Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
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 (Month/Day/Year)
02/24/2017
(Street)

HOUSTON, TX 77002		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction 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 02/24/2017   A(1)(2)   170,750 A $ 11.66 170,750 I By SP Holdings, LLC (3)
Common Units 02/24/2017   A(1)(2)   154,737 A $ 13.45 325,487 I By SP Holdings, LLC (3)
Common Units 02/24/2017   J(1)(2)   325,487 D $ 0 0 I By SP Holdings, LLC (3)
Common Units 05/01/2017   S(4)   9,000 D $ 13.97 223,692 (5) D  
Common Units 05/02/2017   S(4)   6,000 D $ 13.94 217,692 (5) D  
Common Units               35,320 I By Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation (6) (7)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction 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
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(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

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/ Alfredo Gutierrez, Attorney-in-Fact   05/03/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents a distribution to SP Holdings, LLC ("SP Holdings") of a total of 325,487 Issuer common units, comprised of 170,750 and 154,737 common units valued at $11.66 and $13.45 per common unit, respectively, on February 24, 2017 pursuant to the Amended and Restated Shared Services Agreement, by and between Issuer and SP Holdings, dated March 6, 2015 (the "Shared Services Agreement"), and a concurrent distribution by SP Holdings of all 325,487 common units to its sole member, SP Capital Holdings, LLC ("SP Capital"), for no consideration.
(2) Concurrently with such aforementioned distributions, SP Capital distributed (i) 301,076 common units to its members on a pro rata basis and for no consideration (including the 78,279 common units distributed to Antonio R. Sanchez, III) and (ii) the remaining 24,411 common units to one individual, cumulatively resulting in exempt distributions under Rule 16a-9 and/or Rule 16a-13 of 325,487 common units to SP Capital, 301,076 common units to the members of SP Capital (including Antonio R. Sanchez, III) and 24,411 common units to one individual.
(3) These common units were 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.
(4) The sales of common units directly owned by Antonio R. Sanchez, III reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan established by Antonio R. Sanchez, III and were used to satisfy Antonio R. Sanchez, III's federal income tax obligations with respect to various distributions of common units pursuant to the Shared Services Agreement.
(5) This number represents the number of common units beneficially owned as of the date of this filing and takes into account, in addition to the transactions reported herein, other transactions reported on Form 4 and Form 5 filings since February 24, 2017, the date of the earliest transaction reported herein.
(6) 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 by Antonio R. Sanchez, III of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.
(7) These securities were inadvertently excluded from the immediately preceding Form 4 of Antonio R. Sanchez, III filed April 5, 2017.

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