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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 * BACHMANN RICHARD A   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ENERGY PARTNERS LTD [EPL] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman and CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ENERGY PARTNERS, LTD., 201 ST. CHARLES AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/10/2008 (Street) NEW ORLEANS, LA 70170 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ 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 Stock 03/10/2008   J(1)   100,000 (2) D $ 0 (1) 1,434,958 D   Common Stock               2,939 I 401(K) Plan Common Stock               1,648 I By Spouse

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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

Forward Purchase Agreement

(1)

03/10/2008

J(1)

100,000

03/10/2008

03/10/2008

Common Stock

100,000

(1)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BACHMANN RICHARD A C/O ENERGY PARTNERS, LTD. 201 ST. CHARLES AVENUE NEW ORLEANS, LA 70170	X		Chairman and CEO

Signatures

John H. Peper, Attorney in Fact		03/11/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

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(2)	Consists of 100,000 shares of the Company's common stock that Mr. Bachmann agreed to deliver as described in Footnote 1.
(1)	On March 10, 2008 Richard A. Bachmann settled his obligation to deliver shares of common stock of Energy Partners, Ltd. (The "Company") under a prepaid variable forward sales contract (the "Contract") entered into with an unaffliated counterparty on March 9, 2005. To secure his obligation under the Contract, Mr. Bachmann pledged 100,000 shares to the counterparty. According to the Contract, the number of shares to be delivered by Mr. Bachmann at settlement would be determined by a formula based on the closing price of the Company's common stock on the maturity date. The closing price of the Company's common stock on the maturity date was $10.43 per share. Based on the formula, Mr. Bachmann delivered all 100,000 shares of the Company's common stock pledged under the Contract.

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