SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Smith Alan L (Last) (First) (Middle) 1401 MCKINNEY SUITE 2400 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77010 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol QR Energy, LP [ QRE ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/19/2014
	4. If Amendment, Date of 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

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	11/19/2014		M		101,896	D	(1)(2)	311,908	D
Common Units	11/19/2014		D		311,908	D	(1)(2)	0	D
Class B Units	11/19/2014		A		2,325,246	A	(3)	2,325,246	I	See Footnote(4)
Class B Units	11/19/2014		D		2,325,246	D	(3)	0	I(4)	See Footnote(4)

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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
Performance Units(1)	(1)	11/19/2014		M			75,638	(1)	(1)	Common Units	75,638	$0	0	D
Restricted Units(2)	(2)	11/19/2014		M			26,258	(2)	(2)	Common Units	26,258	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of July 23, 2014 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among QR Energy, LP (the "Partnership"), QRE GP, LLC, Breitburn Energy Partners LP ("Breitburn"), Breitburn GP LLC, and Boom Merger Sub, LLC ("Merger Sub"), Merger Sub merged with and into the Partnership (the "Merger"), with the Partnership surviving the Merger and continuing as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Breitburn. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, any performance units granted under the QRE GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan vested immediately prior to the November 19, 2014 closing of the Merger, and were settled in a number of common units determined based on the actual attainment of the applicable performance goal(s) as of two business days prior to the closing. Each resulting common unit was converted at the closing into the right to receive 0.9856 Breitburn common units

2. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of July 23, 2014 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among QR Energy, LP (the "Partnership"), QRE GP, LLC, Breitburn Energy Partners LP ("Breitburn"), Breitburn GP LLC, and Boom Merger Sub, LLC ("Merger Sub"), Merger Sub merged with and into the Partnership (the "Merger"), with the Partnership surviving the Merger and continuing as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Breitburn. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, any common units of the Partnership that were granted under the QRE GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan and subject to time-based vesting or forfeiture conditions vested upon the November 19, 2014 closing of the Merger and the restrictions with respect thereto lapsed, and each resulting common unit was converted at the closing into the right to receive 0.9856 Breitburn common units

3. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of July 23, 2014 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among QR Energy, LP (the "Partnership"), QRE GP, LLC, Breitburn Energy Partners LP ("Breitburn"), Breitburn GP LLC, and Boom Merger Sub, LLC ("Merger Sub"), Merger Sub merged with and into the Partnership (the "Merger"), with the Partnership surviving the Merger and continuing as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Breitburn. Upon the November 19, 2014 closing of the Merger, each Class B unit of the Partnership was converted into the right to receive 0.9856 Breitburn common units, or in the case of fractional Breitburn units, cash (without interest and rounded up to the nearest whole cent) in an amount equal to the product of (i) such fractional part of a Breitburn unit multiplied by (ii) the average closing price for a Breitburn unit as reported on the NASDAQ for the ten consecutive full trading days ending at the close of trading on the full trading day immediately preceding November 19,

4. Pursuant to the previously disclosed Contribution Agreement, dated March 2, 2014, by and among QR Energy, LP (the "Partnership"), QRE GP, LLC (the "General Partner"), QR Holdings (QRE), LLC ("QRH") and QR Energy Holdings, LLC ("QREH"), the General Partner distributed 3,826,393 Class B units to QRH and 2,307,165 Class B units to QREH. Reporting person owns an economic interest in QREH

Remarks:

	Gregory S. Roden on behalf of Alan L. Smith	11/21/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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