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Schedule of Investments

Dec. 31, 2021

USD ($)

Dec. 31, 2020

USD ($)

Fair Value/ Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts

$ 1,362,413

$ (14,454,899)

Money Market Funds [Member]

Market Value

$ 243,443,000

$ 21,143,000

% of Partners' Capital

65.52%

5.10%

Money Market Funds [Member] | Fidelity Investments Money Market Funds Government Portfolio [Member]

Shares/Principal Amount

^[1]

$ 1,103,000

Market Value

^[1]

$ 1,103,000

% of Partners' Capital

^[1]

0.27%

Open Commodity Futures Contracts, Long [Member] | United States [Member] | NYMEX Natural Gas Futures NG February 2021 contracts, expiring January 2021 [Member]

Notional Amount

^[2]

$ 429,022,819

Number of Contracts

^[2]

16,328

Fair Value/ Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts

^[2]

$ (14,454,899)

% of Partners' Capital

^[2]

(3.49%)

Open Commodity Futures Contracts, Long [Member] | United States [Member] | Nymex Natural Gas Futures Ng February 2022 Contracts Expiring January 2022 Member

Notional Amount

^[3]

$ 370,182,887

Number of Contracts

^[3]

9,961

Fair Value/ Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Open Commodity Contracts

^[3]

$ 1,362,413

% of Partners' Capital

^[3]

0.37%

Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund Institutional Shares [Member]

Shares/Principal Amount

^[4]

$ 23,103,000

Market Value

^[4]

$ 23,103,000

% of Partners' Capital

^[4]

6.22%

Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds Government Portfolio Institutional Shares [Member]

Shares/Principal Amount

^[4]

$ 163,800,000

Market Value

^[4]

$ 163,800,000

% of Partners' Capital

^[4]

44.08%

Cash Equivalents [Member] | United States [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | RBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Institutional Share Class [Member]

Shares/Principal Amount

$ 56,540,000

^[4]

$ 20,040,000

^[1]

Market Value

$ 56,540,000

^[4]

$ 20,040,000

^[1]

% of Partners' Capital

15.22%

^[4]

4.83%

^[1]

[1]	#   Reflects the 7-day yield at December 31, 2020.
[2]	*   Collateral amounted to $97,539,600 on open commodity futures contracts.
[3]	*   Collateral amounted to $127,265,650 on open commodity futures contracts.
[4]	#   Reflects the 7-day yield at December 31, 2021.

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