UNITED
STATES


SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549





FORM
10-K





x
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d)


OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934





For
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009


or





o TRANSITION REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE


SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934





For
the transition period from _____ to _____





Commission
File No. 000-52583




RIDGEWOOD
ENERGY U FUND, LLC


(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)




Delaware
            20-5464059(State
      or other jurisdiction of
              incorporation
      or organization)
            (I.R.S.
      Employer
              Identification
      No.)





14
      Philips Parkway, Montvale, NJ  07645(Address
      of principal executive offices) (Zip code)(800)
      942-5550(Registrant’s
      telephone number, including area
code)





Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None


Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:





Shares of
LLC Membership Interest





Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes oNo x





Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.  Yes oNo x





Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days.  Yes x   No o





Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this
chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes o   No o





Indicate
by check mark if  disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will
not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy
or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form
10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.    x





Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.





Large
      accelerated filer
            o
            Accelerated
      filer
            oNon-accelerated
      filer
            o  (Do not check if a smaller
      reporting company)
            Smaller
      reporting company
            x





Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Act).Yes oNo x








There is
no market for the shares of LLC Membership Interest in the Fund.  As
of March 4, 2010 there are 486.4825 shares of LLC Membership Interest
outstanding.














RIDGEWOOD
ENERGY U FUND, LLC


2009
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K


TABLE
OF CONTENTS


PAGEPART
      IITEM 1
            BUSINESS
            2ITEM 1A
            RISK FACTORS
            10ITEM 1B
            UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
            10ITEM 2
            PROPERTIES
            10ITEM 3
            LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
            11ITEM 4
            (REMOVED AND RESERVED)
            11PART
      IIITEM 5
            MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER
      MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
            11ITEM 6
            SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
            11ITEM 7
            MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
      RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
            12ITEM 7A
            QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
      RISK
            17ITEM 8
            FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
            17ITEM 9
            CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
      FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
            17ITEM 9A
            CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
            17ITEM 9B
            OTHER INFORMATION
            18PART
      IIIITEM 10
            DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE
      GOVERNANCE
            18ITEM 11
            EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
            19ITEM 12
            SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
      AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
            19ITEM 13
            CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR
      INDEPENDENCE
            20ITEM 14
            PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
            20PART
      IVITEM 15
            EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
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FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS





Certain
statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Annual Report”) and the
documents Ridgewood Energy U Fund, LLC (the “Fund”) has incorporated by
reference into this Annual Report, other than purely historical information,
including estimates, projections, statements relating to the Fund’s business
plans, strategies, objectives and expected operating results, and the
assumptions upon which those statements are based, are “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 that are based on current expectations and assumptions and are
subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially from the forward-looking statements. You are therefore cautioned
against relying on any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements can generally be identified by words such as “believe,” “project,”
“expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “plan,” “target,”
“pursue,” “may,” “will,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions and
references to future periods.  Examples of events that could cause
actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated
include weather conditions, such as hurricanes, changes in market conditions
affecting the pricing of oil and natural gas, the cost and availability of
equipment, and changes in governmental regulations.  Examples of
forward-looking statements made herein include statements regarding future
projects, investments and insurance.  Forward-looking statements made
in this document speak only as of the date on which they are
made.  The Fund undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise, except as required by law.





WHERE
YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION





The Fund
files annual, quarterly and current reports and certain other information with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Persons may read and copy any
materials the Fund files with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room at 100
F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549, on official business days during the hours
of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Time.  Information may be obtained from
the public reference room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC
maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information
statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically
with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.








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PART
I





ITEM
1.  BUSINESS





Overview





The Fund
is a Delaware limited liability company (“LLC”) formed on August 28, 2006 to
acquire interests in oil and gas properties located in the United States waters
of Texas, Louisiana and Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico.





The Fund
initiated its private placement offering on October 1, 2006, selling whole and
fractional shares of membership interests (“Shares”), primarily at $150 thousand
per whole Share.  There is no public market for the Shares and one is
not likely to develop. In addition, the Shares are subject to material
restrictions on transfer and resale and cannot be transferred or resold except
in accordance with the Fund’s limited liability company agreement (the “LLC
Agreement”) and applicable federal and state securities laws. The private
placement offering was terminated on January 19, 2007.  The Fund
raised $72.4 million and after payment of $11.8 million in offering fees,
commissions and investment fees, the Fund had $60.6 million for investments and
operating expenses.





Manager





Ridgewood Energy Corporation (the “Manager” or
“Ridgewood Energy”)was founded in 1982.  The Manager has
direct and exclusive control over the management of the Fund's operations. With
respect to project investments, the Manager locates potential projects, conducts
due diligence and negotiates and completes the transactions in which the
investments are made. This includes review of existing title documents, reserve
information, and other technical specifications regarding a project, and review
and preparation of participation agreements and other agreements relating to an
investment.





The
Manager performs, or arranges for the performance of, the management, advisory
and administrative services required for Fund operations. Such services include,
without limitation, the administration of shareholder accounts, shareholder
relations and the preparation, review and dissemination of tax and other
financial information. In addition, the Manager provides office space, equipment
and facilities and other services necessary for Fund operations. The Manager
also engages and manages the contractual relations with unaffiliated custodians,
depositories, accountants, attorneys, broker-dealers, corporate fiduciaries,
insurers, banks and others as required.





The Fund
is required to pay all other expenses it may incur, including insurance
premiums, expenses of preparing and printing periodic reports for shareholders
and the SEC, commission fees, taxes, outside legal, accounting and consulting
fees, litigation expenses and other expenses. The Fund is required to reimburse
the Manager for all such expenses paid on its behalf.





As
compensation for its services, the Manager is entitled to an annual management
fee, payable monthly, equal to 2.5% of the total capital contributions made by
the Fund’s shareholders, net of cumulative dry-hole and related well costs
incurred by the Fund.  The Manager is entitled to receive an annual
management fee from the Fund regardless of the Fund’s profitability in that
year.  Management fees for the years
ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were $1.2 million and $1.4 million,
respectively.  Additionally, the Manager is entitled to receive
a 15% interest in cash distributions made by the Fund.  Distributions paid to the Manager for the year ended
December 31, 2009 were $0.1 million.  There were no distributions paid
by the Fund for the year ended December 31, 2008.





Business
Strategy





The
Fund’s primary investment objective is to generate cash flow for distribution to
its shareholders by generating returns across a portfolio of exploratory or
development stage shallow water or deepwater projects.  Distributions
are funded from cash flow from operations, and the frequency and amount are
within the Manager’s discretion subject to available cash from operations,
reserve requirements and Fund operations.  The Fund invests in the
drilling and development of both shallow and deepwater oil and natural gas
projects in the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico, in partnership with leading
exploration and production companies.  Although the Fund focus is
primarily on exploratory oil and natural gas projects, it also investigates and,
if appropriate, invests in non-exploratory projects, such as producing projects
and projects that have proven undeveloped reserves, some of which may need
capital to construct, install or acquire the necessary infrastructure assets,
such as rigs, pipelines or other equipment needed to gather, process and
transport oil or natural gas.  Some of these non-exploratory projects
may also contain probable or possible reserves, which could be a factor in the
purchase price paid by the Fund to acquire such projects.  The Fund
rigorously screens and evaluates non-exploratory projects using the same
investment screening and selection process used for exploratory stage projects,
although, depending on the nature and type of a non-exploratory project,
additional or different evaluative tools and processes may be needed by the Fund
when evaluating such projects.




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Investment
Strategy





The Fund
invests its capital with major operators through working interest with such
operators and, in some cases, other energy companies that also own or acquire
working interests in the projects.  A working interest is an undivided
fractional interest in a lease block acquired from the U.S. government or from
an operator who has acquired the working interest.  A working interest
includes the right to drill, produce and conduct operating activities and share
in any resulting oil and natural gas production.  It is standard
industry procedure for operators to take 25% to 50% interests in multiple
drilling projects, rather than 100% interests in a few projects, in order to
share risk, obtain independent technical validation and stretch exploration
budgets that are split across numerous regions of the
world.  Ridgewood Energy evaluates each project and its operator on an
individual project basis, allowing the Fund to invest in what Ridgewood Energy
believes are the projects with the most attractive risk/reward
ratios.  Critical to the success of this approach is the ability of
Ridgewood Energy to diversify the Fund’s portfolio across project types and
operators.  Attributes sought in projects for investment include:
depth of scientific analysis and preparation; strong potential project economics
and favorable operating agreement terms; similarity to existing producing
properties; and expertise of the operator in the proposed
region/geology/technical environment.  Attractive characteristics of
potential and existing operators include industry contacts and relationships,
sophisticated geological and geophysical teams and, most importantly, a strong
track record of success.





Invest
in “Drill-Ready” Exploratory Projects


Ridgewood
Energy’s strategy of investing the Fund’s capital alongside major operators only
at the drill-ready stage is designed to limit the Fund’s exposure to exploratory
risk.  A drill-ready project is one in which an operator has already
spent a significant amount of capital and technical resources on seismic and
engineering analysis to evaluate the opportunity, to complete the lease block
acquisition, to secure the drilling rights and to obtain internal management
approval to commit capital to begin drilling.  The upfront work
performed by the operator quantifies and reduces the Fund’s exposure to the risk
of drilling wells that are not commercially producible discoveries (or a dry
hole) and provides Ridgewood Energy with access to the analytics of
geoscientists and engineers and Gulf of Mexico operators.  In return,
the operator who performs this upfront work to generate the potential project
may receive a “promote” on the cost of the initial exploratory
well.  Under a promote arrangement, the Fund would pay a larger share
of the drilling costs of the first well.  For a successful well, all
of the Fund’s subsequent costs, including completion costs for the exploratory
well, the costs of all development wells, infrastructure costs such as
production platforms and pipelines, and day-to-day operating costs for the life
of the project, would be paid on a proportionate basis to its working interest
ownership.





Investment
Process


Although
Ridgewood Energy’s model of investing fund capital with operators affords it
access to industry-leading technical and engineering resources, Ridgewood Energy
performs its own due diligence on, and independently evaluates, all of the
projects in which the Fund invests and all investment decisions are based on the
collective analysis of the Ridgewood Energy management team.  The
Ridgewood Energy management team conducts an initial screening process to
identify new project investment opportunities utilizing their training,
experience and industry relationships.  Ridgewood Energy is selective
as to which projects it pursues.  Key criteria that form part of the
detailed evaluation include the identity of the operator and other partners, the
technical quality of the project, access to existing infrastructure, drilling
schedule and rig availability and project economics and terms.





Ridgewood
Energy maintains an investment committee consisting of five members, which
provides operational, financial, scientific and technical oil and gas expertise
to the Fund (the “Investment Committee”).  Four members of the
Investment Committee are based out of the Manager’s Montvale, New Jersey office
and one member is based out of the Manager’s Houston, Texas
office.  Once the technical and economic analyses of a potential
project are complete and a project has been deemed to satisfy Ridgewood Energy’s
technical criteria, provide an attractive economic risk/reward ratio, and fit
within Ridgewood Energy’s diversification strategy, final investment approval is
made by the Investment Committee.  When reviewing a project for final
investment approval, the Investment Committee seeks to balance the economics of
the projects, the potential sizes of the projects, the diversity of the
operators, and the likely timing of new projects   The Investment
Committee also considers the geological, financial and operating risks of the
proposed project and compares these risks to the existing portfolio of Ridgewood
Energy projects.  The Investment Committee further focuses on the
initial well cost relative to the overall revenue potential of the
project.




