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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * ENCORE ACQUISITION CO   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Encore Energy Partners LP [ENP] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 777 MAIN STREET, SUITE 1400 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/07/2008 (Street) FORT WORTH, TX 76102 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction 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 Units representing limited partner interests 02/07/2008   P   6,884,776 A (1) 20,924,055 I See footnote (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction 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 (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ENCORE ACQUISITION CO 777 MAIN STREET SUITE 1400 FORT WORTH, TX 76102		X
ENCORE OPERATING LP 777 MAIN STREET SUITE 1400 FORT WORTH, TX 76102		X
Encore Partners LP Holdings LLC 777 MAIN STREET SUITE 1400 FORT WORTH, TX 76102		X
EAP PROPERTIES INC 777 MAIN STREET SUITE 1400 FORT WORTH, TX 76102		X
EAP OPERATING INC 777 MAIN STREET SUITE 1400 FORT WORTH, TX 76102		X

Signatures

/s/ Philip D. Devlin (on behalf of all Reporting Persons)		02/08/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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)	The reporting person acquired the Common Units as partial consideration for certain oil and natural gas and related assets having an estimated fair market value of approximately $250.4 million pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Purchase and Investment Agreement among Encore Operating, L.P. ("Encore Operating"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the reporting person, the Issuer and Encore Energy Partners Operating LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer.
(2)	The common units are owned directly by Encore Partners LP Holdings LLC ("LP Holdings") and Encore Operating. The sole limited partner and the sole general partner of Encore Operating is EAP Properties, Inc. ("EAP Properties") and EAP Operating, LLC ("EAP Operating"), respectively. Each of LP Holdlings, EAP Properties and EAP Operating is a wholly owned subsidary of EAC. Each of EAP Properties, EAP Operating and EAC are indirect beneficial owners of the common units.

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