Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On September 9, 2008, EV Energy Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership") announced it had closed its previously announced acquisitions of natural gas and oil properties in the San Juan Basin, Mid-Continent (Oklahoma, Texas Panhandle and Kansas), Eastland County, Texas and West Virginia for $173.5 million in cash and 1,145,123 common units of the Partnership. The common units were issued to EnerVest, Ltd. as part of the consideration for its share of the net proceeds from the sale of the San Juan Basin and West Virginia assets to the Partnership. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On September 8, 2008, the Partnership closed its previously announced acquisitions of natural gas and oil properties in the San Juan Basin, Mid-Continent (Oklahoma, Texas Panhandle and Kansas), Eastland County, Texas and West Virginia for $173.5 million in cash and 1,145,123 common units of the Partnership. The cash portion of the four acquisitions was funded through borrowings under the Partnership's existing credit agreement. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sale of Securities.

The disclosure set forth above under Item 2.01 to this Current Report is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (Information furnished in this Item 9.01 is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01.)

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 News Release of EV Energy Partners, L.P. dated September 9, 2008

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