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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:18pt;">Sanchez Production Partners Increases Distribution on Common Units; Announces Distributions on Class B Preferred Units</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">HOUSTON</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;">--(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)&#x2014;Aug. 10, 2016--Sanchez Production Partners LP (NYSE MKT: SPP) (&#x201C;SPP&#x201D; or the &#x201C;Partnership&#x201D;) has declared a second quarter 2016 cash distribution on its common units of $0.4183 per unit ($1.6732 per unit annualized), which represents a third consecutive 1.5% increase since the Partnership&#x2019;s third quarter 2015 cas</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;">h distribution on common units for</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;"> a 6.1% annualized</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;"> rate of increase</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;">.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;">The Partnership has also declared a second quarter 2016 cash distribution of $0.45 per unit on its Class B preferred units.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;">The distributions are payable on Aug. 31, 2016 to holders of record on Aug. 22, 2016.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;color:#000000;">About the Partnership</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">Sanchez Production Partners LP (NYSE MKT: SPP) is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on the acquisition, development, ownership and operation of midstream energy infrastructure and production assets in North America.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Partnership owns an oil and natural gas gathering and processing system located in the Eagle Ford Shale in Dimmit and Webb Counties, Texas and a 50% interest in a gathering system in South Texas.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Partnership also currently owns producing reserves in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, the Gulf Coast region of Texas and Louisiana, and across several basins in Oklahoma and Kansas.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;">Additional information about SPP can be found in the Partnership&#x2019;s documents on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#006600;">www.sec.gov</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;">)</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;"> and in the &#x201C;Investor Presentation&#x201D; available on the Partnership&#x2019;s website.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;font-style:italic;color:#000000;">This press release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of&nbsp;SPP&#x2019;s distributions to non-U.S. investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business.&nbsp; Accordingly,&nbsp;SPP&#x2019;s distributions to non-U.S. investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;">This press release contains statements that are considered forward&#x2013;looking statements.&nbsp;&nbsp;All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that we expect, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements.&nbsp;&nbsp;These statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond our control.&nbsp;&nbsp;Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements due to factors listed in the &#x201C;Risk Factors&#x201D; section in our U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings and elsewhere in those filings.&nbsp;&nbsp;The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and other than as required by law, we do not intend to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>
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SPP 8-K 8916 EX 991
Exhibit 99.1
News
Release
Sanchez Production Partners Increases Distribution on Common Units; Announces Distributions on Class B Preferred Units
HOUSTON
--(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)—Aug. 10, 2016--Sanchez Production Partners LP (NYSE MKT: SPP) ("SPP" or the "Partnership") has declared a second quarter 2016 cash distribution on its common units of $0.4183 per unit ($1.6732 per unit annualized), which represents a third consecutive 1.5% increase since the Partnership's third quarter 2015 cas
h distribution on common units for
a 6.1% annualized
rate of increase
.
The Partnership has also declared a second quarter 2016 cash distribution of $0.45 per unit on its Class B preferred units.
The distributions are payable on Aug. 31, 2016 to holders of record on Aug. 22, 2016.
About the Partnership
Sanchez Production Partners LP (NYSE MKT: SPP) is a growth-oriented limited partnership focused on the acquisition, development, ownership and operation of midstream energy infrastructure and production assets in North America.  The Partnership owns an oil and natural gas gathering and processing system located in the Eagle Ford Shale in Dimmit and Webb Counties, Texas and a 50% interest in a gathering system in South Texas.  The Partnership also currently owns producing reserves in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, the Gulf Coast region of Texas and Louisiana, and across several basins in Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Additional Information
Additional information about SPP can be found in the Partnership's documents on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (
www.sec.gov
)
and in the "Investor Presentation" available on the Partnership's website.
This press release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100.0%) of SPP's distributions to non-U.S. investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business.  Accordingly, SPP's distributions to non-U.S. investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that are considered forward–looking statements.  All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that we expect, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements.  These statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond our control.  Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements due to factors listed in the "Risk Factors" section in our U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings and elsewhere in those filings.  The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and other than as required by law, we do not intend to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
PARTNERSHIP CONTACT
Charles C. Ward
Chief Financial Officer
Sanchez Production Partners GP LLC
(877) 847-0009
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