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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549



FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  July 7, 2009 (June 30, 2009)


GENESIS ENERGY, L.P.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware
1-12295
76-0513049
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)



919 Milam Suite 2100, Houston, Texas
77002
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)


(713) 860-2500
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;  Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 
 
(b) Effective June 30, 2009, Gareth Roberts resigned from his position as a director and as Chairman of the board of Genesis Energy, LLC (“Genesis”), the general partner of Genesis Energy, L.P. (“GEL”).  Mr. Roberts also served on the compensation committee of the board of directors of Genesis.  Mr. Roberts, who resigned in conjunction with his contemporaneous resignation as an officer of Denbury Resources Inc. and its subsidiaries, had been appointed as a director and Chairman of the board of Genesis by its sole owner, a Denbury subsidiary, in 2002.
 


SIGNATURES
 

 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 

 

   
GENESIS ENERGY, L.P.
(A Delaware Limited Partnership)
 
By:
GENESIS ENERGY, LLC, as General Partner
Date:  July 7, 2009
By:
   
Grant E. Sims
Chief Executive Officer