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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)
April
      25, 2006
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
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      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))
o
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      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.13e-4(c))
ITEM
                5.02
APPOINTMENT
                OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.
Effective
  April 25, 2006, Lawrence L. Merworth, 38, was promoted to the position of Vice
  President - Operations for United Fuel & Energy. Mr. Merworth was employed
  with Compressor Systems, Inc. from 2002 to 2005, ultimately serving as the Permian
  Basin Business Unit Manager. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Merworth served as a director
  in the Health, Safety and Environmental department and had a key role in business
  development with Woods Group ESP, Inc. Mr. Merworth graduated from Sul Ross
  State University in 1995 with a BS in Natural Resource Management.
Also,
      effective April 25, 2006, Michael Blake Foy, 41, was promoted to the position
      of
      Vice President - Sales and Marketing for United Fuel & Energy. Mr. Foy was
      employed with Texaco Inc. and served in the Texaco Gas Plants operations
      department from 1991 to 2000, ultimately serving as Permian Basin Equipment
      and
      Lubrication Reliability Engineer for Texaco Gas Processing Plants. From 2000
      to
      2004, Mr. Foy served as Territory Sales Manager for the Rocky Mountain Division
      with National Account and Lubrication Technical Training responsibilities for
      one of Equilon's largest Industrial Accounts, as well as a company liaison for
      the Oil and Gas Industry customer base for Equilon Lubricants Company, a joint
      venture company between Texaco Inc. and Shell Oil Co. Mr. Foy joined
      Eddins-Walcher Company in 2004, ultimately serving as Vice President - Sales
      & Marketing, effective November 11, 2004. Mr. Foy graduated from the
      University of Texas Permian Basin in 1988 with a BBA in
      Marketing.
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:
                May 1, 2006
By:
/s/
                Bobby W. Page
Bobby
                W. Page
Vice-President
                and Chief Financial
                Officer