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Contracts and Agreements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Contractors [Abstract] |
Brokerage Commissions | USL also incurs commissions to brokers for the purchase and sale of Oil Futures Contracts, Other Oil-Related Investments or short-term obligations of the United States of two years or less (“Treasuries”).
|  | For the Year Ended December 31, 2014 |  |  | For the Year Ended December 31, 2013 |  |  | For the Year Ended December 31, 2012 |
Total commissions accrued to brokers |  | $ | 4,643 |  |  | $ | 9,848 |  |  | $ | 21,804 |
Commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  | $ | 3,665 |  |  | $ | 4,473 |  |  | $ | 8,385 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of rebalancing |  |  | 78.94 | % |  |  | 45.42 | % |  |  | 38.46 | %
Commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  | $ | 978 |  |  | $ | 5,375 |  |  | $ | 13,419 |
Percentage of commissions accrued as a result of creation and redemption activity |  |  | 21.06 | % |  |  | 54.58 | % |  |  | 61.54 | %

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