 TULSA, Okla., July 27, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. Blueknight or the Partnership Nasdaq: BKEP and BKEPP, announced today that the board of directors of its general partner has declared a quarterly cash distribution on the Partnerships common units of 0.04 per common unit, as well as a cash distribution of 0.17875 per unit on the Partnerships preferred units for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The second quarter 2021 distributions for both the common and preferred units remain unchanged from those paid for the first quarter 2021. The distributions are payable on August 13, 2021, on all outstanding common and preferred units to unitholders of record as of the close of business on August 6, 2021. 