<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001022321-16-000229.txt : 20161004
<SEC-HEADER>0001022321-16-000229.hdr.sgml : 20161004
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20161004161125
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001022321-16-000229
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161001
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161004
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161004

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GENESIS ENERGY LP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001022321
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-PETROLEUM BULK STATIONS & TERMINALS [5171]
		IRS NUMBER:				760513049
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		919 MILAM, SUITE 2100
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7138602500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		919 MILAM, SUITE 2100
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROBERTSON CORBIN J III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001268006

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12295
		FILM NUMBER:		161918960

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 JEFFERSON SUITE 3600
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002
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        <footnote id="F1">The payment of the phantom units in cash is deemed to be a disposition of the phantom units in exchange for the acquisition of the underlying Common Units - Class A and a simultaneous disposition of the underlying Common Units - Class A to the issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Upon vesting, the phantom units were paid in cash based on the average closing price of the Common Units - Class A for the 20 trading days immediately prior to the date of vesting.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Members of the immediate family of the Reporting Person are beneficiaries of this trust and the Reporting Person may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the securities held by it.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Members of the immediate family of the Reporting Person and the Corby and Brooke Robertson 2014 Children's Trust are security holders of BHJ Investments, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (&quot;BHJ LP&quot;) and BHJ Investments GP LLC, a Texas limited liability company and BHJ LP's general partner, and the Reporting Person may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the securities held by BHJ LP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Award includes tandem distribution equivalent rights pursuant to which the quarterly distributions paid by the partnership on each Common Unit - Class A will be accrued over the vesting period and paid quarterly.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The phantom units will be paid in cash based on the average closing price of the Common Units - Class A for the 20 trading days immediately prior to the vesting date.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

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        <signatureName>Corbin J. Robertson, III</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-10-04</signatureDate>
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