8-K

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): May 14, 2012

REGENCY ENERGY PARTNERS LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	001-35262	16-1731691
(State or other jurisdiction of  incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer  Identification No.)

2001 Bryan, Suite 3700

 Dallas, Texas 75201

 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (214) 750-1771

(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 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 14, 2012, Regency Energy Partners LP (the “Partnership”) issued a press release announcing that Edwards Lime Gathering, LLC, its joint venture with Talisman Energy USA Inc. and Statoil Pipelines LLC, will construct an expansion in the Eagle Ford Shale located in South Texas.

A copy of the press release is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth in the attached Exhibit 99.1 is deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)-(c) Not used.

(d)Exhibits. In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth in the attached Exhibit 99.1 is deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act.

Exhibit
Number	Description
Exhibit 99.1	Regency Energy Partners LP Press Release dated May 14, 2012.

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.

REGENCY ENERGY PARTNERS LP  By: Regency GP LP, its general partner  By: Regency GP LLC, its general partner
By:	/s/ Thomas E. Long
	Thomas E. Long
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

May 14, 2012

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Regency Announces Expansion of Gathering and Treating Assets

in Eagle Ford Shale

DALLAS, May 14, 2012 – Regency Energy Partners LP (NYSE: RGP), (“Regency” or the “Partnership”), announced today it will construct an expansion of its Edwards Lime Gathering Joint Venture (“Edwards Lime”) in the Eagle Ford Shale located in South Texas. The Edwards Lime Expansion will increase the system’s capacity by 90 MMcf/d to 160 MMcf/d, and will provide for additional crude transportation and stabilization capacity of 17,000 BBls/d.

Regency owns a 60 percent interest in Edwards Lime and operates the assets on behalf of the joint venture. The remaining 40 percent interest is owned by Talisman Energy USA Inc. (“Talisman”) and Statoil Pipelines LLC (“Statoil”).

“This expansion will provide additional natural gas and condensate gathering and treating capacity in the liquids-rich Eagle Ford Shale, and we believe this will be an accretive investment for Regency,” said Keith Crawford, regional vice president of Regency.

“In addition, we are excited to work with our joint venture partners, who have dedicated production within an area of mutual interest to this project which will further expand Regency’s presence in the Eagle Ford Shale,” continued Crawford.

Contracts on the expansion are fee-based, which includes reservation fees. Capital expenditures related to the expansion are expected to total approximately $150 million. Regency will be responsible for approximately $90 million; this amount is included in Regency’s previously announced 2012 growth capital projections. The project is expected to be complete in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Regency Energy Partners LP (NYSE: RGP) is a growth-oriented, master limited partnership engaged in the gathering and processing, contract compression, contract treating and transportation of natural gas and the transportation, fractionation and storage of natural gas liquids. Regency's general partner is owned by Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (NYSE: ETE). For more information, visit Regency’s website at www.regencyenergy.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This release contains “forward-looking” statements, which are any statements that do not relate strictly to historical facts.  The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “will” or similar expressions help identify forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which include, but are not limited to, our ability to successfully build and operate the project, construction costs and other expenditures exceeding budgeted amounts, as well as the risks, uncertainties and assumptions enumerated in our Forms 10-Q and 10-K, and other public filings and press releases.  Although we believe our forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, current expectations and projections about future events, we cannot give assurances that such assumptions, expectations and projections will prove to be correct.  Therefore, actual results and outcomes may differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements.  We undertake no obligation to update publicly or to revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

CONTACT:

Investor Relations:

Lyndsay Hannah

Regency Energy Partners

Manager, Finance & Investor Relations

214-840-5477

ir@regencygas.com

Media Relations:

Vicki Granado

Granado Communications Group

214-599-8785

vicki@granadopr.com