Edgar Filing: ENERGY PARTNERS LTD

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 ^*

Â FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/21/2009

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ENERGY PARTNERS LTD [EPL]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

,Â ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 2100

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	__X__ Other (specify below)
Member of Group Owning 10%

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO,Â CAÂ 94111

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	704,729	D ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Â
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	607,805	D ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Â
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	60,331	D ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Â
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	769,746	D ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Â
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	2,044,086	D ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	Â
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	2,044,086	I	See Footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁸⁾
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	2,760,812	I	See Footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁹⁾
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	2,142,611	I	See Footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	4,903,423	I	See Footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 2100 SAN FRANCISCO,Â CAÂ 94111	Â	Â X	Â	Member of Group Owning 10%
Saddle Rock Onshore Funding, L.L.C. C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 2100 SAN FRANCISCO,Â CAÂ 94111	Â	Â X	Â	Member of Group Owning 10%
Lighthouse Hill Capital Management II, L.L.C. C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 2100 SAN FRANCISCO,Â CAÂ 94111	Â	Â X	Â	Member of Group Owning 10%
STEYER THOMAS F C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 2100 SAN FRANCISCO,Â CAÂ 94111	Â	Â X	Â	Member of Group Owning 10%

Signatures

/s/ Monica R. Landry as attorney-in-fact and/or authorized signer for each of Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C., Saddle Rock Onshore Funding, L.L.C. and Lighthouse Hill Capital Management II, L.L.C.		09/30/2009
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Monica R. Landry as attorney-in-fact and/or authorized signer for Thomas F. Steyer		09/30/2009
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
.		09/30/2009
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
.		09/30/2009
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The entities and individuals identified in the footnotes of this Form 3 may be deemed members of a group holding equity securities of the Issuer. The filing of this Form 3 and any statements included herein shall not be deemed to be an admission that such entities and individuals are members of such group.
(2)	Since the number of reporting persons that may be listed on a Form 3 is limited, the entities and individuals listed in the footnotes of this Form 3 that are not reporting persons on this Form 3 are filing two additional Form 3s on the date hereof as reporting persons with respect to the securities described in this Form 3 (the "Parallel Form 3s"). Information regarding these entities and individuals is included on this Form 3 for purposes of clarification and convenience only and is duplicative of the information reported in the Parallel Form 3s.
(3)	The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Farallon Capital Partners, L.P. ("FCP").
(4)	The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Farallon Capital Institutional Partners, L.P. ("FCIP").
(5)	The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Farallon Capital Institutional Partners II, L.P. ("FCIP II").
(6)	The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Farallon Capital Offshore Investors II, L.P. ("FCOI II" and, together with FCP, FCIP and FCIP II, the "Farallon Funds").
(7)	The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Saddle Rock Onshore Funding, L.L.C. (the "SPV").
(8)	As a manager of the SPV, Lighthouse Hill Capital Management II, L.L.C. (the "SPV Manager") may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by the SPV. The SPV Manager disclaims any beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities reported or noted herein for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "'34 Act"), or otherwise, except as to the extent of its pecuniary interest, if any.
(9)	The amount of securities shown in this row is, in the aggregate, owned directly by (a) one or more discretionary accounts (the "Managed Accounts") managed by Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. ("FCMLLC") and (b) the SPV. As the registered investment adviser to the Managed Accounts, FCMLLC may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by the Managed Accounts. As the registered investment adviser to the SPV and the SPV Manager, FCMLLC may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by the SPV. FCMLLC disclaims any beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities reported or noted herein for purposes of Section 16 of the '34 Act or otherwise, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest, if any.
(10)	The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by the Farallon Funds. As the general partner of each of the Farallon Funds, Farallon Partners, L.L.C. ("FPLLC") may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by the Farallon Funds. FPLLC disclaims any beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities reported or noted herein for purposes of Section 16 of the '34 Act or otherwise, except as to securities representing its pro rata interest in, and interest in the profits of, the Farallon Funds.
(11)	The amount of securities shown in this row is, in the aggregate, owned directly by the Farallon Funds, the Managed Accounts and the SPV. Each of William F. Duhamel, Richard B. Fried, Daniel J. Hirsch, Monica R. Landry, Douglas M. MacMahon, Stephen L. Millham, Jason E. Moment, Ashish H. Pant, Rajiv A. Patel, Andrew J. M. Spokes, Richard H. Voon and Mark C. Wehrly (collectively, the "Managing Members") and Thomas F. Steyer (the "Senior Managing Member"), as either a managing member or a senior managing member of FPLLC and FCMLLC with the power to exercise investment discretion, may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by the Farallon Funds, the Managed Accounts or the SPV.
(12)	Each of the Managing Members and the Senior Managing Member disclaims any beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities reported or noted herein for purposes of Section 16 of the '34 Act or otherwise, except to the extent of his or her pecuniary interest, if any.

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