UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported): August 4, 2020

BLUEKNIGHT ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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):

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

On August 4, 2020, subsidiaries of Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) and a subsidiary of Ergon, Inc. (“Ergon”) entered into two new agreements: the Master Storage, Throughput and Handling Agreement dated effective as of August 1, 2020 (the “2020 Master Storage, Throughput and Handling Agreement”) and the Operating and Maintenance Agreement dated effective as of August 1, 2020 (the “2020 Operating and Maintenance Agreement” and, together with the 2020 Master Storage, Throughput and Handling Agreement, the “Agreements”).  These Agreements replace three previously filed agreements, and all related amendments, between subsidiaries of the Partnership and Ergon: the Storage, Throughput and Handling Agreement dated October 5, 2016, the Amendment to Storage, Throughput and Handling Agreement effective January 1, 2019, and the Lessee Operated Facilities Lease Agreement dated January 1, 2019.

Pursuant to the 2020 Master Storage, Throughput and Handling Agreement, the Partnership provides Ergon storage and terminalling services at 22 facilities through December 31, 2027.  Pursuant to the 2020 Operating and Maintenance Agreement, Ergon will provide certain operations and maintenance services to the 22 facilities also under the 2020 Master Storage, Throughput and Handling Agreement through December 31, 2025, with automatic one-year renewals unless either party cancels.

The foregoing descriptions are summaries of the Agreements and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Agreements, copies of which are included as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 to this Form 8-K.

On August 5, 2020, the Partnership issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference. In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth herein and in the press release is deemed to be "furnished" and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

(d)     Exhibits

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth in the attached Exhibit 99.1 is deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of the Exchange Act.

* Certain information has been excluded from this exhibit because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.

SIGNATURES

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.