Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): March 30, 2012

UNITED STATES OIL FUND, LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-32834   20-2830691

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1320 Harbor Bay Parkway, Suite 145

Alameda, California 94502

 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(510) 522-9600

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 30, 2012, the United States Oil Fund, LP (the “Registrant”) issued its annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011, as required pursuant to Rule 4.22 under the Commodity Exchange Act. A copy of the annual financial statements is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and also can be found on the Registrant’s website at www.unitedstatesoilfund.com. The information furnished in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 Annual Financial Statements of the Registrant for the year ended December 31, 2011.


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.

 

 

UNITED STATES OIL FUND, LP

 

By:

 

United States Commodity Funds LLC, its general partner

Date: March 30, 2012

 

By:

 

/s/ Howard Mah

 

Name:

 

Howard Mah

 

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer