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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-16-007249
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160120
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160120
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160120

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STAR GAS PARTNERS LP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001002590
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-RETAIL STORES, NEC [5990]
		IRS NUMBER:				061437793
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14129
		FILM NUMBER:		161350174

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9 WEST BROAD STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 310
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06902
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2033287300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9 WEST BROAD STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 310
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06902
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C.
20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Date of report (Date
of earliest event reported) January 20, 2016</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>STAR GAS PARTNERS,
L.P.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>001-14129</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>06-1437793</B></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>9 West Broad Street, Suite 310, Stamford, CT</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>06902</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including
area code (203)&nbsp;328-7310</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>Not Applicable</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>(Former name or former
address, if changed since last report.)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">ITEM 2.02.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
AND FINANCIAL CONDITION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On January 20, 2016,&nbsp;Star Gas
Partners, L.P., a Delaware&nbsp;partnership (the &quot;Partnership&quot;), issued a press release declaring its quarterly
distribution on all units for the fiscal 2016 first quarter ending December 31, 2015.&nbsp; A copy of the&nbsp;press
release&nbsp;is furnished&nbsp;within this report as Exhibit 99.1.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The information in this report is being
furnished, and is not deemed as &quot;filed&quot; for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically
stated so therein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">ITEM 7.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Exhibit 99.1&nbsp; A copy of the Star Gas Partners, L.P. Press&nbsp;Release&nbsp;dated
January 20, 2016.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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 hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="vertical-align: top">By: Kestrel Heat, LLC (General Partner)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Date: January 20, 2016 </TD>
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<p style="text-align: right;"><strong>EXHIBIT 99.1</strong></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Star Gas Partners, L.P. Declares Quarterly Distribution of $0.095 Per Unit</strong></p>

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<p align="left">STAMFORD, Conn., Jan.  20, 2016  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Star Gas Partners, L.P. (the &#8220;Partnership&#8221; or &#8220;Star&#8221;) (NYSE:SGU), a home energy distributor and services provider, today declared its quarterly distribution of $0.095 per common unit for the fiscal 2016 first quarter ended December 31, 2015.&#160;</p>  <ul type="disc">

<li>Record date: February 1, 2016</li>

<li>Payment date: February 5, 2016</li></ul>

<p align="left">This announcement is intended to be a qualified notice to nominees under Treasury Regulation Sections 1.1446 and 1.1441, with 100 percent of the partnership's distributions to foreign unitholders attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business.&#160; Accordingly, the partnership's distributions to foreign unitholders are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest effective tax rate. Nominees, and not Star Gas Partners L.P., are treated as the withholding agents responsible for withholding on the distributions received by them on behalf of foreign unitholders.</p>

<p align="left"><strong>About Star Gas Partners, L.P.<br></strong>Star Gas Partners, L.P. is a full service provider specializing in the sale of home heating products and services to residential and commercial customers to heat their homes and buildings. The Partnership also sells and services heating and air conditioning equipment to its home heating oil and propane customers and, to a lesser extent, provides these offerings to customers outside of its home heating oil and propane customer base. In certain of Star's marketing areas, the Partnership provides home security and plumbing services primarily to its home heating oil and propane customer base. Star also sells diesel fuel, gasoline and home heating oil on a delivery only basis. Star is the nation's largest retail distributor of home heating oil based upon sales volume. Including its propane locations, Star serves customers in the more northern and eastern states within the Northeast, Central and Southeast U.S. regions. Additional information is available by obtaining the Partnership's SEC filings at www.sec.gov&#160;and by visiting Star's website at www.star-gas.com, where unit holders may request a hard copy of Star's complete audited financial statements free of charge.</p>

<p align="left"><strong>Forward Looking Information</strong><em><br>This news release includes "forward-looking statements" which represent the Partnership's expectations or beliefs concerning future events that involve risks and uncertainties, including those associated with the effect of weather conditions on our financial performance; the price and supply of the products that we sell; the consumption patterns of our customers; our ability to obtain satisfactory gross profit margins; our ability to obtain new customers and retain existing customers; our ability to make strategic acquisitions; the impact of litigation; our ability to contract for our current and future supply needs; natural gas conversions; future union relations and the outcome of current and future union negotiations; the impact of current and future governmental regulations, including environmental, health and safety regulations; the ability to attract and retain employees; customer creditworthiness; counterparty creditworthiness; marketing plans; general economic conditions and new technology. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this news release are forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words "believe," "anticipate," "plan," "expect," "seek," "estimate" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although the Partnership believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct and actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" and "Business Strategy" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Form 10-K") for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015 and under the heading "Risk Factors" in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q (the "Form 10-Q"). Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Partnership's expectations ("Cautionary Statements") are disclosed in this news release and in the Form 10-Q and Form 10-K. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Partnership or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the Cautionary Statements. Unless otherwise required by law, the Partnership undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise after the date of this news release.</em></p></p>

<p>CONTACT:<br>Star&#160;Gas&#160;Partners<br>Investor&#160;Relations<br>203/328-7310<br><br>Chris&#160;Witty<br>Darrow&#160;Associates<br>646/438-9385&#160;or&#160;cwitty@darrowir.com</p>
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