EPL Epl Oil & Gas

Energy Partners, Ltd. ("EPL") (NYSE:EPL) announced today that Richard A. Bachmann, EPL's Chairman and CEO, will make a scheduled presentation on Wednesday, September 7, at 11:45 AM Eastern time at the 2005 CEO Energy/Power Conference hosted by Lehman Brothers in New York, NY. A live and on-demand webcast will be available via the Company's website, www.eplweb.com. The webcast will also be accessible through the following link: http://customer.talkpoint.com/LEHM002/090605a_cs/default.asp? entity=EnergyPartners. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) A copy of the presentation handout will be available for download on the Company's web site. Founded in 1998, EPL is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Company's operations are focused along the U. S. Gulf Coast, both onshore in south Louisiana and offshore in the shallow to moderate depth waters of the Gulf of Mexico Shelf. Any statements made in this news release, other than those of historical fact, about an action, event or development, which the Company hopes, believes or anticipates may or will occur in the future, are "forward-looking statements" under U. S. securities laws. Such statements are subject to various assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which are specifically described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or an assurance that the Company's current assumptions and projections are valid. Actual results may differ materially from those projected.