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United States Natural Gas Fund, LP – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Thursday, 2/29/24, at 5:18pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1410578-24-105   ·   File #:  1-33096

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/29/24  US Natural Gas Fund, LP           10-K       12/31/23   55:6.4M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA2

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.91M 
 2: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     16K 
 7: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     36K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
13: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     88K 
14: R2          Statements of Financial Condition                   HTML     90K 
15: R3          Statements of Financial Condition (Parenthetical)   HTML     24K 
16: R4          Schedule of Investments                             HTML     74K 
17: R5          Schedule of Investments (Parenthetical)             HTML     31K 
18: R6          Statements of Operations                            HTML     78K 
19: R7          Statements of Operations (Parenthetical)            HTML     18K 
20: R8          Statements of Changes in Partners' Capital          HTML     40K 
21: R9          Statements of Changes in Partners' Capital          HTML     24K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
22: R10         Statements of Cash Flows                            HTML     77K 
23: R11         Statements of Cash Flows (Parenthetical)            HTML     25K 
24: R12         Organization and Business                           HTML     32K 
25: R13         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     29K 
26: R14         Fees Paid by the Fund and Related Party             HTML     23K 
                Transactions                                                     
27: R15         Contracts and Agreements                            HTML     44K 
28: R16         Financial Instruments, Off-Balance Sheet Risks and  HTML     29K 
                Contingencies                                                    
29: R17         Financial Highlights                                HTML     64K 
30: R18         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)                HTML     74K 
31: R19         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML    144K 
32: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     19K 
33: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     59K 
                (Policies)                                                       
34: R22         Contracts and Agreements (Tables)                   HTML     32K 
35: R23         Financial Highlights (Tables)                       HTML     63K 
36: R24         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)       HTML     73K 
37: R25         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML    145K 
38: R26         Organization and Business (Details)                 HTML     59K 
39: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
40: R28         Fees Paid by the Fund and Related Party             HTML     41K 
                Transactions (Details)                                           
41: R29         CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS - Brokerage Commission     HTML     20K 
                (Details)                                                        
42: R30         Contracts and Agreements (Details)                  HTML     36K 
43: R31         Financial Instruments, Off-Balance Sheet Risks and  HTML     27K 
                Contingencies (Details)                                          
44: R32         Financial Highlights (Details)                      HTML     37K 
45: R33         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) - Summarized   HTML     48K 
                (unaudited) Quarterly Financial Information                      
                (Details)                                                        
46: R34         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Valuation of  HTML     31K 
                UNG's securities using the fair value hierarchy                  
                (Details)                                                        
47: R35         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Fair Value    HTML     26K 
                of Derivative Instruments (Details)                              
48: R36         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - The Effect    HTML     31K 
                of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of                   
                Operations (Details)                                             
49: R37         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     30K 
50: R38         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     25K 
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</xsd:schema>

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