EPL Epl Oil & Gas

Energy Partners, Ltd. ("EPL") (NYSE:EPL) will present at the Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference on Friday, April 28, 2006 at 11:30 a.m. in New Orleans. A copy of the presentation handout will also be available for download on the Company's web site. Burkenroad Reports is an equity research program at Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business. This year's luncheon speaker will be Matt Simmons, one of the world's foremost energy experts. The luncheon program is hosted by Tulane's Energy Studies Institute. To register for the conference contact Burkenroad Reports at (504) 865-5559 or www.burkenroad.org. 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 Gulf of Mexico. 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, 2005 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.