Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Fir Tree, L.L.C.
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/28/2008		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ENCORE ACQUISITION CO [EAC]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
505 FIFTH AVENUE, 23 RD FLOOR		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10017		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 5,344,632
I
See Footnotes (1) (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Fir Tree, L.L.C.
505 FIFTH AVENUE
23 RD FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10017		     X    
Camellia Partners, LLC
505 FIFTH AVENUE
23 RD FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10017		     X    
TANNENBAUM JEFFREY
505 FIFTH AVENUE
23 RD FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10017		     X    
Fredman Andrew
505 FIFTH AVENUE
23 RD FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10017		     X    

Signatures

Jeffrey Tannenbaum, Principal of Fir Tree, L.L.C. 03/05/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Jeffrey Tannenbaum, Principal of Camellia Partners, LLC 03/05/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Jeffrey Tannenbaum 03/05/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Andrew Fredman 03/05/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) The filing of this Form 3 shall not be construed as an admission that Fir Tree, L.L.C., Camellia Partners, LLC, Jeffrey Tannenbaum or Andrew Fredman (the "Reporting Persons") is or was for the purposes of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise the beneficial owner of any of the shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of Encore Acquisition Company (the "Issuer") owned by Fir Tree Value Master Fund, LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership ("Fir Tree Value"), Fir Tree Capital Opportunity Master Fund, LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership ("Fir Tree Capital Opportunity") or its affiliates. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1, the Reporting Persons disclaim such beneficial ownership.
(2) Fir Tree, L.L.C., the general partner of Fir Tree Value and Camellia Partners, LLC, the general partner of Fir Tree Capital Opportunity, hold indirectly the Common Stock through the accounts of Fir Tree Capital Opportunity and Fir Tree Value; Jeffrey Tannenbaum, the principal of Fir Tree, L.L.C. and Camellia Partners, LLC, and Andrew Fredman, another principal of Camellia Partners, LLC, at the time of purchase, controlled the disposition and voting of the Common Stock. Fir Tree, L.L.C. receives a performance-based allocation from Fir Tree Value and its affiliates. Camellia Partners, LLC receives a performance-based allocation from Fir Tree Capital Opportunity and its affiliates.
 
Remarks:
Although the Reporting Persons did not purchase any securities from the Issuer on February 28, 2008, the change in outstanding shares
from the Issuer's previous 10-Q to the 10-K filed on February 28, 2008 caused the Reporting Persons to own 10% of the Issuer's common
stock.

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