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Participation
and Joint Operating Agreements


Once
Ridgewood Energy decides that a project is an appropriate investment for the
Fund, the Fund will seek to enter into a joint operating agreement with the
other working interest owners in a lease.  Ridgewood Energy negotiates
the joint operating agreement with the goal of achieving the best possible
economics and governance rights for the Fund in connection with acquiring the
interest.  Under the joint operating agreement, proposals and
decisions are made based on percentage ownership approvals and although an
operator’s percentage ownership may constitute a majority ownership, operators
generally seek consensus relating to project decisions.  As a result,
Ridgewood Energy and other partners generally retain the right to make proposals
and influence decisions involving certain operational matters associated with a
project.  This approval discretion and the operator’s desire to
execute the project efficiently and expeditiously can function to effectively
limit the operator’s inclination to act on its own, or against the interests of
the participants in the project.





Project
Information





Existing
projects, and future projects, if any, are expected to be located in the waters
of the Gulf of Mexico offshore from Texas, Louisiana and Alabama, on the Outer
Continental Shelf (“OCS”). The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (“OCSLA”),
which was enacted in 1953, governs certain activities with respect to working
interests and the exploration of oil and natural gas in the OCS.  See
further discussion under the heading “Regulation” in this Item 1.
“Business”.





As part
of the leasing activity and as required by the OCSLA, the leases auctioned
include specified lease terms such as the length of the lease, the amount of
royalty to be paid, lease cancellation and suspension, and, to a degree, the
planned activities of exploration and production to be conducted by the
lessee.





Leases in
the OCS are generally issued for a primary lease term of 5, 8 or 10 years
depending on the water depth of the lease block. The 5-year lease term is for
blocks in water depths generally less than 400 meters, 8 years for depths
between 400 meters and 800 meters and 10 years for depths in excess of 800
meters. During this primary lease term, except in limited circumstances, lessees
are not subject to any particular requirements to conduct exploratory or
development activities. However, once a lessee drills a well and begins
production, the lease term is extended for the duration of commercial
production.





The
lessee of a particular block, for the term of the lease, has the right to drill
and develop exploratory wells and conduct other activities throughout the block.
If the initial well on the block is successful, a lessee, or third-party
operator for a project, may conduct additional geological studies and may
determine to drill additional or development wells. If a development well is to
be drilled in the block, each lessee owning working interests in the block must
be offered the opportunity to participate in, and cover the costs of, the
development well up to that particular lessee’s working interest ownership
percentage.





Generally,
working interests in an offshore natural gas lease under the OCSLA pay a 16.67%
or 18.75% royalty to the Mineral Management Services (“MMS”) for shallow-water
projects, dependent upon the lease date, and a 12.5% royalty to the MMS for
deepwater projects. Therefore, the net revenue interest of the holders of 100%
of the working interest in the projects in which the Fund will invest is between
81.25% and 83.33% of the total revenue for shallow-water projects and 87.5% of
the total revenue for deepwater projects, and, such net revenue amount is
further reduced by any other royalty burdens that apply to a lease
block.  However, as described below, the MMS has adopted royalty
relief for existing OCS leases for those who drill deep oil and natural gas
projects.  Other than MMS royalties, the Fund does not have material
royalty burdens.





Mineral
Management Services Deep Gas Royalty Incentive





On
January 26, 2004, the MMS promulgated a rule providing incentives for companies
to increase deep oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico (the
"Royalty Relief Rule"). Under the Royalty Relief Rule, lessees will be eligible
for royalty relief on their existing leases if they drill and perforate wells
for new and deeper reserves at depths greater than 15,000 feet subsea. In
addition, an even larger royalty relief would be available for wells drilled and
perforated deeper than 18,000 feet subsea. It should be noted that the Royalty
Relief Rule does not extend to deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico off the
continental shelf nor does it apply if the price of natural gas exceeds $10.48
Million British Thermal Units (“mmbtu”) adjusted annually for inflation. The
Royalty Relief Rule is limited to leases in a water depth less than 656 feet, or
200 meters.




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In addition to the Royalty Relief Rule promulgated by
the MMS, the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act of 1995 (the “Deepwater Relief
Act”) was enacted to promote exploration and production of natural gas and oil
in the deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico and relieves eligible leases from paying
royalties to the U.S. Government on certain defined amounts of deepwater
production.  The Deepwater Relief Act expired in the year 2000 but was
extended by the MMS to promote continued interest in deepwater. For purposes of
royalty relief, under the Deepwater Relief Act, the MMS defines deepwater as
depths in excess of 656 feet, or 200 meters.  In order for a lease to
be eligible for royalty relief, under the Deepwater Relief Act, it must be
located in the Gulf of Mexico and west of 87 degrees and 30 minutes West
longitude (essentially the Florida-Alabama boundary).





Currently,
for leases entered into after November 2000, the MMS assigns a lease a specific
volume of royalty suspension based on how the suspension amount would affect the
economics of the lease’s development.   Any such royalty
suspension applicable to a particular lease is generally set forth in the lease
auction materials prepared by the MMS.  The amount of the suspension,
if any, is not determined by water depth levels (as it had in the past) but
rather based upon the MMS’ view of the characteristics and economics of the
project.  For example, projects deemed relatively secure and safe such
as those near existing transportation infrastructure may receive no royalty
relief while a similar project far away from any such infrastructure or in an
area deemed more risky may receive significant royalty
relief.   As a result, unlike the royalty relief associated with
deep drilling in shallow waters, there is no formulaic or predictable means of
determining in advance whether and to what extent royalty relief would be
available for a potential deepwater project.





Properties





The Fund
owns working interests in thirteen wells; one is scheduled to begin drilling in
the second quarter 2010, one is currently drilling, one is currently under
evaluation, four are discoveries, and six have been determined to be dry
holes.





Off-shore
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                Total
      SpentLocation
      in
                
                
                
                
                Drilling
                
                
                throughWorking
                
                Gulf
      of
                
                Target
                
                
                Risk
                
                
                December
      31,Lease
      Block
                
                Interest
                
                Mexico
                
                Depth
                
                
                (b)
                
                
                2009(feet)
                
                
                (in
      thousands)Future
      and Current ProjectsEmerald
      Project well #2
                
                
                5.0%
                
                Texas
                
                
                16,600
                
                
                $
                1,000
                
                
                $
                -Targa
      Project
                
                
                2.0%
                
                Louisiana
                
                
                16,500
                
                
                $
                2,062
                
                
                $
                -Ajax
      Project
                
                
                5.0%
                
                Louisiana
                
                
                9,400
                
                
                $
                1,472
                
                
                $
                1,472DiscoveriesAlpha
      Project
                
                
                3.75%
                
                Louisiana
                
                
                13,500
                
                
                
                N/A
                
                
                $
                2,334Cobalt
      Project
                
                
                5.0%
                
                Louisiana
                
                
                17,000
                
                
                
                N/A
                
                
                $
                2,469Aspen
      Project
                
                
                1.75%
                
                Louisiana
                
                
                22,000
                
                
                
                N/A
                
                
                $
                3,332Emerald
      Project well #1
                
                
                5.0%
                
                Texas
                
                
                17,000
                
                
                
                N/A
                
                
                $
                3,368Dry
      Holes (a)2009Neptune
      Project
                
                
                6.0%
                
                Louisiana
                
                
                N/A
                
                
                
                N/A
                
                
                $
                3,064Bison
      Project
                
                
                4.0%
                
                Texas
                
                
                N/A
                
                
                
                N/A
                
                
                $
                4782008Eos
      Project
                
                
                4.0%
                
                Louisiana
                
                
                N/A
                
                
                
                N/A
                
                
                $
                3,210Walker
      Ridge 155
                
                
                3.5%
                
                Louisiana
                
                
                N/A
                
                
                
                N/A
                
                
                $
                7,707
  (a)
              Dry-hole
      costs represent costs incurred for wells that have been drilled but do not
      have commercially productive quantities of oil and/or natural gas
      reservoirs and have been plugged and abandoned.(b)
              Drilling
      risk represents the Fund’s committed exposure for estimated costs incurred
      prior to the determination of a well’s commercial
      productivity.  Such costs include costs for drilling the well
      and testing for the presence of hydrocarbons, as well as the cost for
      leasing land, seismic purchase and reprocessing.  Under the
      successful efforts method of accounting for oil and gas properties, the
      Fund capitalizes such costs pending determination of whether the well
      contains proved commercial reserves.  If proved commercial
      reserves are not found, such costs are expensed as dry-hole costs. The
      Fund exepects such costs to be incurred within one year of the onset of
      drilling.




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Future
and Current Projects


Emerald
Project well #1 and well #2


In March
2008, the Fund acquired a 5.0% working interest in the Emerald
Project.  The well was determined to be a discovery in May 2008 and
production commenced in February 2009.  Through December 31, 2009, the
Fund has capitalized $3.4 million related to this project, for which the Fund’s
total estimated capital budget is $4.4 million, which includes a second well,
which is scheduled to begin drilling in the second quarter 2010.





Targa
Project


In
January 2010, the Fund acquired a 2.0% working interest in the Targa Project, an
exploratory well.  The Targa Project began drilling in February 2010
and results are expected in the second quarter 2010.  The Fund’s total
estimated capital budget for this well is $7.7 million.  At December
31, 2009, the Fund had not incurred capital costs related to this
well.





Ajax
Project


In
December 2008, the Fund acquired a 5.0% working interest in the Ajax Project, an
exploratory well.  The Ajax Project began drilling in January 2009 and
reached casing point in the second quarter 2009.  The Fund recorded
impairment charges totaling $1.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2009
after evaluating its options for completion of the well given current market
conditions.  The Fund is currently exploring other opportunities for
this well, including selling its interest. Through December 31, 2009, the Fund
capitalized $1.5 million related to this property.





Discoveries


Alpha
Project


In
September 2009, the Fund acquired a 3.75% working interest in the Alpha Project,
an exploratory well.   The project began drilling in September
2009 and was determined to be a discovery in October 2009.  Completion
efforts are ongoing and production is expected in fourth quarter 2010. Through
December 31, 2009, the Fund has capitalized $2.3 million related to this well,
for which the Fund’s total estimated capital budget is $6.7
million.





Cobalt
Project


In August
2008, the Fund acquired a 5.0% working interest in the Cobalt Project, an
exploratory well.  The Cobalt Project was determined to be a discovery
in January 2009 and production commenced in June 2009.  The Fund has
capitalized $2.5 million related to this well.




Aspen
Project


In July
2008, the Fund acquired a 1.75% working interest in the Aspen Project, an
exploratory well.  In April 2009, the first well of the
Aspen Project found hydrocarbons in three separate zones.  Second and
third delineation wells were drilled from during the third quarter 2009. 
The operator and working interest owners are continuing to evaluate possible
development plans and determine the economics of the completion and further
drilling.  The Aspen Project is a deepwater project that requires
significant infrastructure construction.  Through December 31, 2009, the
Fund has capitalized $3.3 million, net of estimated insurance recoveries,
related to this project, for which the Fund’s total estimated capital budget is
$6.3 million, which includes two additional wells.  During the year
ended December 31, 2009, the Fund received $0.3 million in connection with an
insurance claim related to the Aspen Project relative to an insurable event that
had occurred during the drilling of the well.





Dry
Holes


Neptune
Project


In July
2008, the Fund acquired a 6.0% working interest in the Neptune Project, an
exploratory well.  The Neptune Project began drilling in January 2009
and was determined to be an unsuccessful well, or dry hole, in May
2009.  Dry-hole costs of $3.1 million were incurred during the year
ended December 31, 2009.





Bison
Project


In November 2008, the Fund acquired a 4.0% working
interest in the Bison Project, an exploratory well.  The project began
drilling in December 2008 and was determined to be an unsuccessful well, or dry
hole, in January 2009. Dry-hole costs related to this well totaled $0.5 million,
of which $0.2 million were incurred during the year ended December 31,
2009.





Oil
and Natural Gas Agreements





The Fund
has entered into a month-to-month agreement with a third-party marketer, who is
currently marketing and selling the Fund’s proportionate share of oil and
natural gas to the public market.  The Fund is receiving market prices for
the oil and natural gas it sells. All of the Fund’s current projects are near
existing transportation infrastructure and pipelines.  The Manager
believes that it is likely that oil and natural gas from the Fund’s future
projects will have access to pipeline transportation and can be marketed in a
similar fashion.




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Operator





The
projects in which the Fund has invested are operated and controlled by
unaffiliated third-party entities acting as operators. The operators are
responsible for drilling, administration and production activities for leases
jointly owned by working interest owners and act on behalf of all working
interest owners under the terms of the applicable operating agreement. In
certain circumstances, operators will enter into agreements with independent
third-party subcontractors and suppliers to provide the various services
required for operating leases. Currently, the Fund's producing properties are
operated by LLOG Exploration Offshore, Inc. and
Newfield Exploration Company.





Because
the Fund does not operate any of the projects in which it has acquired an
interest, shareholders not only bear the risk that the Manager will be able to
select suitable projects, but also that, once selected, such projects will be
managed prudently, efficiently and fairly by the operators.





Insurance





The
Manager has obtained and maintains what it believes to be adequate insurance for
the funds that it manages.  The Manager has obtained hazard, property,
general liability and other insurance in commercially reasonable amounts to
cover its projects, as well as general liability, directors’ and officers’
liability and similar coverage for its business operations. However, there is no
assurance that such insurance will be adequate to protect the Fund from material
losses related to the projects.  Further, for the policy period August
2009 through July 2010, the Manager did not obtain coverage for named
windstorm.  As a result of the losses underwriters incurred from
claims arising from Hurricane Ike, a named windstorm in September 2008, the
Manager determined that the premiums sought by underwriters for, and the
deductibles applicable to, coverage for named windstorm made obtaining such
coverage for such policy period prohibitively expensive.  In addition,
the Manager's past practice has been to obtain insurance as a package that is
intended to cover most, if not all, of the funds under its
management.  The Manager will re-evaluate its coverage on an annual
basis.  While the Manager believes it has obtained adequate insurance
in accordance with customary industry practices, the possibility exists,
depending on the extent of the incident, that insurance coverage may not be
sufficient to cover all losses.  In addition, depending on the extent,
nature and payment of any claims to the Fund's affiliates, yearly insurance
limits may be exhausted and become insufficient to cover a claim made by the
Fund in a given year.  During the year ended December 31, 2009, the
Fund received $0.3 million in connection with an insurance claim relative to an
insurable event that had occurred during the drilling of the well.





Salvage
Fund




As to
projects in which the Fund owns a working interest, the Fund deposits in a
separate interest-bearing account, or salvage fund, which is in the nature of a
sinking fund, cash to provide for the Fund’s proportionate share of the
anticipated cost of dismantling production platforms and facilities, plugging
and abandoning the wells, and removing the platforms, facilities and wells in
respect of the projects after the end of their useful lives, in accordance with
applicable federal and state laws and regulations.  The Fund has
deposited $1.0 million from capital contributions into a salvage fund, which,
along with interest earned on this account, the Fund estimates to be sufficient
to meet the Fund’s potential requirements. If, at any time, the Manager
determines the salvage fund will not be sufficient to cover the Fund’s
proportionate share of expense, the Fund may transfer amounts from capital
contributions or operating income to fund the deficit.  Payments to
the salvage fund will reduce the amount of cash distributions that may be made
to investors by the Fund.  Any portion of a salvage fund that remains
after the Fund pays its share of the actual salvage cost will be distributed to
the shareholders. There are no legal restrictions on the withdrawal or use of
the salvage fund.




Seasonality





Generally,
the Fund's business operations are not subject to seasonal fluctuations in the
demand for oil and natural gas that would result in more of the Fund's oil and
natural gas being sold, or likely to be sold, during one or more particular
months or seasons. Once a project is producing, the operator of the project
extracts oil and natural gas reserves throughout the year. Once extracted, oil
and natural gas can be sold at any time during the year.





The
Fund’s properties are located in the Gulf of Mexico; therefore its operations
and cash flows may be significantly impacted by hurricanes and other inclement
weather.  Such events may also have a detrimental impact on
third-party pipelines and processing facilities, upon which the Fund relies to
transport and process the oil and natural gas it produces. The National
Hurricane Center defines hurricane season in the Gulf of Mexico as June 1st
through November 30th. The Fund did not experience any damage or shut-ins, or
production stoppages, due to hurricane activity in 2009.




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Customers





All of
the oil and natural gas production from the Fund’s producing properties is sold
by a third party.  As a result, the Fund did not contract to sell oil and
natural gas to customers.  Therefore, the Fund had no customers or any one
or few major customers upon which it depends.





Energy
Prices





Historically,
the markets for and prices of oil and natural gas have been extremely volatile,
and they are likely to continue to be volatile in the future.  This
volatility is caused by numerous factors and market conditions that the Fund
cannot control or influence.  Therefore, it is impossible to predict
the future price of oil and natural gas with any certainty.  Low
commodity prices could have an adverse affect on the Fund’s future
profitability.





Competition





Strong
competition exists in the acquisition of oil and natural gas leases and in all
sectors of the oil and natural gas exploration and production industry. Although
the Fund does not compete for lease acquisitions from the MMS, it does compete
with other companies for the acquisition of percentage ownership interests in
oil and natural gas working interests in the secondary market.





In
many instances, the Fund competes for projects with large independent oil and
natural gas producers who generally have significantly greater access to capital
resources, have a larger staff, and more experience in oil and natural gas
exploration and production than the Fund. As a result, these larger companies
are in a position that they could outbid the Fund for a project. However,
because these companies are so large and have such significant resources, they
tend to focus more on projects that are larger, have greater reserve potential,
and cost significantly more to explore and develop.  The focus of
these companies on larger projects does not necessarily mean that they will not
investigate and/or acquire projects for which the Fund typically
competes.  The Manager is often able to win project participations
ahead of such competitors for the following reasons: (i) Ridgewood Energy has an
investment process that is not subject to the more layered decision-making
processes that typically exist within large oil and gas companies; such
processes enable Ridgewood Energy to assimilate financial, seismic and
operational data in relation to a prospective project and assess the terms on
which the project is being offered, which the Fund believes puts Ridgewood
Energy in a position to reach an investment decision well in advance of most
large oil and gas companies, (ii)  Ridgewood Energy is one of the most
active exploration and production participants in the Gulf of Mexico, and as a
result, the management team is in regular contact with all the major operators
and is therefore able to contribute valuable perspectives both from a geological
and operational viewpoint and (iii) Ridgewood Energy is typically not viewed as
a competitor by the syndicating operator, as Ridgewood Energy does not
participate in lease block sales but only invests in drill-ready syndicated
projects.




Employees




The Fund
has no employees as the Manager operates and manages the Fund.




Offices





The
principal executive office of the Fund and the Manager is located at 14 Philips
Parkway, Montvale, NJ 07645, and its phone number is 800-942-5550. The Manager
leases additional office space at 11700 Old Katy Road, Houston, TX
77079.  In addition, the Manager maintains leases for other offices
that are used for administrative purposes.





Regulation





Oil and
natural gas exploration, development and production activities are subject to
extensive federal and state laws and regulations. Regulations governing
exploration and development activities require, among other things, the Fund’s
operators to obtain permits to drill projects and to meet bonding, insurance and
environmental requirements in order to drill, own or operate projects. In
addition, the location of projects, the method of drilling and casing projects,
the restoration of properties upon which projects are drilled and the plugging
and abandoning of projects are also subject to regulations.




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The
Fund’s projects are located in the offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico on the
OCS. The Fund’s operations and activities are therefore governed by the OCSLA
and certain other laws and regulations described herein.





Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act





Under the
OCSLA, the United States federal government has jurisdiction over oil and
natural gas development on the OCS. As a result, the United States Secretary of
the Interior is empowered to sell exploration, development and production leases
of a defined submerged area of the OCS, or a block, through a competitive
bidding process. Such activity is conducted by the MMS, an agency of the United
States Department of Interior. The MMS administers federal offshore leases
pursuant to regulations promulgated under the OCSLA. Lessees must obtain MMS
approval for exploration, development and production plans prior to the
commencement of offshore operations. In addition, approvals and permits are
required from other agencies such as the U.S. Coast Guard, the Army Corps of
Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency.  The Fund is not
involved in the process of obtaining any such approvals or permits. Offshore
operations are subject to numerous regulatory requirements, including stringent
engineering and construction specifications related to offshore production
facilities and pipelines and safety-related regulations concerning the design
and operating procedures of these facilities and pipelines. MMS regulations also
restrict the flaring or venting of production and proposed regulations would
prohibit the flaring of liquid hydrocarbons and oil without prior
authorization.





The MMS
has also imposed regulations governing the plugging and abandonment of wells
located offshore and the installation and removal of all production facilities.
Under certain circumstances, the MMS may require operations on federal leases to
be suspended or terminated. Any such suspension or termination could adversely
affect the Fund’s operations and interests.





The MMS
conducts auctions for lease blocks of submerged areas offshore. As part of the
leasing activity and as required by the OCSLA, the leases auctioned include
specified lease terms such as the length of the lease, the amount of royalty to
be paid, lease cancellation and suspension, and, to a degree, the planned
activities of exploration and production to be conducted by the lessee. In
addition, the OCSLA grants the Secretary of the Interior continuing oversight
and approval authority over exploration plans throughout the term of the
lease.





