UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of ~~the~~The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~May~~June 1023, 2011 (June 22, 2011)

ENCORE ENERGY PARTNERS LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	001-33756	61-1521161
Delaware	001-33676	20-8456807
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

5847 San Felipe, Suite 3000

Houston, Texas 77057

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (832) 327-2255

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 21.0201. Entry ~~Results~~into ofa ~~Operations~~Material ~~and~~Definitive ~~Financial Condition~~Agreement.

On ~~May~~June 1022, 2011 pursuant to two Purchase and Sale Agreements,(the “Purchase Agreements”), Encore Energy Partners LP (the “~~ENP~~Company”), ~~issued~~agreed ato ~~press~~acquire ~~release~~producing ~~announcing,~~oil ~~among~~and ~~other~~natural ~~things,~~gas ~~(1) its~~assets ~~unaudited~~in ~~results for~~ the ~~first~~Permian ~~quarter~~Basin of ~~2011,~~West ~~and~~Texas (2the “Purchased Assets”) from a ~~liquidity~~private ~~update~~seller (“Seller”) for $42.5 Amillion ~~copy~~(the of“Acquisition”) and paid the ~~press~~Seller ~~release~~a isnon-refundable ~~furnished~~deposit asof ~~Exhibit 99~~$4.25 million. This transaction has an effective date of May 1, 2011 and is expected to ~~this~~close ~~Form~~on ~~8-K~~or before August 1, 2011.

InThe ~~the~~Purchased ~~press~~Assets ~~release,~~have ~~ENP~~total ~~uses~~estimated ~~the~~proved ~~non-GAAP~~reserves ~~financial~~of ~~measures~~2.74 ~~(as~~million ~~defined~~barrels ~~under~~of ~~the~~oil ~~SEC’s~~equivalent, ~~Regulation G)~~ of ~~“Adjusted~~which ~~EBITDA,”~~approximately ~~“Distributable~~70% ~~cash~~are ~~flow,”~~oil and ~~“Adjusted~~natural ~~net~~gas ~~income.”~~liquids ~~The~~reserves ~~press~~and ~~release~~100% ~~contains~~is ~~reconciliations~~proved ofdeveloped. ~~these~~At ~~non-GAAP~~closing ~~financial~~of ~~measures (or~~ the ~~components used in the calculation of such non-GAAP financial measures~~Acquisition, asnet ~~applicable)~~production attributable to ~~ENP’s~~the ~~most~~Purchased ~~directly~~Assets ~~comparable~~should ~~financial~~be ~~performance~~approximately ~~and~~500 ~~liquidity~~barrels ~~measures~~of ~~calculated~~oil ~~and~~equivalent ~~presented~~per ~~in accordance with GAAP~~day.

The ~~information~~parties ~~being~~have ~~furnished~~made ~~pursuant~~customary to Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that sectionrepresentations, ~~nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933~~warranties, orcovenants ~~the~~and ~~Exchange~~agreements ~~Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference~~ in ~~such~~the aPurchase ~~filing~~Agreement.

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreements, which are attached as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On June 22, 2011, the Company issued a press release announcing the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The exhibit listed below is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K.

EXHIBIT NUMBER		DESCRIPTION

Exhibit 10.1		Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated June 22, 2011 among Vanguard Permian, LLC and Encore Energy Partners Operating, LLC and EnerVest Institutional Fund X-A, L.P. and EnerVest Institutional Fund X-WI, L.P.

Exhibit 10.2		Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated June 22, 2011 among Vanguard Permian, LLC and Encore Energy Partners Operating, LLC and EV Properties, L.P.

Exhibit 99.1		Press Release dated June 22, 2011

EXHIBIT NUMBER		DESCRIPTION
Exhibit 99.1		Press Release dated May 10, 2011

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	ENCORE ENERGY PARTNERS LP
	By: Encore Energy Partners GP LLC, its general partner
	By:	/s/ ~~Richard~~Scott AW. ~~Robert~~Smith
	Name:	~~Richard~~Scott AW. ~~Robert~~Smith
	Title:	~~Executive Vice~~ President, ~~and~~ Chief ~~Financial~~Executive Officer and Director
May 10, 2011
June 23, 2011

EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NUMBER		DESCRIPTION
Exhibit 99.1		Press Release dated May 10, 2011
Exhibit 10.1		Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated June 22, 2011 among Vanguard Permian, LLC and Encore Energy Partners Operating, LLC and EnerVest Institutional Fund X-A, L.P. and EnerVest Institutional Fund X-WI, L.P.
Exhibit 10.2		Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated June 22, 2011 among Vanguard Permian, LLC and Encore Energy Partners Operating, LLC and EV Properties, L.P.
Exhibit 99.1		Press Release dated June 22, 2011

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