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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001522727-17-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170324
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170329
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170329

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			USA Compression Partners, LP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001522727
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION [4922]
		IRS NUMBER:				752771546
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35779
		FILM NUMBER:		17722703

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 CONGRESS AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 450
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78701
		BUSINESS PHONE:		512-473-2662

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 CONGRESS AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 450
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78701
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			<font style="display:inline;">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp;&nbsp; </font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">March&nbsp;24, 2017</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">ITEM&nbsp;5.02.&#x2003;Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Effective as of April&nbsp;10, 2017, &nbsp;the Board of Directors (the &#x201C;Board&#x201D;) of USA Compression GP, LLC (the &#x201C;General Partner&#x201D;), the general partner of USA Compression Partners, LP (the &#x201C;Partnership&#x201D;),&nbsp;has appointed &nbsp;G.&nbsp;Tracy Owens&nbsp;as the&nbsp;Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of the General Partner and designated Mr.&nbsp;Owens as the principal accounting officer of the Partnership.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Prior to his appointment, Mr.&nbsp;Owens, age 54, served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Southcross Energy Partners GP, LLC, the general partner of Southcross Energy Partners,&nbsp;L.P. &nbsp;(&#x201C;Southcross&#x201D;) from August&nbsp;2015 until December&nbsp;2016. &nbsp;Before joining Southcross, Mr.&nbsp;Owens served as Controller for Alon USA Energy,&nbsp;Inc. &nbsp;(&#x201C;Alon&#x201D;), a company specializing in the refining and marketing of petroleum products, since 2006. &nbsp;In his role at each of&nbsp;Southcross and Alon, Mr.&nbsp;Owens oversaw the accounting department, the filing of quarterly and annual financial reports, internal controls over financial reporting, and coordinating with external and internal auditors. &nbsp;Prior to joining Alon, Mr.&nbsp;Owens served as Controller for Hunt Refining Company from 1996 until 2006 and as Senior Manager at KPMG LLP from 1986 until 1996. Mr.&nbsp;Owens received a BBA in Accounting from Baylor University in 1986. &nbsp;He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Mr.&nbsp;Owens will receive an annual base salary of $250,000 and will be entitled to participate in a discretionary annual incentive bonus compensation program, under which incentive awards are determined annually, with reference to an initial target bonus of $125,000. &nbsp;In addition, Mr.&nbsp;Owens will also be eligible to receive equity-based awards pursuant to the Partnership&#x2019;s 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#x201C;LTIP&#x201D;). &nbsp;Subject to approval by the Board, Mr.&nbsp;Owens will also receive&nbsp;a $100,000 grant of phantom units (the &#x201C;Award&#x201D;) pursuant to the LTIP. &nbsp;The number of phantom units to be granted will be based on the closing price of the Partnership&#x2019;s common units on the date of such grant. &nbsp;Twenty percent of the Award will be subject to performance-based vesting conditions and eighty percent of the Award will be subject to time-based vesting restrictions. &nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;">With respect to the time-based portion of the Award, the phantom units will vest in three equal annual installments, with the first installment vesting on the first anniversary of the date of grant. &nbsp;With respect to the performance-based portion of the Award, the phantom units will vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant subject to the performance-based vesting conditions. &nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;background-color: #FFFFFF;">The Award will be further governed by the form phantom unit agreement that </font><font style="display:inline;">the</font><font style="display:inline;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> General Partner has previously approved for grants pursuant to the LTIP (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.13 to the Partnership&#x2019;s annual report on Form&nbsp;10&#8209;K for the&nbsp;year ended&nbsp;December&nbsp;31, 2015).</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;background-color: #FFFFFF;">There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr.&nbsp;Owens and any other persons pursuant to which he was appointed to </font><font style="display:inline;">Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer</font><font style="display:inline;background-color: #FFFFFF;">. &nbsp;There is no relationship between Mr.&nbsp;Owens and the Partnership that would require disclosure pursuant to Item&nbsp;404(a)&nbsp;of Regulation&nbsp;S&#8209;K.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">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.</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;">USA Compression GP, LLC,<br />its General Partner</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">Dated March&nbsp;29, 2017</font></p>
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