Sales
and Transportation of Oil and Natural Gas





The Fund
sells its proportionate share of oil and natural gas, through the operator on
the Fund’s behalf, to the market and receives market prices from such sales.
These sales are not currently subject to regulation by any federal or state
agency. However, in order for the Fund to make such sales, it is dependent upon
unaffiliated pipeline companies whose rates, terms and conditions of transport
are subject to regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC").
The rates, terms and conditions are regulated by FERC pursuant to a variety of
statutes, including the OCSLA, the Natural Gas Policy Act and the Energy Policy
Act of 1992. Generally, depending on certain factors, pipelines can charge rates
that are either market-based or cost-of-service. In some circumstances, rates
can be agreed upon pursuant to settlement. Thus, the rates that pipelines charge
the Fund, although regulated, are beyond the Fund’s control. Nevertheless, such
rates would apply uniformly to all transporters on that pipeline and, as a
result, management does not anticipate that the impact to the Fund of any
changes in such rates, terms or conditions would be materially different than
the impact upon other oil or natural gas producers and marketers.





Environmental
Matters and Regulation





The
Fund’s operations are subject to pervasive environmental laws and regulations
governing the discharge of materials into the air and water and the protection
of aquatic species and habitats. However, although it shares the liability along
with its other working interest owners for any environmental damage, most of the
activities to which these environmental laws and regulations apply are conducted
by the operator on the Fund’s behalf. Nevertheless, environmental laws and
regulations to which its operations are subject may require the Fund, or the
operator, to acquire permits to commence drilling operations, restrict or
prohibit the release of certain materials or substances into the environment,
impose the installation of certain environmental control devices, require
certain remedial measures to prevent pollution and other discharges such as the
plugging of abandoned projects and, finally, impose in some instances severe
penalties, fines and liabilities for the environmental damage that may be caused
by the Fund’s projects.





Some of
the environmental laws that apply to oil and natural gas exploration and
production are:




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The Oil Pollution
Act. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990, as amended (the “OPA”), amends
Section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (the “Clean Water
Act”) and was enacted in response to the numerous tanker spills, including the
Exxon Valdez, that occurred in the 1980s. Among other things, the OPA clarifies
the federal response authority to, and increases penalties for, such spills. The
OPA establishes a new liability regime for oil pollution incidents in the
aquatic environment. Essentially, the OPA provides that a responsible party for
a vessel or facility from which oil is discharged or that poses a substantial
threat of a discharge could be liable for certain specified damages resulting
from a discharge of oil, including clean-up and remediation, loss of subsistence
use of natural resources, real or personal property damages, as well as certain
public and private damages. A responsible party includes a lessee of an offshore
facility.





The OPA
also requires a responsible party to submit proof of its financial
responsibility to cover environmental cleanup and restoration costs that could
be incurred in connection with an oil spill. Under the OPA, parties responsible
for offshore facilities must provide financial assurance of at least $35 million
to address oil spills and associated damages. In certain limited circumstances,
that amount may be increased to $150 million. As indicated earlier, the Fund has
not been required to make any such showing to the MMS as the operators are
responsible for such compliance. However, notwithstanding the operators’
responsibility for compliance, in the event of an oil spill, the Fund, along
with the operators and other working interest owners, could be liable under the
OPA for the resulting environmental damage.





Clean Water
Act. Generally, the Clean Water Act imposes liability for the
unauthorized discharge of pollutants, including petroleum products, into the
surface and coastal U.S. waters except in strict conformance with discharge
permits issued by the federal, or state if applicable, agency. Regulations
governing water discharges also impose other requirements, such as the
obligation to prepare spill response plans. The Fund’s operators are responsible
for compliance with the Clean Water Act, although the Fund may be liable for any
failure of the operator to do so.





Federal Clean Air
Act. The Federal Clean Air Act of 1970, as amended (the “Clean Air Act”),
restricts the emission of certain air pollutants. Prior to constructing new
facilities, permits may be required before work can commence and existing
facilities may be required to incur additional capital costs to add equipment to
ensure and maintain compliance.  As a result, the Fund’s operations
may be required to incur additional costs to comply with the Clean Air
Act.





Other
Environmental Laws. In addition to the above, the Fund’s operations may
be subject to the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, which regulates the
generation, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal and cleanup of certain
hazardous wastes, as well as the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, which imposes
joint and several liability without regard to fault or legality of conduct on
classes of persons who are considered responsible for the release of a hazardous
substance into the environment.





The above
represents a brief outline of the major environmental laws that may apply to the
Fund’s operations. The Fund believes that its operators are in compliance with
each of these environmental laws and the regulations promulgated
thereunder.  The Fund does not believe that the costs of compliance
with applicable environmental laws, including federal, state and local laws,
will have a material adverse impact on its financial condition and/or
operations.





ITEM
1A.  RISK FACTORS





Not
required.





ITEM
1B.  UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS





Not
applicable.





ITEM
2.  PROPERTIES





The
information regarding the Fund’s properties that is contained in Item 1.
“Business” of this Annual Report under the headings “Project Information,”
“Properties,” “Future and Current Projects,” “Discoveries,” and “Dry Holes” is
incorporated herein by reference.




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Unaudited
Oil and Gas Reserve Quantities


The
preparation of the Fund’s oil and gas reserve estimates are completed in
accordance with the Fund’s internal control procedures over reserve
estimation.  The Fund’s management controls over proved reserve estimation
include: 1) verification of input data that is provided to an independent
petroleum engineering firm, 2) engagement of well-qualified and independent
reservoir engineers for preparation of reserve reports annually in accordance
with SEC reserve estimation guidelines and 3) a review of the reserve estimates
by the Manager.





The
Fund’s reserve estimates at December 31, 2009 were prepared by Ryder Scott
Company, L.P., (“Ryder Scott”) an independent petroleum engineering firm. The
information regarding the qualifications of the petroleum engineer is included
within the report from Ryder Scott, which is included as Exhibit 99 of this
Annual Report, and is incorporated herein by reference.  At December
31, 2008, the Fund had one non-producing property for which reserve data is
based upon internal estimates.





Proved
oil and gas reserves are the estimated quantities of oil and natural gas, which
geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be
recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing economic and
operating conditions.  Proved developed oil and gas reserves are those
reserves expected to be recovered through existing wells with existing equipment
and operating methods.  The information regarding the Fund’s proved
reserves, which is contained in Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this Annual Report under the
heading “Critical Accounting Estimates – Proved Reserves”, is incorporated
herein by reference.  The information regarding the Fund’s unaudited net
quantities of proved developed and undeveloped reserves, which is contained in
Table III in the “Supplementary Financial Information – Information about Oil
and Gas Producing Activities – Unaudited” included in Item 15.  “Exhibits,
Financial Statement Schedules” of this Annual Report, is incorporated herein by
reference.





Proved
Undeveloped Reserves.At December 31, 2009,
the Fund had approximately 7 hundred barrels and 223 thousand mcf of proved
undeveloped oil and natural gas reserves, respectively, related to a second
Emerald Project well which is scheduled to begin drilling in the second quarter
2010.  The discussion of the Emerald Project, which is contained in
Item 1. “Business” of this Annual Report under the heading “Discoveries”, is
incorporated herein by reference.  The Fund had no proved undeveloped
reserves at December 31, 2008.





Production
and Prices


The
information regarding the Fund’s production of oil and natural gas, and certain
price and cost information for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 that
is contained in Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” of this Annual Report under the headings
“Results of Operations – Oil and Gas Revenue” and “Results of Operations –
Operating Expenses” is incorporated herein by reference.





ITEM
3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS





None.





ITEM
4.  (REMOVEDAND RESERVED)





PART
II





ITEM
5.  MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED
STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES





There is
currently no established public trading market for the Shares. As of March 4,
2010, there were 942 shareholders of record of the Fund.





Distributions
are made in accordance with the provisions of the LLC Agreement.  At
various times throughout the year, the Manager determines whether there is
sufficient available cash, as defined in the LLC Agreement, for distribution to
shareholders.  There is, however, no requirement to distribute
available cash and as such, available cash is distributed to the extent and at
such times as the Manager believes is advisable. During the year ended December
31, 2009, the Fund paid distributions totaling $0.4 million.  There
were no distributions paid during the year ended December 31, 2008.





ITEM
6.  SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA





Not
required.




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ITEM
7.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS





Overview
of the Fund’s Business


The Fund
was organized to acquire interests in oil and gas properties located in the
United States offshore waters of Texas, Louisiana and Alabama in the Gulf of
Mexico. The Fund’s primary investment objective is to generate cash flow for
distribution to its shareholders by generating returns across a portfolio of
exploratory or development stage shallow water or deepwater
projects.  However, the Fund is not required to make distributions to
shareholders except as provided in the LLC Agreement.





The
Manager performs certain duties on the Fund’s behalf including the evaluation of
potential projects for investment and ongoing management, administrative and
advisory services associated with these projects. The Fund does not currently,
nor is there any plan to, operate any project in which the Fund participates.
The Manager enters into operating agreements with third-party operators for the
management of all exploration, development and producing operations, as
appropriate.  See also Item 1. "Business" for additional information
regarding the projects of the Fund.





Revenues
are subject to market pricing for oil and natural gas, which has been extremely
volatile, and are likely to continue to be volatile in the future. This
volatility is caused by numerous factors and market conditions that the Fund
cannot control or influence. Therefore, it is impossible to predict the future
price of oil and natural gas with any certainty. Low commodity prices could have
an adverse affect on the Fund’s future profitability.





Critical
Accounting Estimates


The
discussion and analysis of the Fund’s financial condition and results of
operations are based upon the Fund’s financial statements, which have been
prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America (“GAAP”).  In preparing these financial
statements, the Fund is required to make certain estimates, judgments and
assumptions.  These estimates, judgments and assumptions affect the
reported amounts of the Fund’s assets and liabilities, including the disclosure
of contingent assets and liabilities, at the date of the financial statements
and the reported amounts of its revenues and expenses during the periods
presented.  The Fund evaluates these estimates and assumptions on an
ongoing basis. The Fund bases its estimates and assumptions on historical
experience and on various other factors that the Fund believes to be reasonable
at the time the estimates and assumptions are made. However, future events and
actual results may differ from these estimates and assumptions and such
differences may have a material impact on the results of operations, financial
position or cash flows.  See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements –
“Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” contained in Item 8. “Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data” contained in this Annual Report for a
discussion of the Fund’s significant accounting policies.
 
 Accounting
for Exploration, Development and Acquisition Costs


Exploration
and production activities are accounted for using the successful efforts method.
Costs of acquiring unproved and proved oil and natural gas leasehold acreage,
including lease bonuses, brokers’ fees and other related costs are capitalized.
Annual lease rentals, exploration expenses and dry-hole costs are expensed as
incurred. Costs of drilling and equipping productive wells and related
production facilities are capitalized.





The costs
of exploratory and developmental wells are capitalized pending determination of
whether proved reserves have been found. Drilling costs remain capitalized after
drilling is completed if (1) the well has found a sufficient quantity of
reserves to justify completion as a producing well and (2) sufficient
progress is being made in assessing the reserves and the economic and operating
viability of the project. If either of those criteria is not met, or if there is
substantial doubt about the economic or operational viability of the project,
the capitalized well costs are charged to expense as dry-hole costs. Indicators
of sufficient progress in assessing reserves and the economic and operating
viability of a project include: commitment of project personnel; active
negotiations for sales contracts with customers; negotiations with governments,
operators and contractors; and firm plans for additional drilling and other
factors.





Unproved
Property


Unproved
property is comprised of capital costs incurred for undeveloped acreage, wells
and production facilities in progress and wells pending determination. These
costs are initially excluded from the depletion base until the outcome of the
project has been determined, or generally until it is known whether proved
reserves will or will not be assigned to the property.  The Fund assesses
all items in its unproved property balance on an ongoing basis for possible
impairment or reduction in value.




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Proved
Reserves


Annually,
the Fund engages an independent petroleum engineer, Ryder Scott, to perform a
comprehensive study of the Fund’s producing properties to determine the
quantities of reserves and the period over which such reserves will be
recoverable.The Fund’s estimates of
proved reserves are based on the quantities of oil and natural gas that
geological and engineering data demonstrate, with reasonable certainty, to be
recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing economic and
operating conditions. However, there are numerous uncertainties inherent in
estimating quantities of proved reserves and in projecting future revenues,
rates of production and timing of development expenditures, including many
factors beyond the Fund’s control. The estimation process is very complex and
relies on assumptions and subjective interpretations of available geologic,
geophysical, engineering and production data and the accuracy of reserve
estimates is a function of the quality and quantity of available data,
engineering and geological interpretation, and judgment. In addition, as a
result of volatility and changing market conditions, commodity prices and future
development costs will change from period to period, causing estimates of proved
reserves and future net revenues to change. Estimates of proved reserves are key
components of the Fund’s most significant financial estimates involving its rate
for recording depreciation, depletion and amortization.





Asset
Retirement Obligations


For oil
and gas properties, there are obligations to perform removal and remediation
activities when the properties are retired.  When a project reaches
drilling depth and is determined to be either proved or dry, a liability is
recognized for the present value of asset retirement obligations once reasonably
estimable.  The Fund capitalizes the associated asset retirement costs
as part of the carrying amount of its proved properties.  Plug and
abandonment costs associated with unsuccessful projects are expensed as dry-hole
costs.





Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets


The Fund
reviews the value of its oil and gas properties whenever management determines
that events and circumstances indicate that the recorded carrying value of
properties may not be recoverable.  Impairments of producing
properties are determined by comparing future net undiscounted cash flows to the
net book value at the end of each period.  If the net book value
exceeds the future net undiscounted cash flows, the carrying value of the
property is written down to “fair value,” which is determined using net
discounted future cash flows from the producing property.  Different
pricing assumptions, reserve estimates or discount rates could result in a
different calculated impairment.  The Fund provides for impairments on
unproved properties when it determines that the property will not be developed
or a permanent impairment in value has occurred.  Given the volatility
of oil and natural gas prices, it is reasonably possible that the Fund’s
estimate of discounted future net cash flows from proved oil and natural gas
reserves could change in the near term.  If oil and natural gas prices
decline significantly, even if only for a short period of time, it is possible
that write-downs of oil and gas properties could occur.





Results
of Operations





The following table summarizes the Fund’s results of
operations for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, and should be read in
conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements and the notes thereto
included within Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in this
Annual Report.






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Year
      ended December 31,2009
              
              
              2008(in
      thousands)RevenueOil
      and gas revenue
              
              $
              1,031
              
              
              $
              -ExpensesDepletion
      and amortization
              
              
              787
              
              
              
              -Dry-hole
      costs
              
              
              3,023
              
              
              
              11,378Impairment
      of property
              
              
              1,145
              
              
              
              -Management
      fees to affiliate
              
              
              1,176
              
              
              
              1,418Operating
      expenses
              
              
              347
              
              
              
              94General
      and administrative expenses
              
              
              415
              
              
              
              452Total
      expenses
              
              
              6,893
              
              
              
              13,342Loss
      from operations
              
              
              (5,862
              )
              
              
              (13,342
              )Other
      incomeInterest
      income
              
              
              468
              
              
              
              939Net
      loss
              
              
              (5,394
              )
              
              
              (12,403
              )Other
      comprehensive lossUnrealized
      (loss) gain onmarketable
      securities
              
              
              (386
              )
              
              
              370Total
      comprehensive loss
              
              $
              (5,780
              )
              
              $
              (12,033
              )


Overview.  Since inception,
the Fund has had two wells come onto production, the Emerald Project and the
Cobalt Project in February 2009 and June 2009, respectively, thereby impacting
the Fund’s revenue, depletion, amortization and lease operating
expenses.  Oil and gas sales were all
located within the United States.





Oil and Gas
Revenue.   Oil and gas revenue for the year ended December 31, 2009was $1.0 million,
related to the onset of production of the Emerald and Cobalt projects as
discussed in “Overview” above. During the year
ended December 31, 2009, the Fund sold 2 thousand barrels of oil at an
average price of $60 per barrel and 236 thousand mcf of gas at an average price
of $3.63 per mcf.





Depletion and
Amortization.Depletion and
amortization for the year ended December 31, 2009was $0.8 million, related to the onset of production of the Emerald and
Cobalt projects, in February 2009 and June 2009, respectively. Prior to that
time, the Fund had no producing properties.




Dry-hole
Costs.Dry-hole costs are those costs incurred to drill and
develop a well that is ultimately found to be incapable of producing either oil
or natural gas in sufficient quantities to justify completion of the
well.  At times,the Fund receives credits on certain wells
from their respective operators upon review and audit of the wells’
costs.  Dry-hole costs, inclusive of such credits, are detailed in the
following table:






Year
      ended December 31,Lease
      Block
              
              2009
              
              
              2008Neptune
      Project
              
              
              3,064
              
              
              $
              -Bison
      Project
              
              
              191
              
              
              
              287Walker
      Ridge 155
              
              
              (111
              )
              
              
              7,818Eos
      Project
              
              
              (86
              )
              
              
              3,296Other
      wells
              
              
              (35
              )
              
              
              (23
              )$
              3,023
              
              
              $
              11,378


Impairment of
Property.  During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Fund
recorded an impairment of property of $1.1 million, relating to the Ajax
Project, after evaluating its options for
completion of the well given current market conditions.  The Fund is
currently exploring other opportunities for this well, including selling its
interest. There were no impairments recorded during the year ended
December 31, 2008.





Management Fees
to Affiliate.Management fees for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008 were $1.2 million and $1.4 million,
respectively.   An annual management fee, totaling 2.5% of total
capital contributions, net of cumulative dry-hole and related well costs
incurred by the Fund, is paid monthly to the Manager.See additional discussion in Item 1.
“Business”.




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Operating
Expenses.Operating expenses include the costs of operating
and maintaining wells and related facilities, geological costs and accretion
expense, as detailed in the following table.





Year
      ended December 31,2009
              
              
              2008(in
      thousands)Geological
      costs
              
              $
              232
              
              
              $
              93Lease
      operating expense
              
              
              111
              
              
              
              -Accretion
      expense
              
              
              4
              
              
              
              1$
              347
              
              
              $
              94
 
 Geological
costs for the year ended December 31, 2009 related to the Alpha, Aspen, Emerald
and Targa projects.  Geological costs for the year ended December 31,
2008 related to the Emerald, Ajax and Eos projects.  Lease operating
expense for the year ended December 31, 2009 was related to the Fund’s producing
properties as outlined above in “Overview”.During the year ended December 31, 2009,
average production cost was $0.43 per mcfe.There was no lease
operating expense for the year endedDecember 31,
2008.  Accretion expense is related to the asset retirement
obligations established for the Fund’s proved properties.





General and
Administrative Expenses.  General
and administrative expenses represent costs specifically identifiable or
allocable to the Fund, as detailed in the following table.





Year
      ended December 31,2009
              
              
              2008(in
      thousands)Insurance
      expense
              
              $
              207
              
              
              $
              181Accounting
      fees
              
              
              167
              
              
              
              193Trust
      fees and other
              
              
              41
              
              
              
              78$
              415
              
              
              $
              452


Insurance
expense represents premiums related to producing well and control of well
insurance, which varies dependent upon the number of wells producing or drilling
and directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.  Accounting fees
represent audit and tax preparation fees, quarterly reviews and filing fees
incurred by the Fund.  Trust fees represent bank fees associated with
the management of the Fund’s cash accounts.





InterestIncome.     Interest
income is comprised of interest earned on money market accounts and investments
in U.S. Treasury securities.Interest income for the year
ended December 31, 2009 was $0.5 million, a $0.5 million decrease from the year
ended December 31, 2008.  The decrease was the result of a reduction
in average outstanding balances earning interest, due to ongoing capital
expenditures for oil and gas properties, coupled with lower interest rates
earned.





Unrealized (Loss)
Gain on Marketable Securities.During 2007, the Fund purchased
available-for-sale U.S. Treasury securities, which matured in December
2009.  Unrealized gains and losses related to the securities’ change
in fair value are recorded in other comprehensive income until
realized.  During the year ended December 31, 2009, the
available-for-sale security matured, and accordingly, the previously recorded
unrealized gain of $0.4 million was reclassified.





Capital
Resources and Liquidity





Operating
Cash Flows


Cash
flows used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2009 were
$0.5 million, primarily related to management fees of $1.2 million, general and
administrative expenses of $0.4 million and operating expenses of $0.3 million,
partially offset by revenue received of $0.9 million and interest income
received of $0.5 million.





Cash
flows used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2008 were
$1.2 million, primarily related to management fees of $1.4 million, general and
administrative expenses of $0.5 million, and operating expenses of $0.1 million,
partially offset by interest income received of $0.8 million.




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Investing
Cash Flows


Cash
flows used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2009 were
$9.9 million, primarily related to investments in marketable securities of $14.0
million and capital expenditures for oil and gas properties of $10.8 million,
partially offset by proceeds from the maturity of U.S. Treasury securities of
$14.6 million and proceeds from an insurance recovery related to the Aspen
Project totaling $0.3 million.





Cash
flows provided by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2008 were
$3.5 million, primarily related to proceeds from the sale of U.S. Treasury
securities totaling $24.5 million, partially offset by investments in U.S.
Treasury securities of $12.2 million and capital expenditures for oil and gas
properties totaling $8.8 million, inclusive of advances.





Financing
Cash Flows


Cash
flows used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2009 were
$0.4 million related to manager and shareholder distributions.





Cash
flows provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2008 were
$22 thousand, related to capital contributions received of $23 thousand,
partially offset by syndication costs paid of $1 thousand.





Estimated
Capital Expenditures





The
Fund has entered into multiple agreements for the acquisition, drilling and
development of its investment properties.  The estimated capital
expenditures associated with these agreements can vary depending on the stage of
development on a property-by-property basis.  As of December 31, 2009,
the Fund had committed to spend an additional $16.0 million related to its
investment properties.





When the
Manager makes a decision to participate in an exploratory project, it assumes
that the well will be successful and allocates enough capital to budget for the
completion of that well and the additional development wells and infrastructure
anticipated.  If an exploratory well is deemed a dry hole or if it is
determined to be un-economical, the capital allocated to the completion of that
well and to the development of additional wells is then reallocated to a new
project or used to make additional investments.





Capital
expenditures for investment properties are funded with the capital raised by the
Fund in its private placement offering, which is all the capital it will
obtain.  The number of projects in which the Fund can invest will
naturally be limited, and each unsuccessful project the Fund experiences reduces
its ability to generate revenue and exhaust its capital.  Typically,
the Manager seeks an investment portfolio that combines high and low risk
exploratory projects.





Liquidity
Needs





The
Fund’s primary short-term liquidity needs are to fund its operations, inclusive
of management fees, and capital expenditures for its investment
properties.  Operations are funded utilizing operating income,
existing cash on-hand, short-term investments and income earned
therefrom.





The
Manager is entitled to receive an annual management fee from the Fund regardless
of the Fund’s profitability in that year.  Generally, all or a portion
of the management fee is paid from operating income and interest income,
although the management fee can be paid out of capital contributions; however,
this is not the Fund’s intent.





Distributions,
if any, are funded from available cash from operations, as defined in the LLC
Agreement, and the frequency and amount are within the Manager’s
discretion.





Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements





The Fund
had no off-balance sheet arrangements at December 31, 2009 and 2008 and does not
anticipate the use of such arrangements in the future.




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Contractual
Obligations





The Fund
enters into participation and operating agreements with operators.  On
behalf of the Fund, an operator enters into various contractual commitments
pertaining to exploration, development and production activities.  The
Fund does not negotiate any contracts.  No contractual obligations
exist at December 31, 2009 and 2008 other than those discussed in “Estimated
Capital Expenditures” above.




Recent
Accounting Pronouncements




See Note
3 of Notes to Financial Statements – “Recent Accounting Standards” in Item 8.
“Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” contained in this Annual Report
for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.




ITEM
      7A.
              QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
      RISK





Not
required.




ITEM
      8.
            FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
  DATA




All
financial statements meeting the requirements of Regulation S-X and the
supplementary financial information required by Item 302 of Regulation S-K are
included in the financial statements listed in Item 15. “Exhibits, Financial
Statement Schedules” and filed as part of this report.




ITEM
      9.
            CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
      FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE


None.




ITEM
      9A.
              CONTROLS AND
PROCEDURES


Disclosure
Controls and Procedures


Under the
supervision and with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of the Fund, management of the Fund and the Manager carried
out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Fund’s
disclosure controls and procedures as defined in the Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)
as of December 31, 2009.  Based upon the evaluation, the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Fund’s
disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the end of the period
covered by this report.





Management's
Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting


Management
of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)).
 The Fund’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles.





Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not
prevent or detect all misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance
with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.





Management
of the Fund, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer,
assessed the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2009.  In making this assessment,
management of the Fund used the criteria set forth by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the “COSO”) in Internal
Control — Integrated Framework. Based on their assessment using
those criteria, management of the Fund concluded that, as of December 31,
2009, the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting is
effective.





This
Annual Report does not include an attestation report of the Fund’s registered
public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial
reporting.  Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the
Fund’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Fund to provide only
management’s report in this Annual Report.





Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting


The Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Fund have concluded that
there have not been any changes in the Fund’s internal control over financial
reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2009 that have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Fund’s internal
control over financial reporting.




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ITEM
      9B.
              OTHER INFORMATION


None.





PART
III





ITEM
      10.
            DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE
      GOVERNANCE





The Fund
has engaged Ridgewood Energy as the Manager.  The Manager has very
broad authority, including the authority to appoint the executive officers of
the Fund.  Executive officers of Ridgewood Energy and the Fund and
their ages at December 31, 2009 are as follows:




Officer
      ofRidgewood
      EnergyName,
      Age and Position with Registrant
              
              Corporation
      SinceRobert
      E. Swanson, 62Chief
      Executive Officer
              
              1982Kenneth
      W. Lang, 55President
      and Chief Operating Officer
              
              2009Kathleen
      P. McSherry, 44Executive
      Vice President andChief
      Financial Officer
              
              2001Robert
      L. Gold, 51Executive
      Vice President
              
              1987Daniel
      V. Gulino, 49Senior
      Vice President and General Counsel
              
              2003


The
officers in the above table have also been officers of the Fund since August 28,
2006, the date of inception of the Fund, with the exception of Mr. Lang who has
been an officer of Ridgewood Energy and the Fund since June 2009.  The
officers are employed by and paid exclusively by the Manager.  Set
forth below is certain biographical information regarding the executive officers
of Ridgewood Energy and the Fund:





Robert E. Swanson has served
as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and controlling shareholder of
Ridgewood Energy since its inception and is the Chairman of the Investment
Committee.  Mr. Swanson is also the Chairman of Ridgewood Renewable
Power, LLC and Ridgewood Capital Management, LLC, and President of Ridgewood
Securities Corporation, affiliates of Ridgewood Energy.  Mr. Swanson
is a member of the New York State and New Jersey State Bars, the Association of
the Bar of the City of New York and the New York State Bar Association. He is a
graduate of Amherst College and Fordham University Law School.





Kenneth W. Langhas served as
the President and Chief Operating Officer of Ridgewood Energy since June 2009
and is a member of the Investment Committee.  Prior to joining the
Fund, Mr. Lang was with BP for twenty-four years, ultimately serving as Senior
Vice President for BP's Gulf of Mexico business and a member of the Board of
Directors for BP America, Inc.  Mr. Lang is a graduate of the
University of Houston.





Kathleen P. McSherry has
served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ridgewood
Energy since 2001 and is a member of the Investment Committee. Ms. McSherry also
serves as Vice President of Systems and Administration of Ridgewood Power. Ms.
McSherry holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.





Robert L. Gold has served as
the Executive Vice President of Ridgewood Energy since 1987 and is a member of
the Investment Committee.  Mr. Gold has also served as the President
and Chief Executive Officer of Ridgewood Capital since its inception in 1998.
Mr. Gold is a member of the New York State Bar. Mr. Gold is a graduate of
Colgate University and New York University School of Law.




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Daniel V. Gulino has served as
Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Ridgewood Energy since 2003. Mr.
Gulino also serves as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Ridgewood
Renewable Power, Ridgewood Capital Management, and Ridgewood Securities
Corporation.  Mr. Gulino is a member of the New Jersey State and
Pennsylvania State Bars.  Mr. Gulino is a graduate of Fairleigh
Dickinson University and Rutgers School of Law.





Board
of Directors and Board Committees


The Fund
does not have its own board of directors or any board committees. The Fund
relies upon the Manager to provide recommendations regarding dispositions and
financial disclosure.  Officers of the Fund are not compensated by the
Fund, and all compensation matters are addressed by the Manager, as described in
Item 11. “Executive Compensation” of this Annual Report.  Because the Fund
does not maintain a board of directors and because officers of the Fund are
compensated by the Manager, the Manager believes that it is appropriate for the
Fund to not have a nominating or compensation committee.





Code
of Ethics


The
Manager of the Fund has adopted a code of ethics for all employees, including
the Manager’s principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting
officer. If any amendments are made to the code of ethics or the Manager of the
Fund grants any waiver, including any implicit waiver, from a provision of the
code to any of the Manager’s executive officers, the Fund will disclose the
nature of such amendment or waiver on our website or in a current report on Form
8-K.  Copies of the code of ethics are available, without charge, on
the Manager’s website at www.ridgewoodenergy.com and in print upon written
request to the business address of the Manager at 14 Philips Parkway, Montvale,
New Jersey 07645, ATTN:  General Counsel.





Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance


Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act, as amended, requires the Fund’s executive officers
and directors, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of the
Fund’s equity securities, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership
with the SEC. Based on a review of the copies of reports furnished or otherwise
available to the Fund, the Fund believes that during the year ended December 31,
2009, all filing requirements applicable to its officers, directors and 10%
beneficial owners were met.





ITEM
11.  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION





The
executive officers of the Fund do not receive compensation from the Fund. The
Manager, or its affiliates, compensates the officers without additional payments
by the Fund. See Item 13. “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and
Director Independence” for more information regarding Manager compensation and
payments to affiliated entities.





ITEM
12.  SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS





The
following table sets forth information with respect to beneficial ownership of
the shares as of March 4, 2010 (no person owns more than 5% of the shares)
by:





·
            each
      executive officer (there are no directors);
and


·
            all
      of the executive officers as a
group.





Beneficial
ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes
voting or investment power with respect to the securities. Except as indicated
by footnote, and subject to applicable community property laws, the persons
named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to
all shares shown as beneficially owned by them. Percentage of beneficial
ownership is based on 486.4825 shares outstanding at March 4, 2010. Other than
as indicated below, no officer of the Manager or the Fund owns any of the
Shares.




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NumberName of beneficial
      owner
              
              of
      shares
              
              PercentRobert
      E. Swanson,Chief
      Executive Officer (1)
              
              1.0000
              
              *Robert
      L. Gold
              
              0.1667
              
              *Executive
      officers as a group (1)
              
              1.1667
              
              *




*
Represents less than one percent.


(1)
Includes shares owned by Mr. Swanson’s family members and trusts, which he
controls.




ITEM
      13.
            CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR
      INDEPENDENCE




The LLC
Agreement provides that the Manager render management, administrative and
advisory services.  For such services, the Manager is paid an annual
management fee, payable monthly, of 2.5% of total capital contributions, net of
cumulative dry-hole and related well costs incurred by the
Fund.  Management fees for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
were $1.2 million and $1.4 million, respectively.





The
Manager is entitled to receive a 15% interest in cash distributions made by the
Fund.  For the year ended December 31, 2009 the Manager was paid
distributions totaling $0.1 million.  There were no distributions paid
by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2008.





At times,
short-term payables and receivables, which do not bear interest, arise from
transactions with affiliates in the ordinary course of business.





None of
the compensation paid to the Manager has been derived as a result of arm’s
length negotiations.





The Fund
has working interest ownership in certain projects to acquire and develop oil
and natural gas projects with other entities that are likewise managed by the
Manager.  See the discussion under the heading “Properties” in Item 1.
“Business”.




Profits
and losses are allocated in accordance with the LLC Agreement. In general,
profits and losses in any year are allocated 85% to shareholders and 15% to the
Manager. The primary exception to this treatment is that all items of expense,
loss, deduction and credit attributable to the expenditure of shareholders’
capital contributions are allocated 99% to shareholders and 1% to the
Manager.




ITEM
      14.
            PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND
  SERVICES




The
following table presents fees for services rendered by Deloitte & Touche LLP
for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008.




Year
      ended December 31,2009
              
              
              2008(in
      thousands)Audit
      fees (1)
              
              $
              130
              
              
              $
              130Audit-related
      fees (2)
              
              
              3
              
              
              
              -$
              133
              
              
              $
              130


(1)
            Fees
      for audit of annual financial statements, reviews of the related quarterly
      financial statements, and reviews of documents filed with the
      SEC.(2)
            Fees
      for consultations regarding the Fund’s disclosure controls and procedures
      in accordance with Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
      2002.




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PART
IV





ITEM
15.  EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES





(a)
(1)     Financial Statements





See
“Index to Financial Statements” set forth on page F-1.





(a)
(2)     Financial Statement Schedules





None.





(a)
(3)




EXHIBITNUMBER
              
              TITLE OF
      EXHIBIT
              
              METHOD OF
      FILING3.1
              
              Articles
      of Formation of Ridgewood Energy U Fund, LLC dated August 28,
      2006.
              
              Incorporated
      by reference to the Fund's Form 10 filed on April 26,
  2007.3.2
              
              Limited
      Liability Company Agreement between Ridgewood Energy Corporation and
      Investors of Ridgewood Energy U Fund, LLC dated October 1,
      2006.
              
              Incorporated
      by reference to the Fund's Form 10 filed on April 26,
  2007.31.1
              
              Certification
      of Robert E. Swanson, Chief Executive Officer of the Fund, pursuant to
      Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a)
              
              Filed
      herewith31.2
              
              Certification
      of Kathleen P. McSherry, Chief Financial Officer of the Fund, pursuant to
      Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a)
              
              Filed
      herewith32
              
              Certifications
      pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of
      The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, signed by Robert E. Swanson, Chief
      Executive Officer of the Fund and Kathleen P. McSherry, Chief Financial
      Officer of the Fund
              
              Filed
      herewith99
              
              Report
      of Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
              
              Filed
      herewith








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INDEX
      TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTSPAGEReport of Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm
              
              F-2Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2009 and
    2008
              
              F-3Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the years
      ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
              
              F-4Statements of Changes in Members’ Capital for the years ended
      December 31, 2009 and 2008
              
              F-5Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2009
      and 2008
              
              F-6Notes to Financial Statements
              
              F-7Supplementary Financial Information – Information about Oil
      and Gas Producing Activities - Unaudited
              
              F-13










F-1
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REPORT
OFINDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM





To the
shareholders and Manager of Ridgewood Energy U Fund, LLC:





We have
audited the accompanying balance sheets of Ridgewood Energy U Fund, LLC (the
“Fund”) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of
operations and comprehensive loss, changes in members’ capital, and cash flows
for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008.  These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management.  Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.





We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  The Fund
is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its
internal control over financial reporting.  Our audits included
consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for
designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not
for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s
internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no
such opinion.  An audit also includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.





In our
opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of Ridgewood Energy U Fund, LLC as of December 31, 2009 and
2008, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.





As
discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements, the Fund adopted the reserve
estimation and disclosure requirements of Extractive Activities – Oil and
Gas as of December 31, 2009.





/s/ Deloitte & Touche
LLP





Parsippany,
New Jersey


March 4,
2010




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RIDGEWOOD
      ENERGY U FUND, LLCBALANCESHEETS(in
      thousands, except share data)December
      31,2009
              
              
              2008ASSETSCurrent
      assets:Cash
      and cash equivalents
              
              $
              4,904
              
              
              $
              15,657Short-term
      investment in marketable securities
              
              
              14,001
              
              
              
              15,055Production
      receivable
              
              
              132
              
              
              
              -Other
      current assets
              
              
              21
              
              
              
              117Total
      current assets
              
              
              19,058
              
              
              
              30,829Salvage
      fund
              
              
              1,091
              
              
              
              1,064Oil
      and gas properties:Advances
      to operators for working interests and expenditures
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              1,402Unproved
      properties
              
              
              7,137
              
              
              
              1,895Proved
      properties
              
              
              5,988
              
              
              
              3,074Less:
      accumulated depletion and amortization
              
              
              (1,932
              )
              
              
              -Total
      oil and gas properties, net
              
              
              11,193
              
              
              
              6,371Total
      assets
              
              $
              31,342
              
              
              $
              38,264LIABILITIES
      AND MEMBERS' CAPITALCurrent
      liabilities:Due
      to operators
              
              $
              620
              
              
              $
              1,455Accrued
      expenses
              
              
              65
              
              
              
              73Total
      current liabilities
              
              
              685
              
              
              
              1,528Asset
      retirement obligations
              
              
              156
              
              
              
              57Total
      liabilities
              
              
              841
              
              
              
              1,585Commitments
      and contingencies (Note 8)Members'
      capital:Manager:Distributions
              
              
              (60
              )
              
              
              -Accumulated
      deficit
              
              
              (989
              )
              
              
              (847
              )Manager's
      total
              
              
              (1,049
              )
              
              
              (847
              )Shareholders:Capital
      contributions (1,000 shares authorized;486.4825
      issued and outstanding)
              
              
              72,381
              
              
              
              72,381Syndication
      costs
              
              
              (8,541
              )
              
              
              (8,541
              )Distributions
              
              
              (338
              )
              
              
              -Accumulated
      deficit
              
              
              (31,952
              )
              
              
              (26,700
              )Shareholders'
      total
              
              
              31,550
              
              
              
              37,140Accumulated
      other comprehensive income
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              386Total
      members' capital
              
              
              30,501
              
              
              
              36,679Total
      liabilities and members' capital
              
              $
              31,342
              
              
              $
              38,264






The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.




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RIDGEWOOD
      ENERGY U FUND, LLCSTATEMENTS
      OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS(in
      thousands, except per share data)Year
      ended December 31,2009
              
              
              2008RevenueOil
      and gas revenue
              
              $
              1,031
              
              
              $
              -ExpensesDepletion
      and amortization
              
              
              787
              
              
              
              -Dry-hole
      costs
              
              
              3,023
              
              
              
              11,378Impairment
      of property
              
              
              1,145
              
              
              
              -Management
      fees to affiliate (Note 6)
              
              
              1,176
              
              
              
              1,418Operating
      expenses
              
              
              347
              
              
              
              94General
      and administrative expenses
              
              
              415
              
              
              
              452Total
      expenses
              
              
              6,893
              
              
              
              13,342Loss
      from operations
              
              
              (5,862
              )
              
              
              (13,342
              )Other
      incomeInterest
      income
              
              
              468
              
              
              
              939Net
      loss
              
              
              (5,394
              )
              
              
              (12,403
              )Other
      comprehensive lossUnrealized
      (loss) gain on marketablesecurities
              
              
              (386
              )
              
              
              370Total
      comprehensive loss
              
              $
              (5,780
              )
              
              $
              (12,033
              )Manager
      InterestNet
      loss
              
              $
              (142
              )
              
              $
              (375
              )Shareholder
      InterestNet
      loss
              
              $
              (5,252
              )
              
              $
              (12,028
              )Net
      loss per share
              
              $
              (10,796
              )
              
              $
              (24,724
              )




The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.




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RIDGEWOOD
      ENERGY U FUND, LLCSTATEMENTS
      OFCHANGES IN MEMBERS' CAPITAL(in
      thousands except share amounts)Other
      Comprehensive#
      of Shares
                
                
                Manager
                
                
                Shareholders
                
                
                Income
      (Loss)
                
                
                TotalBalances,
      December 31, 2007
                
                
                486.4825
                
                
                $
                (472
                )
                
                $
                49,145
                
                
                $
                16
                
                
                $
                48,689Collection
      of subscription receivable
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                23
                
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                23Net
      loss
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                (375
                )
                
                
                (12,028
                )
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                (12,403
                )Other
      comprehensive income
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                370
                
                
                
                370Balances,
      December 31, 2008
                
                
                486.4825
                
                
                
                (847
                )
                
                
                37,140
                
                
                
                386
                
                
                
                36,679Distributions
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                (60
                )
                
                
                (338
                )
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                (398
                )Net
      loss
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                (142
                )
                
                
                (5,252
                )
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                (5,394
                )Other
      comprehensive loss
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                -
                
                
                
                (386
                )
                
                
                (386
                )Balances,
      December 31, 2009
                
                
                486.4825
                
                
                $
                (1,049
                )
                
                $
                31,550
                
                
                $
                -
                
                
                $
                30,501


The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.








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RIDGEWOOD
      ENERGY U FUND, LLCSTATEMENTS
      OFCASH FLOWS(in
      thousands)Year
      ended December 31,2009
              
              
              2008Cash
      flows from operating activitiesNet
      loss
              
              $
              (5,394
              )
              
              $
              (12,403
              )Adjustments
      to reconcile net loss to net cashused
      in operating activities:Depletion
      and amortization
              
              
              787
              
              
              
              -Dry-hole
      costs
              
              
              3,023
              
              
              
              11,378Impairment
      of property
              
              
              1,145
              
              
              
              -Accretion
      expense
              
              
              4
              
              
              
              1Amortization
      of premium on investment
              
              
              54
              
              
              
              57Interest
      earned on marketable securities
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              (282
              )Changes
      in assets and liabilities:Increase
      in production receivable
              
              
              (132
              )
              
              
              -Decrease
      in other current assets
              
              
              40
              
              
              
              57Increase
      in due to operators
              
              
              29
              
              
              
              -(Decrease)
      increase in accrued expenses
              
              
              (8
              )
              
              
              2Net
      cash used in operating activities
              
              
              (452
              )
              
              
              (1,190
              )Cash
      flows from investing activitiesPayments
      to operators for working interestsand
      expenditures
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              (1,402
              )Capital
      expenditures for oil and gas properties
              
              
              (10,810
              )
              
              
              (7,360
              )Investment
      in held-to-maturity securities
              
              
              (14,000
              )
              
              
              (12,185
              )Proceeds
      from the maturity of available-for-sale securities
              
              
              14,614
              
              
              
              24,487Proceeds
      from insurance recovery
              
              
              320
              
              
              
              -Interest
      reinvested in salvage fund
              
              
              (27
              )
              
              
              (31
              )Net
      cash (used in) provided by investing activities
              
              
              (9,903
              )
              
              
              3,509Cash
      flows from financing activitiesDistributions
              
              
              (398
              )
              
              
              -Contributions
      from shareholders
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              23Syndication
      costs
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              (1
              )Net
      cash (used in) provided by financing activities
              
              
              (398
              )
              
              
              22Net
      (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
              
              
              (10,753
              )
              
              
              2,341Cash
      and cash equivalents, beginning of year
              
              
              15,657
              
              
              
              13,316Cash
      and cash equivalents, end of year
              
              $
              4,904
              
              
              $
              15,657Supplemental
      schedule of non-cash investing activitiesAdvances
      used for capital expenditures in oil and gas properties
                reclassified
      to proved properties and dry-hole costs
              
              $
              1,402
              
              
              $
              -






The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.




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RIDGEWOOD
ENERGY U FUND, LLC


NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS





1.   Organization
and Purpose





The Ridgewood Energy U Fund, LLC (the
“Fund”), a Delaware limited liability company, was formed on August 28, 2006 and
operates pursuant to a limited liability company agreement (the “LLC Agreement”)
dated as of October 1, 2006 by and among Ridgewood Energy Corporation (the
“Manager”) and the shareholders of the Fund.  The Fund was organized
to acquire interests in oil and gas properties located in the United States
offshore waters of Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama in the Gulf of
Mexico.  During the first quarter 2009, the Fund began earning revenue
and as a result was determined by the Manager to no longer be an exploratory
stage enterprise.





