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 THE ofSECURITIES ~~Report~~EXCHANGE ~~(Date~~ACT ofOF ~~earliest event reported): July 30, 2018~~1934

	UNITED STATES SHORT OIL FUND, LP
	(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware	001-34371	26-2939256
(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)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 8, 2018

UNITED STATES SHORT OIL FUND, LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-34371

26-2939256

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1530

Oakland, California 94612

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (510) 522-9600

N/A

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

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Item 71.01. ~~Regulation~~Entry FDinto ~~Disclosure~~a Material Definitive Agreement.

OnThe ~~July~~information ~~30,~~set ~~2018,~~forth ~~United States Short Oil Fund, LP (the “Registrant”) issued its monthly account statement for the month ended June 30, 2018, which is presented~~ in ~~the~~ ~~form~~Item ~~of a Statement of Income (Loss) and a Statement of Changes in Net Asset Value, as required pursuant to Rule 4~~3.2201 ~~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.uscfinvestments.com. The information furnished in this Current~~ Report on Form 8-K, ~~including~~is 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~~into ~~such~~this ~~filing~~Item 1.01.

Item 93.01. ~~Financial~~Notice ~~Statements~~of ~~and~~Delisting ~~Exhibits~~or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On August 7, 2018, United States Commodity Funds LLC (d“USCF”), ~~Exhibits~~the general partner of United States Short Oil Fund, LP (“DNO”) announced that the UCSF board of directors had approved a plan of liquidation and termination to (i) liquidate DNO (ii) terminate the continuous offering of DNO, and (iii) deregister DNO under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and therefore, terminate DNO’s obligation to provide periodic and current reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). USCF has provided notice to the NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”) of its decision to liquidate DNO and terminate the offering.

~~Exhibit~~As 99of the close of regular trading on the NYSE Arca on September 6, 2018, DNO will no longer accept orders for Creation Baskets or Redemption Baskets (as such terms are defined in the DNO prospectus) from authorized participants.1 ~~Monthly~~Trading ~~Account~~in ~~Statement~~the shares of DNO on the ~~Registrant~~NYSE Arca will be suspended prior to the open of market on September 7, 2018 and beginning on that date, there can be no assurance that there will be a secondary market for the ~~month~~shares. ~~ended~~Shareholders ~~June~~may 30sell their holdings before September 7, 2018 and customary brokerage charges may apply to such transactions.

~~SIGNATURES~~On or about September 6, 2018, DNO will begin the process of liquidating its portfolio. As a result, DNO’s cash holdings will increase, and DNO will no longer be managed in accordance with its investment objective.

~~Pursuant~~The toliquidation ~~the~~date ~~requirements of~~for ~~the~~DNO ~~Securities~~will ~~Exchange~~be ~~Act~~September ~~of 1934~~12, 2018 and the ~~Registrant~~proceeds ~~has~~of ~~duly~~the ~~caused~~liquidation ~~this~~are ~~report~~scheduled to be ~~signed~~sent onto ~~its~~shareholders ~~behalf~~of byDNO ~~the~~on ~~undersigned hereunto~~or ~~duly~~about ~~authorized~~September 13, 2018.

	UNITED STATES SHORT OIL FUND, LP
	By:	United States Commodity Funds LLC, its general partner
Date: July 30, 2018	By:	/s/ Stuart P. Crumbaugh
	Name:	Stuart P. Crumbaugh
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Notice is being given to the limited partners of DNO (as such term is defined under DNO’s respective Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership dated as of December 15, 2017) that effective as of 5:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern Time) on September 13, 2018, each of the limited partners shall withdraw entirely from DNO, respectively, without further action. The effect of the withdrawal of all the limited partners of DNO will be dissolution of DNO.

USCF intends to file a post-effective amendment on behalf of DNO to terminate the offering of the registered and unsold shares of DNO. The NYSE Arca will file a Form 25 with the SEC to effect the withdrawal of the listing of DNO from the NYSE Arca. Delisting from the NYSE Arca will become effective 10 days after the filing date of the Form 25. Provided that DNO continues to meet the applicable legal requirements, USCF intends to file a Form 15 on behalf of DNO with the SEC in January of 2019 to suspend DNO’s duty to provide reports under Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. USCF expects the termination of registration will become effective 90 days after the date of the filing of the Form 15 with the SEC.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit 10.1		Plan of Liquidation dated August 7, 2018
Exhibit 99.1		Press Release dated August 7, 2018
Exhibit 99.2		Notice of Required Withdrawal, dated August 8, 2018

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 SHORT OIL FUND, LP

	By:	United States Commodity Funds LLC, its general partner

Date: August 8, 2018	By:	/s/ John P. Love
	Name:	John P. Love
	Title:	Management Director and Chief Executive Officer and President

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