Encore Energy Partners 10-Q 2011 Q3 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Encore Energy Partners LP ( “ENP”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Scott W. Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer of Encore Energy Partners GP LLC, the General Partner of ENP, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of ENP.

Date:  November 8, 2011                                                      /s/Scott W. Smith

   Scott W. Smith

                                                                    President and Chief Executive Officer

   of Encore Energy Partners GP LLC, the General Partner

   of Encore Energy Partners LP