24.03.2006 14:00:00

EPL Names Javan Ottoson as Senior Vice President - Drilling and Engineering

Energy Partners, Ltd. ("EPL") (NYSE:EPL) announced todaythat Javan D. Ottoson will join EPL on April 17, 2006 as Senior VicePresident - Drilling and Engineering. In addition to setting strategyand direction for the Company as a member of senior management, Mr.Ottoson will oversee all aspects of the Company's drilling andengineering functions and will report to Phillip A. Gobe, EPL'sPresident and Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Ottoson was most recently with Chevron serving as PermianAsset Development Manager, a position he has held since Chevron'sacquisition of Unocal in 2005. Prior to that acquisition, he was theWest Area Asset Manager for Pure Resources, Inc., a division ofUnocal, a position he had held since 2003. Mr. Ottoson also spent 20years with ARCO in a variety of operational and financial roles, bothdomestically and abroad. Mr. Ottoson holds a B.S. in Chemical andPetroleum Refining Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

Richard A. Bachmann, EPL's Chairman and CEO, remarked, "We areboth excited and fortunate to bring Javan into our senior managementteam, and we expect that his extensive experience across a number offunctions and roles will be a great asset to the Company. As wecontinue to mature as a Company and expand our exploration andproduction operations, his proven skills as a leader are a welcome andneeded addition that will enhance our prospects as a Company in 2006and beyond."

Founded in 1998, EPL is an independent oil and natural gasexploration and production company based in New Orleans, Louisiana.The Company's operations are focused along the U.S. Gulf Coast, bothonshore in south Louisiana and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.

Any statements made in this news release, other than those ofhistorical fact, about an action, event or development, which theCompany hopes, believes or anticipates may or will occur in thefuture, are "forward-looking statements" under U.S. securities laws.Such statements are subject to various assumptions, risks anduncertainties, which are specifically described in our Annual Reporton Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements are notguarantees of future performance or an assurance that the Company'scurrent assumptions and projections are valid. Actual results maydiffer materially from those projected.

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