<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-16-131335.txt : 20160706
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-16-131335
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160705
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160706
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160706

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AZURE MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001575599
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION [4922]
		IRS NUMBER:				462627595
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12377 MERIT DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75251
		BUSINESS PHONE:		972-674-5200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12377 MERIT DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75251

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Marlin Midstream Partners, LP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20130429

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BERTHELOT I J II
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001001559

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36018
		FILM NUMBER:		161754753
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        <footnote id="F1">Date request was made by Issuer to Issuer's transfer agent to issue common units to those grantees whose phantom units vested on July 1, 2016, pursuant to the Marlin Midstream Partners, LP 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents the conversion upon vesting of phantom units into common units. On July 9, 2015, the Reporting Person was granted 70,487 phantom units of which 23,493 phantom units vested on July 1, 2016. Such phantom units were previously reported in Table II on a Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2015. The common units into which such phantom units converted is reported in Table I on this Form 4.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Each phantom unit is the economic equivalent of one common unit (limited partner interest) and will entitle the grantee to receive one common unit or an amount of cash equal to the fair market value of a common unit upon the vesting of the phantom unit.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The Reporting Person is reporting the withholdding by Azure Midstream Partners, LP of 6,426 common units to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligations in connection with the delivery of the phantom units noted in footnote 2 above to the Reporting Person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Phantom units do not expire.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The Reporting Person is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Azure Midstream Partners GP, LLC (the &quot;General Partner&quot;). The Issuer is managed by the directors and execcutives of the General Partner.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Stacy Murray, as Attorney-in-Fact for I.J. ''Chip'' Berthelot, II</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-07-06</signatureDate>
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