SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: February 28, 2011 Estimated average burden hours per response 0.5
X	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/ (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BILL BARRETT CORP [ BBG ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/23/2005
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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 Stock	08/23/2005		S		3,208,333	D	$30.25 ( 7 )	3,207,023	I	See ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) ( 6 )

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/ (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOLDMAN SACHS & CO (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GS CAPITAL PARTNERS 2000 LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GS CAPITAL PARTNERS 2000 EMPLOYEE FUND LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD ST (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GSCP 2000 Offshore BBOG Holding, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GSCP 2000 GmbH BBOG Holding, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOLDMAN SACHS DIRECT INVESTMENT FUND 2000 LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD ST (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* STONE STREET 2000 LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD ST (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Stone Street BBOG Holding (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GS ADVISORS 2000 LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD ST (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. This statement is being filed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"), Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs"), GS Advisors 2000, L.L.C. ("GS Advisors"), Goldman, Sachs & Co. oHG ("GS oHG"), Goldman, Sachs Management GP GmbH ("GS GmbH"), GS Employee Funds 2000 GP, L.L.C. ("GS Employee 2000"), Stone Street 2000, L.L.C. ("Stone 2000"), GS Capital Partners 2000, L.P. ("GS Capital"), GS Capital Partners 2000 Offshore, L.P. ("GS Offshore"), GSCP 2000 Offshore BBOG Holding, L.P. ("GS Offshore BBOG LP"), GS Capital Partners 2000 GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG ("GS Germany"), GSCP 2000 GmbH BBOG Holding I ("GS Germany BBOG I"), GSCP 2000 GmbH BBOG Holding, L.P. ("GS Germany BBOG Holding"), GS Capital Partners 2000 Employee Fund, L.P. ("GS Employee"), (continued in next footnote)

2. Stone Street Fund 2000, L.P. ("Stone Street"), Stone Street BBOG Holding ("Stone BBOG") and Goldman Sachs Direct Investment Fund 2000, L.P. ("GS Direct" and, together with GS Capital, GS Offshore BBOG LP, GS Germany BBOG Holding, GS Employee, Stone Street and Stone BBOG, the "Purchasers") (GS Group, Goldman Sachs, GS Advisors, GS oHG, GS GmbH, GS Employee 2000, Stone 2000, GS Offshore, GS Germany, GS Germany BBOG I and the Purchasers, collectively, the "Filing Persons"). Due to the electronic system's limitation of 10 Reporting Persons per joint filing, this statement is being filed in duplicate.

3. Pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated August 17, 2005 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), and in connection with the registered public offering of shares of Bill Barrett Corporation (the "Company") common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), pursuant to the final prospectus filed by the Company on August 18, 2005 pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1993, as amended, which offering was consummated on August 23, 2005, the Purchasers sold an aggregate of 3,208,333 shares of Common Stock.

4. Goldman Sachs and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly in the aggregate 3,207,023 shares of Common Stock through certain investment partnerships of which affiliates of Goldman Sachs and GS Group are the general partner, managing general partner, managing partner, investment manager or stockholder. Goldman Sachs is a direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group. Goldman Sachs and GS Group disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

5. GS Capital beneficially owns directly and its general partner, GS Advisors, may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 1,728,658 shares of Common Stock. GS Offshore BBOG LP beneficially owns directly and its general partner, GS Offshore, and GS Advisors, the general partner of GS Offshore, may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 628,128 shares of Common Stock. GS Germany BBOG Holding beneficially owns directly and each of GS Germany BBOG I, the general partner of GS Germany BBOG Holding, GS Germany, the sole stockholder of GS Germany BBOG I, GS GmbH, the sole managing partner of GS Germany and GS oHG, the sole stockholder of GS GmbH may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 72,254 shares of Common Stock. GS Employee beneficially owns directly and its general partner, GS Employee 2000, may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 548,909 shares of Common Stock.

6. GS Direct beneficially owns directly and its general partner, GS Employee 2000, may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 114,537 shares of Common Stock. Stone BBOG beneficially owns directly and its sole stockholder, Stone Street, and Stone 2000, the general partner of Stone Street, may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly, 5,423 shares of Common Stock. Stone Street beneficially owns directly and its general partner, Stone 2000, may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 109,114 shares of Common Stock. Each of GS Advisors, GS Offshore, GS Germany BBOG I, GS Germany, GS GmbH, GS oHG, GS Employee 2000, Stone Street and Stone 2000, disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

7. Represents price to public in the underwritten public offering.

	/s/ Ted Chang, Attorney-in-Fact	08/26/2005
	/s/ Ted Chang, Attorney-in-Fact	08/26/2005
	/s/ Ted Chang, Attorney-in-Fact	08/26/2005
	/s/ Ted Chang, Attorney-in-Fact	08/26/2005
	/s/ Ted Chang, Attorney-in-Fact	08/26/2005
	/s/ Ted Chang, Attorney-in-Fact	08/26/2005
	/s/ Ted Chang, Attorney-in-Fact	08/26/2005
	/s/ Ted Chang, Attorney-in-Fact	08/26/2005
	/s/ Ted Chang, Attorney-in-Fact	08/26/2005
	/s/ Ted Chang, Attorney-in-Fact	08/26/2005
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