Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SANCHEZ ANTONIO R III	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sanchez Production Partners LP [ SPP ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __ X __ Director                      _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) 1000 MAIN STREET, SUITE 3000	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 8/10/2016
(Street) HOUSTON, TX 77002 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	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. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. 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	8/10/2016		A (1)		150398	A	$10.82	150398	I	By SP Holdings, LLC   (2)
Common Units	8/10/2016		J (1)		150398	D	$0	0	I	By SP Holdings, LLC   (2)
Common Units								148044   (1)	D
Common Units								35320	I	By Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation   (3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. 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		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 of Derivative Security: 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

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	Represents an anticipated distribution to SP Holdings, LLC ("SP Holdings") of 150,398 Issuer common units on or before September 1, 2016 pursuant to the Amended and Restated Shared Services Agreement, by and between Issuer and SP Holdings, dated March 6, 2015, and an anticipated concurrent distribution by SP Holdings of all 150,398 common units to its sole member, SP Capital Holdings, LLC ("SP Capital"), for no consideration, and an anticipated concurrent distribution by SP Capital of (i) 139,118 common units to its members on a pro rata basis and for no consideration (including the 36,171 common units to be distributed to Antonio R. Sanchez, III), resulting in exempt distributions under Rule 16a-9 and/or Rule 16a-13 of 150,398 common units to SP Capital and 139,118 common units from SP Capital to the members of SP Capital, including Antonio R. Sanchez, III, and (ii) the remaining 11,280 units to one individual.
( 2)	These common units will be owned directly by SP Holdings. SP Holdings is owned and controlled by its sole member, SP Capital. SP Capital is managed by Antonio R. Sanchez, III and other members of the Sanchez family. Antonio R. Sanchez, III may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the securities controlled by SP Capital. Antonio R. Sanchez, III disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership by Antonio R. Sanchez, III of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.
( 3)	These securities are owned directly by Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation ("SOG"). SOG is managed by Antonio R. Sanchez, III and other members of the Sanchez family. Antonio R. Sanchez, III shares voting and dispositive power over the securities controlled by SOG. Antonio R. Sanchez, III disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SANCHEZ ANTONIO R III 1000 MAIN STREET, SUITE 3000 HOUSTON, TX 77002	X

Signatures
/s/ Antonio R. Sanchez, III		8/12/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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