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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001199073-13-000552
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130722
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130723
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130722

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			North American Energy Partners Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001368519
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL, GAS FIELD SERVICES, NBC [1389]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			A0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33161
		FILM NUMBER:		13979991

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ZONE 3, ACHESON INDUSTRIAL AREA
		STREET 2:		2-53016 HIGHWAY 60
		CITY:			ACHESON
		STATE:			A0
		ZIP:			T7X 5A7
		BUSINESS PHONE:		780-960-7171

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ZONE 3, ACHESON INDUSTRIAL AREA
		STREET 2:		2-53016 HIGHWAY 60
		CITY:			ACHESON
		STATE:			A0
		ZIP:			T7X 5A7

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY PARTNERS INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061129

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NACG Holdings Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20060707
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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Edmonton, Alberta, July 22, 2013</font> - North American Energy Partners Inc. (&#8220;NAEP&#8221; or &#8220;the Company&#8221;) (TSX/NYSE: NOA) today announced that it will apply up to $170,000,000 of the net proceeds of the recently completed sale of its piling business to reduce indebtedness under its outstanding 9.125% Series 1 Senior Unsecured Debentures due 2017 (the &#8220;Notes&#8221;).&#160;&#160;This will be accomplished first through an offer made to satisfy the requirement in the indenture under which the Notes were issued (the &#8220;Indenture&#8221;) to use the excess proceeds from the piling asset sale (the &#8220;Sale&#8221;) to purchase Notes at par.&#160;&#160;Holders of Notes have the option of accepting this offer.&#160;&#160;Secondly, the Company will partially redeem its Notes (the &#8220;Redemption&#8221;).</font></div>

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