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    <periodOfReport>2013-06-01</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000750199</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>EPL OIL &amp; GAS, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EPL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001471993</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>McCarthy Marc T</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O WEXFORD CAPITAL LP</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>411 WEST PUTNAM AVE.</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GREENWICH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06830</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-06-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>690</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>32.45</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>690</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares of common stock represent the first installment of the annual retainer Mr. McCarthy received for his service on the Board of Directors through June 30, 2013.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">No consideration was paid to the Issuer for the common stock issued.  By way of reference, the closing price per share of the Issuer's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 31, 2013 was $32.45 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These shares have been assigned to Wexford Capital LP.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Marc T. McCarthy</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-06-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
