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    <schemaVersion>X0305</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2012-06-18</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001112412</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ENDEAVOUR INTERNATIONAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>END</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001133521</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>STEELHEAD PARTNERS LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>333 108TH AVE. NE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BELLEVUE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>98004</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See Remarks (1) and (2)</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001327721</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>JOHNSTON JAMES MICHAEL</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>333 108TH AVE. NE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BELLEVUE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>98004</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See Remarks (1) and (2)</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001327722</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>KLEIN BRIAN KATZ</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>333 108TH AVE. NE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BELLEVUE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>98004</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See Remarks (1) and (2)</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>(1) The reporting persons are: (i) Steelhead Partners, LLC (&quot;Steelhead&quot;), a registered investment advisor within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(a)(1)(v) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (ii) each of James Michael Johnston and Brian Katz Klein, Steelhead's member-managers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 (2) The reporting persons are filing this Form 4 voluntarily  to  indicate that they are exiting from Section 16 reporting effective as of June 18, 2012 per General Instruction 1(b) to Form 4.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Steelhead Partners, LLC; By: Brent Binge, General Counsel; /s/ Brent Binge</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-06-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Brent Binge, Attorney-In-Fact for J. Michael Johnston</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-06-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Brent Binge, Attorney-In-Fact for Brian K. Klein</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-06-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
