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 29, 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):

 

¨ Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference are the audited Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition of United States Commodity Funds LLC (“USCF”), the general partner of the United States Oil Fund, LP (the “Registrant”), and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 23.1    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Exhibit 99.1    Audited Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition of USCF and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.

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 29, 2012

     By:  

/s/ Howard Mah

    Name:   Howard Mah
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer