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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)
February 5, 2008
 
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 (State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
001-33055
 (Commission
File Number)
 
74-3169953
 (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
515 South Flower Street, Suite 4800
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(Address of principal executive office)
 
(213) 225-5900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
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:
 
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
On February 5, 2008, the Partnership (“BBEP”) issued a press release announcing that it has been informed that Provident Energy Trust has undertaken a planning initiative process and, as part of that process, will seek to sell its holdings in various BreitBurn entities, including 14,404,962 limited partnership units of BBEP, representing 21.49% of the limited partnership interests, a 95.55% interest in BreitBurn GP LLC, the general partner of BBEP, and a 96.017% interest in BreitBurn Energy Company L.P., which is not a part of BBEP. A copy of the press release is furnished and attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth in this Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless the Partnership specifically states that the information is to be considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates it by reference into a filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits.
 
Press Release of BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. dated February 5, 2008
 
 
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.
 
 
 
 
BREITBURN ENERGY PARTNERS L.P.
     
    By:   BreitBurn GP, LLC,
       
its general partner
         
 
 
 
 
 
Date: February 5, 2008
 
By:
 
/s/ Randall H. Breitenbach
 
 
 
 
Randall H. Breitenbach
 
 
 
 
Co-Chief Executive Officer
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX

 
99.1
Press Release of BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. dated February 5, 2008