UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

April 7, 2009
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

UNITED FUEL & ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Nevada
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


000-32473		91-2037688
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1800 W. Katella Ave., Suite 102
Orange, CA		92863
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(714) 923-3025
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 7, 2009, United Fuel & Energy Corporation issued a press release announcing its earnings for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2008.

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report and hereby incorporated into this current report by this reference.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit Number		Description

Exhibit 99.1		Press Release dated April 7, 2009

SIGNATURES

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.


	UNITED FUEL & ENERGY CORPORATION
Date: April 7, 2009	By:	/s/ William C. Bousema
		William C. Bousema, CPA
		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting officer

UNITED FUEL & ENERGY CORP 8-K