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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
Date
        of
        report (Date of earliest event reported)
December
        20, 2005
UNITED
        FUEL & ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact
        Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Nevada
(State
                  or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
333-68008
91-2037688
(Commission
                  File Number)
(IRS
                  Employer Identification No.)
405
                  N. Marienfeld, 3
rd
Floor, Midland, Texas
79701
(Address
                  of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
                  Code)
(432)
                  571-8049
(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):
o
Written
        communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
        230.425)
o
Soliciting
        material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
        240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
        communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
        240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
        communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
        240.13e-4(c))
Item
        2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
United
        Fuel & Energy Corporation is filing a Company Fact Sheet attached as Exhibit
        99.1 with this Current Report on Form 8-K.
In
        accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information, including
        the exhibit attached hereto, in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being
        "furnished" and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of
        the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the
        "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section, nor
        shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing
        under
        the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall
        be
        expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 7.01.
        Regulation FD Disclosure.
The
        information set forth under Item 2.02 of this report is incorporated
        herein
        by reference solely for the purposes of this Item 7.01.
In
        accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set
        forth
        in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being "furnished" and shall
        not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
        Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section, nor shall
        such
        information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the
        Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall
        be
        expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item
        9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c)
Exhibits
99.1
Company
        Fact Sheet, dated December 2005*.
*
        Furnished and not filed.
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:
                  December 20, 2005
By:
/s/
                  Bobby W. Page
Bobby
                  W. Page
Vice-President
                  and Chief Financial
                  Officer