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): January 29, 2013

 

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.)
     
  1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1530  
  Oakland, California 94612  
(510) 522-9600                    (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)    
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 January 29, 2013, the United States Oil Fund, LP (the “Registrant”) issued its monthly account statement for the month ended December 31, 2012, which is presented in the form of a Statement of Income (Loss) and a Statement of Changes in Net Asset Value, as required pursuant to Rule 4.22 under the Commodity Exchange Act. A copy of the monthly account statement 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 Monthly Account Statement of the Registrant for the month ended December 31, 2012.

  

 
 

  

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: January 29, 2013 By: /s/ Howard Mah
  Name: Howard Mah
  Title: Chief Financial Officer