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

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September 28, 2007

MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-31239	27-0005456
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification Number)

1515 Arapahoe Street, Tower 2, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80202

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 303-925-9200

Not Applicable.
(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

x   Written Communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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SECTION 1 — Registrant’s Business and Operations

ITEM 1.01.   Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 28, 2007, MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (“MarkWest”) entered into an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Linde BOC Process Plants, LLC for an approximate $100 million expansion of MarkWest’s Javelina plant, located in Corpus Christi, Texas.  This expansion involves the installation of a steam methane reformer (“SMR”) facility for the recovery of high purity hydrogen.  This new facility’s production will support a 20-year hydrogen supply agreement entered into between MarkWest Blackhawk, L.P., a wholly owned subsidiary of MarkWest, and CITGO Refining and Chemicals Company L.P. (“CITGO”), on September 28, 2007.

MarkWest will begin construction of the SMR facility at its Javelina plant in the fourth quarter of 2007 and expects to commence delivering high-purity hydrogen in early 2010.  Once operational, the SMR facility will have the capacity to deliver 33 million cubic feet per day of high-purity hydrogen.  In addition to the SMR facility, MarkWest will construct a delivery pipeline from the Javelina plant to the CITGO facility.

ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)        Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
99.1	Press release dated October 4, 2007, announcing construction of $100 million expansion of Javelina plant.

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SIGNATURE

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

	MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
	(Registrant)
Date: October 4, 2007	By:	/s/ NANCY K. BUESE
		Nancy K. Buese Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P.	Contact:	Frank Semple, President and CEO
1515 Arapahoe Street		Nancy Buese, Senior VP and CFO
Tower 2, Suite 700		Andy Schroeder, VP of Finance/Treasurer
Denver, CO 80202	Phone:	(866) 858-0482
	Fax:	(303) 290-8309
	E-mail	investorrelations@markwest.com
	Website:	www.markwest.com

MarkWest to Construct $100 Million Expansion of Javelina Plant

DENVER—October 4, 2007—MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MWE) today announced it will invest approximately $100 million to expand its Javelina plant, located in Corpus Christi, Texas.

MarkWest will begin construction of a steam methane reformer (“SMR”) facility at its Javelina plant in the fourth quarter of 2007 and expects to commence delivering high-purity hydrogen in early 2010.  Once operational, the SMR facility, combined with the existing facilities at the Javelina plant, will produce in excess of 50 million cubic feet per day of high-purity hydrogen.  The expansion is anchored by long-term, fee-based supply agreements.

“This state-of-the-art SMR facility will be fully integrated with our existing Javelina plant and will further enhance the value of these assets,” said Frank Semple, President and CEO of MarkWest Energy Partners.  “This project further demonstrates our commitment to meet the needs of our customers and their long term strategic objectives.”

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MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. is a publicly traded master limited partnership with a solid core of midstream assets and a growing core of gas transmission assets. It is one of the largest processors of natural gas in the Northeast and is the largest gas gatherer of natural gas in the prolific Carthage field in east Texas. It also has a growing number of other gas gathering and intrastate gas transmission assets in the Southwest, primarily in Texas and Oklahoma.

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  All statements other than statements of historical facts included or incorporated herein may constitute forward-looking statements.  These forward-looking statements, which in many instances can be identified by words like “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “believes” and other comparable words, involve risks and uncertainties that affect our operations, financial performance and other factors, as discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements, specifically those including those referring to future performance, growth, cash flow, operating income, distributable cash flow (DCF), distributions, or other factors, are reasonable, but are not guarantees of future performance and we can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct and that projected performance or distributions may not be achieved.  Among the factors that could cause results to differ materially are those

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risks discussed in our Form S-1, as amended, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, as amended, and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, each as filed with the SEC.  You are also urged to carefully review and consider the cautionary statements and other disclosures, including those under the heading “Risk Factors,” made in those filings, which identify and discuss significant risks, uncertainties and various other factors that could cause actual results to vary significantly from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.  We do not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statement.

MarkWest Energy Partners and MarkWest Hydrocarbon will file a joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in relation to the merger transaction announced on September 5, 2007.  Investors and security holders are urged to read these documents carefully when they become available because they will contain important information regarding MarkWest Energy Partners, MarkWest Hydrocarbon, and the transaction. A definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to security holders of MarkWest Energy Partners and MarkWest Hydrocarbon seeking their approval of the transactions contemplated by the redemption and merger agreement. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the joint proxy statement/prospectus (when it is available) and other documents containing information about MarkWest Energy Partners and MarkWest Hydrocarbon, without charge, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the joint proxy statement/prospectus and the SEC filings that will be incorporated by reference in the joint proxy statement/prospectus may also be obtained free of charge by directing a request to the entities’ investor relations department at 866-858-0482, or by accessing their website at www.markwest.com.

MarkWest Energy Partners, MarkWest Hydrocarbon, the officers and directors of the general partner of MarkWest Energy Partners, and the officers and directors of MarkWest Hydrocarbon may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from their security holders. Information about these persons can be found in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for each of MarkWest Energy Partners and MarkWest Hydrocarbon, as filed with the SEC, and additional information about such persons may be obtained from the joint proxy statement/prospectus when it becomes available.

This document shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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