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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Murray Stacy   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AZURE MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP [AZUR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Accounting Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) 12377 MERIT DRIVE, SUITE 300 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/05/2016 (Street) DALLAS, TX 75251 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common units representing limited partner interests 07/05/2016(1)   M(2)   2,379 A $ 0 (3) 2,379 D   Common units representing limited partner interests 07/05/2016(1)   F   777 (4) D $ 0.7 1,602 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Phantom Units

(3)

07/05/2016

M

2,379

07/01/2016

(5)

Common Units

2,379

$ 0

19,759

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Murray Stacy 12377 MERIT DRIVE SUITE 300 DALLAS, TX 75251			Chief Accounting Officer

Signatures

/s/ Stacy Murray		07/06/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Date request was made by Issuer to Issuer's transfer agent to issue common units to those grantees whose phantom units vested on July 1, 2016, pursuant to the Marlin Midstream Partners, LP 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(2)	Represents the conversion upon vesting of phantom units into common units. On July 9, 2015, the Reporting Person was granted 7,138 phantom units of which 2,379 phantom units vested on July 1, 2016. Such phantom units were previously reported in Table II on a Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2015. The common units into which such phantom units converted is reported in Table I on this Form 4.
(3)	Each phantom unit is the economic equivalent of one common unit (limited partner interest) and will entitle the grantee to receive one common unit or an amount of cash equal to the fair market value of a common unit upon the vesting of the phantom unit.
(4)	The Reporting Person is reporting the withholdding by Azure Midstream Partners, LP of 777 common units to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligations in connection with the delivery of the phantom units noted in footnote 2 above to the Reporting Person.
(5)	Phantom units do not expire.
Remarks: The Reporting Person is the Chief Accounting Officer of Azure Midstream GP, LLC (the "General Partner"). The Issuer is managed by the directors and executives of the General Partner.

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