UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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                              ENERGY PARTNERS, LTD.
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                (Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)

                                    ATS INC.
                     an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of
                             WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LTD.
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
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99.1           Complaint filed in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware
               in and for New Castle County, captioned ATS, Inc., a Delaware
               corporation, v. Richard A. Bachmann, John C. Bumgarner, Jr.,
               Jerry D. Carlisle, Harold D. Carter, Enoch L. Dawkins, Norman C.
               Francis, Robert D. Gershen, Phillip A. Gobe, William R. Herrin,
               Jr., William O. Hiltz, John G. Phillips, Energy Partners, LTD., a
               Delaware corporation, and Stone Energy Corporation, a Delaware
               corporation, Civil Action No. 2374-N, filed August 28, 2006