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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b><font face="serif" size="4">UNITED STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br></font>Washington, DC 20549</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="5"><b>FORM 8-K<br>
      <font size="2">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
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  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Date of Report (Date of earliest
event reported): April 11, 2006</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b><font face="serif" size="5"><u>ATLAS PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P.</u><br>
</font></b>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></p>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom"><div align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Delaware</font></div></td>
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<td width="31%" align="right" valign="bottom"><div align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">1-14998</font></div></td>
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<td align="left"><div align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">(State or Other
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  of Incorporation)</font></div></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">(Commission<br>File Number)</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)</font></td>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><u>311 Rouser Road, Moon Township,
      PA 15108</u><br>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area
code) (412) 262-2830</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">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 (see General Instruction A.2. below): </font></p>  <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Regulation FD Disclosure.</b></font></td>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">The information furnished pursuant
    to Item 7.01 in
this report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes
of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or otherwise
subject to the liability of that section, unless Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.
(&#147;Atlas&#148;) specifically states that the information is to be
considered &#147;filed&#148; under the Exchange Act or incorporates it by reference
into a filing under the
Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">On April 11, 2006, Atlas Pipeline
    Holdings, L.P. (&#147;Holdings&#148;) filed Amendment No. 2 to its
	 Registration Statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission
     (the &#147;SEC&#148;) relating to an initial public offering of 3,600,000
     common units, representing an approximate 17.1% limited partner interest
     in it. Upon completion of the offering, Holdings will own a
     100%
     ownership interest in Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC
(&#147;Atlas Pipeline GP&#148;), the general partner of Atlas.</font></p>

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    <td width="4%" valign="bottom"><font size="2">(i)</font></td>
    <td valign="bottom"><font size="2">a 2% general partner interest in Atlas, which
    entitles it to receive 2% of the cash distributed by Atlas;</font></td>
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    <td valign="top"><font size="2">(ii)</font></td>
    <td valign="top"><font size="2">all of the incentive distribution      rights in Atlas, which entitle it to receive increasing percentages, up
        to a
      maximum of 48.0%, of any cash distributed by Atlas as it reaches certain
      target
    distribution levels in excess of $0.42 per Atlas unit in any quarter; and</font></td>
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    <td valign="top"><font size="2">(iii)</font></td>
    <td align="left" valign="top"><font size="2">1,641,026 common units of Atlas,
     representing approximately 13.1% of the outstanding common units of Atlas,
        or a 12.1% limited partner interest in Atlas.</font></td>
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<p align="left"><font size="2">A registration statement relating to these securities
        has been filed with the SEC but has not
      yet been become
        effective. These
    securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the
    time the registration statement becomes effective. Amendment No. 2 to the
    registration statement and the
    related prospectus that will be filed by Holdings with the SEC will be available
    free of charge at the SEC&#146;s website,
         www.sec.gov, or
    you may obtain a prospectus by submitting requests to Lehman Brothers,
         c/o ADP Financial Services, Integrated Distribution Services, 1155 Long
         Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, email: monica_castillo@adp.com or
         fax (631) 254-7268.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2">The registration statement contains certain
information that may not have been previously made publicly available
by Atlas, which information is hereby incorporated by reference herein.</font>
<p><font size="2">Statements made herein may include forward-looking
    statements, which involve substantial risks and uncertainties. The completion
    of the offering is dependent upon numerous factors including market conditions.</font>


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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>SIGNATURES </b></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.</font></p>  <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
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<td colspan="2" align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>ATLAS PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P. </b></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">By:</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC </font><br>
<font size="2" face="serif">its general partner</font></td>
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<td align="left" width="52%"><font size="2" face="serif">Dated:  April 11,
    2006</font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">/s/  Sean P. McGrath</font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">By:  Sean P. McGrath</font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Title:  Chief Accounting Officer</font></td>
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Prepared and filed by St Ives Financial
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): April 11, 2006
ATLAS PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
1-14998
23-3011077
(State or Other
      Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
311 Rouser Road, Moon Township,
      PA 15108
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(Registrant's telephone number, including area
code) (412) 262-2830
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure.
The information furnished pursuant
    to Item 7.01 in
this report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes
of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise
subject to the liability of that section, unless Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.
("Atlas") specifically states that the information is to be
considered "filed" under the Exchange Act or incorporates it by reference
into a filing under the
Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
On April 11, 2006, Atlas Pipeline
    Holdings, L.P. ("Holdings") filed Amendment No. 2 to its
	 Registration Statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission
     (the "SEC") relating to an initial public offering of 3,600,000
     common units, representing an approximate 17.1% limited partner interest
     in it. Upon completion of the offering, Holdings will own a
     100%
     ownership interest in Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC
("Atlas Pipeline GP"), the general partner of Atlas.
Atlas Pipeline GP will own:
(i)
a 2% general partner interest in Atlas, which
    entitles it to receive 2% of the cash distributed by Atlas;
(ii)
all of the incentive distribution      rights in Atlas, which entitle it to receive increasing percentages, up
        to a
      maximum of 48.0%, of any cash distributed by Atlas as it reaches certain
      target
    distribution levels in excess of $0.42 per Atlas unit in any quarter; and
(iii)
1,641,026 common units of Atlas,
     representing approximately 13.1% of the outstanding common units of Atlas,
        or a 12.1% limited partner interest in Atlas.
A registration statement relating to these securities
        has been filed with the SEC but has not
      yet been become
        effective. These
    securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the
    time the registration statement becomes effective. Amendment No. 2 to the
    registration statement and the
    related prospectus that will be filed by Holdings with the SEC will be available
    free of charge at the SEC's website,
         www.sec.gov, or
    you may obtain a prospectus by submitting requests to Lehman Brothers,
         c/o ADP Financial Services, Integrated Distribution Services, 1155 Long
         Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, email: monica_castillo@adp.com or
         fax (631) 254-7268.
The registration statement contains certain
information that may not have been previously made publicly available
by Atlas, which information is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
Statements made herein may include forward-looking
    statements, which involve substantial risks and uncertainties. The completion
    of the offering is dependent upon numerous factors including market conditions.
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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.
ATLAS PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P.
By:
Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC
its general partner
Dated:  April 11,
    2006
/s/  Sean P. McGrath
By:  Sean P. McGrath
Title:  Chief Accounting Officer