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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each Phantom Unit was the economic equivalent of one EVEP common unit at the close of business on the vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each of the reporting persons disclaims beneficial ownership in excess of their respective pecuniary interest in such securities.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

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        <signatureName>EnCap V-B Acquisitions L.P. by EnCap V-B Acquisitions GP LLC its GP by EnCap Energy Capital Fund V-B, L.P. its memb by EnCap Equity Fund V GP, L.P. its GP by EnCap Investments L.P. its GP by EnCap Investments GP L.L.C. its GP by /s/ Gary Petersen, Sr.MD</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-01-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>EnCap V-B Acquisitions GP LLC, by EnCap Energy Capital Fund V-B LP., its member, by EnCap Equity Fund V GP L.P., its GP, by EnCap Investments L.P., its GP, by EnCap Investments GP L.L.C., its GP, by /s/ Gary Petersen, Senior Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-01-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>EnCap Energy Capital Fund V-B L.P., by EnCap Equity Fund V GP L.P., its GP, by EnCap Investments L.P., its GP, by EnCap Investments GP L.L.C., its GP, by /s/ Gary Petersen, Senior Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-01-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>EnCap Equity Fund V GP L.P., by EnCap Investments L.P., its GP, by EnCap Investments GP L.L.C., its GP, by /s/ Gary Petersen, Senior Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-01-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>EnCap Investments L.P., by EnCap Investments GP L.L.C., its GP, by /s/ Gary Petersen, Senior Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-01-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>EnCap Investments GP L.L.C., by /s/ Gary Petersen, Senior Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-01-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>RNBD GP LLC, by /s/ D. Martin Phillips, Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-01-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ David B. Miller</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-01-18</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Robert L. Zorich</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-01-18</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ D. Martin Phillips</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-01-18</signatureDate>
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