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):  October 5, 2016

USA Compression Partners, LP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (512) 473-2662

Not Applicable

(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 5.02                                           Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b)           Effective October 5, 2016, in connection with Andrew W. Ward’s resignation from Riverstone Holdings, LLC on September 30, 2016, Mr. Ward has resigned from the board of directors (the “Board”) of USA Compression GP, LLC, the general partner (the “General Partner”) of USA Compression Partners, LP (the “Partnership”).  Mr. Ward’s resignation is not the result of any disagreement with the Partnership or the General Partner.

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SIGNATURE

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.

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