Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Sanchez Patricio D.
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sanchez Production Partners LP [SPP] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Operating Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1000 MAIN STREET, SUITE 3000		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/10/2016
(Street)

HOUSTON, TX 77002		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Units 08/10/2016   A(1)   150,398 A $ 10.82 150,398 I By SP Holdings, LLC (2)
Common Units 08/10/2016   J(1)   150,398 D $ 0 0 I By SP Holdings, LLC (2)
Common Units               127,030 D  
Common Units               19,602 I By 1988 Trust #14 (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Sanchez Patricio D.
1000 MAIN STREET, SUITE 3000
HOUSTON, TX 77002		   X     Chief Operating Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ Patricio D. Sanchez   08/12/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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) Represents an anticipated distribution to SP Holdings, LLC ("SP Holdings") of 150,398 Issuer common units on or before September 1, 2016 pursuant to the Amended and Restated Shared Services Agreement, by and between Issuer and SP Holdings, dated March 6, 2015, and an anticipated concurrent distribution by SP Holdings of all 150,398 common units to its sole member, SP Capital Holdings, LLC ("SP Capital"), for no consideration, and an anticipated concurrent distribution by SP Capital of (i) 139,118 common units to its members on a pro rata basis and for no consideration (including the 36,171 common units to be distributed to Patricio Sanchez), resulting in exempt distributions under Rule 16a-9 and/or Rule 16a-13 of 150,398 common units to SP Capital and 139,118 common units from SP Capital to the members of SP Capital, including Patricio Sanchez, and (ii) the remaining 11,280 units to one individual.
(2) These common units will be owned directly by SP Holdings. SP Holdings is owned and controlled by its sole member, SP Capital. SP Capital is managed by Patricio Sanchez and other members of the Sanchez family. Patricio Sanchez may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the securities controlled by SP Capital. Patricio Sanchez disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership by Patricio Sanchez of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.
(3) These common units are owned directly by 1998 Trust #14 ("Trust 14"). Patricio Sanchez is a co-trustee, along with A. R. Sanchez, Jr., and beneficiary of Trust 14. Patricio Sanchez may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the common units held by Trust 14. Patricio Sanchez disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership by Patricio Sanchez of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

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