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Fees Paid by the Fund and Related Party Transactions (Additional Information) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
Fees Paid and Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
USCF Management Fee	USL is contractually obligated to pay USCF a fee, which is paid monthly, equal to 0.60% per annum of average daily total net assets.
Estimated directors' fees and expenses	$ 2,905us-gaap_NoninterestExpenseDirectorsFees		$ 4,177us-gaap_NoninterestExpenseDirectorsFees
Licensing fee incurred	2,320us-gaap_LicenseCosts	2,161us-gaap_LicenseCosts	2,161us-gaap_LicenseCosts
Estimated investor tax reporting cost	175,000us-gaap_OtherGeneralExpense
USL and the Related Public Funds, other than USCI, USAG, CPER and USMI
Fees Paid and Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Estimated directors' fees and expenses	560,625
USL
Fees Paid and Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Estimated directors' fees and expenses	$ 12,759
Licensing Agreements \| On and after October 20, 2011
Fees Paid and Related Party Transactions [Line Items]
Fee percentage	0.015%
Assets basis for determining fee percentage	on all net assets