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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

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8-K</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION
13 OR 15(d)</P>

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REPORTED)<BR>
June 22, 2012 (June 21, 2012)</P>

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its charter)<BR STYLE="mso-special-character: line-break">
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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Delaware</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">001-33055</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">74-3169953</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Commission</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">incorporation or organization)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>515 South Flower Street, Suite 4800<BR>
Los Angeles, CA 90071</B></P>

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</B>(Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code)</P>

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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders. </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On June 21, 2012, BreitBurn Energy Partners
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the &ldquo;Partnership&rdquo;), held its Annual Meeting of Limited Partners (the &ldquo;2012
Annual Meeting&rdquo;) in Los Angeles, California. At the 2012 Annual Meeting, the Partnership&rsquo;s limited partners were requested
to (1)&nbsp;elect two directors to the Board of Directors (the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;) of BreitBurn GP, LLC, the general partner of
the Partnership (the &ldquo;General Partner&rdquo;), for a three-year term that will expire in 2015 at the 2015 Annual Meeting
of Limited Partners (&ldquo;Class I Directors&rdquo;), or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and (2) ratify
the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Partnership&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm for the
fiscal year ending December&nbsp;31, 2012, all of which were described in the Partnership&rsquo;s Notice of Annual Meeting and
Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The following actions were taken by the Partnership&rsquo;s
limited partners with respect to each of the proposals:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">1.</TD><TD>Elect two Class I Directors. All nominees were re-elected as directors by the votes indicated:</TD></TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 27%; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline">Nominee</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 17%; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Voted For</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Votes Withheld</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Broker Non-Votes</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>John R. Butler, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">22,075,477</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">357,254</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">40,132,985</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Gregory Moroney</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">22,079,713</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">353,018</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">40,132,985</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">2.</TD><TD>Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December&nbsp;31,
2012. This proposal was approved by the votes indicated:</TD></TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 28%; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Voted For</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Voted Against</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Abstentions</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">62,086,643</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">270,468</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">208,605</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><B><I>SIGNATURES</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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 thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">BREITBURN ENERGY PARTNERS L.P.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 41%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD>BREITBURN GP, LLC,</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>its general partner</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Dated: June 22, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Halbert S. Washburn</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Halbert S. Washburn</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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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)
June 22, 2012 (June 21, 2012)
BREITBURN ENERGY PARTNERS L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in
its charter)
Delaware
001-33055
74-3169953
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
File Number)
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)
o
Soliciting material
pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders.
On June 21, 2012, BreitBurn Energy Partners
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Partnership"), held its Annual Meeting of Limited Partners (the "2012
Annual Meeting") in Los Angeles, California. At the 2012 Annual Meeting, the Partnership's limited partners were requested
to (1) elect two directors to the Board of Directors (the "Board") of BreitBurn GP, LLC, the general partner of
the Partnership (the "General Partner"), for a three-year term that will expire in 2015 at the 2015 Annual Meeting
of Limited Partners ("Class I Directors"), or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and (2) ratify
the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Partnership's independent registered public accounting firm for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, all of which were described in the Partnership's Notice of Annual Meeting and
Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting.
The following actions were taken by the Partnership's
limited partners with respect to each of the proposals:
1.
Elect two Class I Directors. All nominees were re-elected as directors by the votes indicated:
Nominee
Voted For
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
John R. Butler, Jr.
22,075,477
357,254
40,132,985
Gregory Moroney
22,079,713
353,018
40,132,985
2.
Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2012. This proposal was approved by the votes indicated:
Voted For
Voted Against
Abstentions
62,086,643
270,468
208,605
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 thereunto duly authorized.
BREITBURN ENERGY PARTNERS L.P.
By:
BREITBURN GP, LLC,
its general partner
Dated: June 22, 2012
By:
/s/ Halbert S. Washburn
Halbert S. Washburn
Chief Executive Officer