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)

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)

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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:

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.