGS, L.P. By: Riverstone Management Group, L.L.C., its general partner /s/ Peter Haskopoulos, Manager		5/21/2018
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
RIVERSTONE MANAGEMENT GROUP, L.L.C. /s/ Peter Haskopoulos, Manager		5/21/2018
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ David M. Leuschen		5/21/2018
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr.		5/21/2018
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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