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    <periodOfReport>2022-08-17</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001392091</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BKEP</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001477405</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Bradshaw Steven M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>6060 AMERICAN PLAZA</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 600</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TULSA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OK</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>74135</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common units representing limited partner interests</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-08-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>83599</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>4.65</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">In connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 21, 2022, by and among Ergon Asphalt &amp; Emulsions, Inc., Merle, LLC, Blueknight Energy Partners G.P., L.L.C. and Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), these common units were converted into a right of the holder to receive an amount in cash equal to the per unit merger consideration of $4.65. Of Mr. Bradshaw's common units, 73,517 units were fully vested prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and 10,082 were restricted units accelerated immediately prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Mr. Bradshaw is a director of Blueknight Energy Partners G.P., L.L.C., the general partner of Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Steven M. Bradshaw</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-08-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
