UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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 20, 2015

WHITING USA TRUST I

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-34026

26-6053936

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Trustee

Global Corporate Trust

919 Congress Avenue

Austin, Texas 78701

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (512) 236-6599

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, 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.

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release issued on behalf of the Registrant. The information furnished is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is not subject to the liabilities of that section and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

ITEM 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

99.1

Press Release dated January 20, 2015.

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 thereunto duly authorized.


		Whiting USA Trust I

By:		The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
		Company, N.A., as Trustee

By:		/s/ Mike Ulrich
Name:		Mike Ulrich
Title:		Vice President

Date: January 20, 2015

Exhibit Index


Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release dated January 20, 2015.

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