Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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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 * Kouplen Angela	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WPX ENERGY, INC. [ WPX ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                    _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) SVP and CIO
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) 3500 ONE WILLIAMS CENTER	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 12/31/2020
(Street) TULSA, OK 74172 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	12/31/2020		M(1)		4309	A	(2)	115874.2015	D
Common Stock	12/31/2020		F(3)		1912	D	$8.15	113962.2015	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units	(2)	12/31/2020		M			5724	(4)	(4)	Common Stock	5724	(2)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	The Board of Directors (the "Board") of WPX Energy, Inc. (the "Company") approved the accelerated vesting, effective as of December 31, 2020, of 4,309 time-based restricted stock units previously granted to the Reporting Person which originally were scheduled to vest on March 2, 2021. The Board approved the accelerated vesting in order to mitigate potential adverse tax consequences to the Company and the Reporting Person of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, in connection with the Company's merger with Devon Energy Corporation.
(2)	Each time-based restricted stock unit represented a contingent right to receive a share of common stock, subject to the applicable award agreement.
(3)	Represents shares withheld to satisfy withholding tax obligations due upon accelerated vesting of restricted stock units.
(4)	Award vested on an accelerated basis on December 31, 2020. See footnote 1 for additional information

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Kouplen Angela 3500 ONE WILLIAMS CENTER TULSA, OK 74172			SVP and CIO

Signatures
By Stephen E. Brilz, Attorney-in-Fact for Angela Kouplen		1/5/2021
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date