Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  BAIN CAPITAL CREDIT MEMBER, LLC
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/26/2016		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Yuma Energy, Inc. [YUMA]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O BAIN CAPITAL CREDIT, LP, 200 CLARENDON STREET		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

BOSTON, MA 02116		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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 1,607,301
I
See Footnotes (1) (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 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)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
BAIN CAPITAL CREDIT MEMBER, LLC
C/O BAIN CAPITAL CREDIT, LP
200 CLARENDON STREET
BOSTON, MA 02116		     X    
Sankaty Davis, LLC
C/O BAIN CAPITAL CREDIT, LP
200 CLARENDON STREET
BOSTON, MA 02116		     X    

Signatures

/s/ Bain Capital Credit Member, LLC 11/07/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
/s/ Sankaty Davis, LLC 11/07/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Bain Capital Credit Member, LLC ("BCCM) is the administrative member of Sankaty Davis, LLC ("Sankaty Davis"). As a result, BCCM may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to all of the shares of Common Stock held by Sankaty Davis. BCCM disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
(2) Reflects Sankaty Davis' beneficial ownership of shares of common stock of the Issuer after the reincorporation of Yuma Energy, Inc., a California corporation, to Delaware and the 1-for-20 reverse stock split.

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