The
Manager has direct and exclusive control over the management of the Fund’s
operations.  With respect to project investments, the Manager locates
potential projects, conducts due diligence and negotiates and completes the
transactions in which the investments are made.  The Manager performs,
or arranges for the performance of, the management, advisory and administrative
services required for Fund operations.  Such services include, without
limitation, the administration of shareholder accounts, shareholder relations
and the preparation, review and dissemination of tax and other financial
information.  In addition, the Manager provides office space,
equipment and facilities and other services necessary for Fund
operations.  The Manager also engages and manages the contractual
relations with unaffiliated custodians, depositories, accountants, attorneys,
broker-dealers, corporate fiduciaries, insurers, banks and others as required.
See Notes 2, 6 and 8.





2.   Summary
of Significant Accounting Policies





Use
of Estimates


The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management
to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date
of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense
during the reporting period.  On an ongoing basis, the Manager reviews
its estimates, including those related to property balances, determination of
proved reserves, impairments and asset retirement obligations. Actual results
may differ from those estimates.





Cash
and Cash Equivalents


All
highly liquid investments with maturities, when purchased, of three months or
less, are considered cash and cash equivalents.  At times, deposits
may be in excess of federally insured limits.  Effective January 1,
2010, the federally insured limits of the Fund’s deposits are $250 thousand per
insured financial institution.  Based upon these limits, at December
31, 2009, the Fund’s bank balances would have exceeded federally insured limits
by $4.7 million, of which $3.6 million was invested in money market accounts
that invest solely in U.S. Treasury bills and notes.





Investments
in Marketable Securities


At times,
the Fund may invest in U.S. Treasury bills and notes.  These
investments are considered short-term when their maturities are one year or
less, and long-term when their maturities are greater than one
year.  The Fund currently has short-term investments that are
classified as held-to-maturity.  Held-to-maturity investments are
those securities that the Fund has the ability and intent to hold until
maturity, and are recorded at cost plus accrued income, adjusted for the
amortization of premiums and discounts, which approximates fair
value.  At December 31, 2009, the Fund had two short-term
held-to-maturity investments of $7.0 million each, which mature in April 2010
and May 2010.





The Fund
had no available–for-sale securities at December 31, 2009.  At
December 31, 2008, the Fund had investments that matured in December 2009, which
were classified as available-for-sale.  Available-for-sale securities
are carried in the financial statements at fair value.  The following
table is a summary of available-for-sale investments at December 31,
2008.




GrossAmortized
                    
                    Unrealized
                    
                    FairCost
                    
                    Gains
                    
                    Value(in
      thousands)Available-for-SaleU.S.
      Treasury notesDecember
      31, 2008
                    $
                    14,669
                    
                    $
                    386
                    
                    $
                    15,055





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F or all
investments, interest income is accrued as earned and amortization of premium or
discount, if any, is included in interest income.  Unrealized gains or
losses on available-for-sale securities are reported in other comprehensive
income until realized.





Salvage
Fund


The Fund
deposits in a separate interest-bearing account, or salvage fund, money to
provide for the dismantling and removal of production platforms and facilities
and plugging and abandoning its wells at the end of their useful lives, in
accordance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations.  At
December 31, 2009, the Fund had investments in U.S. Treasury securities within
its salvage fund that are classified as held-to-maturity, totaling $1.0 million,
which mature in May 2012.




Interest
earned on the account will become part of the salvage fund.  There are
no restrictions on withdrawals from the salvage fund.




Oil
and Gas Properties


The Fund
invests in oil and gas properties, which are operated by unaffiliated entities
that are responsible for drilling, administering and producing activities
pursuant to the terms of the applicable operating agreements with working
interest owners.  The Fund’s portion of exploration, drilling,
operating and capital equipment expenditures is billed by
operators.




The
successful efforts method of accounting for oil and gas producing activities is
followed.  Acquisition costs are capitalized when
incurred.  Other oil and gas exploration costs, excluding the costs of
drilling exploratory wells, are charged to expense as incurred.  The
costs of drilling exploratory wells are capitalized pending the determination of
whether the wells have discovered proved commercial reserves.  If
proved commercial reserves have not been found, exploratory drilling costs are
expensed to dry-hole expense.  Costs to develop proved reserves,
including the costs of all development wells and related facilities and
equipment used in the production of oil and gas, are
capitalized.  Expenditures for ongoing repairs and maintenance of
producing properties are expensed as incurred.




Upon the
sale or retirement of a proved property, the cost and related accumulated
depletion and amortization will be eliminated from the property accounts, and
the resultant gain or loss is recognized. Upon the sale or retirement of an
unproved property, gain or loss on the sale is recognized.




Capitalized
acquisition costs of producing oil and gas properties are depleted by the
units-of-production method.




At
December 31, 2009 and 2008, amounts recorded in due to operators totaling $0.6
million and $1.5 million, respectively, related to capital expenditures for oil
and gas properties.




Advances
to Operators for Working Interests and Expenditures


The
Fund’s acquisition of a working interest in a well or a project requires it to
make a payment to the seller for the Fund’s rights, title and
interest.  The Fund may be required to advance its share of estimated
cash expenditures for the succeeding month’s operation.  The Fund
accounts for such payments as advances to operators for working interests and
expenditures.  As drilling costs are incurred, the advances are
reclassified to unproved properties.





Asset
Retirement Obligations


For oil
and gas properties, there are obligations to perform removal and remediation
activities when the properties are retired.  When a project reaches
drilling depth and is determined to be either proved or dry, an asset retirement
obligation is incurred.  Plug and abandonment costs associated with
unsuccessful projects are expensed as dry-hole costs.  The following
table presents changes in asset retirement obligations for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008.




December
      31,2009
              
              
              2008(in
      thousands)Balance
      - Beginning of year
              
              $
              57
              
              
              $
              -Liabilities
      incurred
              
              
              48
              
              
              
              56Liabilities
      settled
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              -Accretion
      expense
              
              
              4
              
              
              
              1Revisions
      to previous estimates
              
              
              47
              
              
              
              -Balance
      - End of year
              
              $
              156
              
              
              $
              57





As
indicated above, the Fund maintains a salvage fund to provide for the funding of
future asset retirement obligations.




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Syndication
Costs


Syndication
costs are direct costs incurred by the Fund in connection with the offering of
the Fund’s shares, including professional fees, selling expenses and
administrative costs payable to the Manager, an affiliate of the Manager and
unaffiliated broker-dealers, which are reflected on the Fund’s balance sheet as
a reduction of shareholders’ capital.





Revenue
Recognition and Imbalances


Oil and
gas revenues are recognized when oil and natural gas is sold to a purchaser at a
fixed or determinable price, when delivery has occurred and title has
transferred, and if collectibility of the revenue is probable.




The Fund
uses the sales method of accounting for gas production
imbalances.  The volumes of gas sold may differ from the volumes to
which the Fund is entitled based on its interests in the
properties.  These differences create imbalances that are recognized
as a liability only when the properties’ estimated remaining reserves net to the
Fund will not be sufficient to enable the underproduced owner to recoup its
entitled share through production.  The Fund’s recorded liability, if
any, would be reflected in other liabilities.  No receivables are
recorded for those wells where the Fund has taken less than its share of
production.




Derivative
Instruments


The Fund
may periodically utilize derivative instruments in its marketing and trading
activities and to manage price risk attributable to the Fund’s forecasted sales
of oil and natural gas production.  Derivatives are carried on the
balance sheet at fair value and recorded as either an asset or
liability.  Changes in fair value of derivatives are recorded
currently in earnings unless special hedge accounting criteria are
met.  The Fund has exposure to credit risk to the extent the
derivative-instrument counterparty is unable to satisfy its settlement
commitment. The Fund actively monitors the creditworthiness of each counterparty
and assesses the impact, if any, on its derivative
positions.   There was no derivative activity in 2009 and
2008.





Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets


The Fund
reviews the value of its oil and gas properties whenever management determines
that events and circumstances indicate that the recorded carrying value of
properties may not be recoverable. Impairments of producing properties are
determined by comparing future net undiscounted cash flows to the net book value
at the time of the review.  If the net book value exceeds the future
net undiscounted cash flows, the carrying value of the property is written down
to fair value, which is determined using net discounted future cash flows from
the producing property. The Fund provides for impairments on unproved properties
when it determines that the property will not be developed or that a permanent
impairment in value has occurred.  The fair value determinations
require considerable judgment and are sensitive to change.  Different
pricing assumptions, reserve estimates or discount rates could result in a
different calculated impairment. Given the volatility of oil and natural gas
prices, it is reasonably possible that the Fund’s estimate of discounted future
net cash flows from proved oil and natural gas reserves could change in the near
term.  If oil and natural gas prices decline significantly, even if
only for a short period of time, it is possible that write-downs of oil and gas
properties could occur.





During
the year ended December 31, 2009, the Fund recorded an impairment charge of $1.1
million relating to the Ajax Project, after
evaluating its options for completion of the well given current market
conditions.  The Fund is currently exploring other opportunities for
this well, including selling its interest.The carrying value for the
Ajax Project of $1.5 million was written down to its fair value of $0.3 million.
 The fair value of the impaired well was determined based on level 3
inputs, which include projected income from reserves utilizing forward price
curves, net of anticipated costs, discounted.  No impairments were
recorded during the year ended December 31, 2008.





Depletion
and Amortization


Depletion
and amortization of the cost of proved oil and gas properties are calculated
using the units-of-production method.  Proved developed reserves are
used as the base for depleting capitalized costs associated with successful
exploratory well costs.  The sum of proved developed and proved
undeveloped reserves is used as the base for depleting or amortizing leasehold
acquisition costs, the costs to acquire proved properties and platform and
pipeline costs.





Income
Taxes


No
provision is made for income taxes in the financial statements.  The
Fund is a limited liability company, and as such, the Fund’s income or loss is
passed through and included in the tax returns of the Fund’s
shareholders.




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Income
and Expense Allocation


Profits
and losses are allocated 85% to shareholders in proportion to their relative
capital contributions and 15% to the Manager, except for interest income and
certain expenses such as dry-hole costs, trust fees, depletion and amortization,
which are allocated 99% to shareholders and 1% to the Manager.





3.   Recent
Accounting Standards





In
January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance
on improving disclosures about fair value measurements.  This guidance has
new requirements for disclosures related to recurring or nonrecurring fair-value
measurements including significant transfers into and out of Level 1 and Level 2
fair-value measurements and information on purchases, sales, issuances, and
settlements in a rollforward reconciliation of Level 3 fair-value measurements.
This guidance is effective for the first reporting period beginning after
December 15, 2009, which will be effective for the Fund beginning January 1,
2010.  The Level 3 reconciliation disclosures are effective for fiscal
years beginning after December 15, 2010, which will be effective for the Fund
December 31, 2011. The adoption of the guidance is not expected to have a
material impact on Fund’s financial statements.





In
June 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Codification as the source
of GAAP to be applied to nongovernmental agencies. This guidance explicitly
recognizes rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal
securities laws as authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. It was effective for
interim or annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  The guidance
was adopted for the third quarter 2009 and did not have a material impact on the
Fund’s financial statements.





In
May 2009, the FASB issued guidance on subsequent events, which sets forth
general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after
the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are
available to be issued. The guidance was adopted effective for the second
quarter 2009 and did not have a material impact on the Fund’s financial
statements.





In
April 2009, the FASB issued guidance on interim disclosures about fair
value of financial instruments, which requires quarterly disclosure of
information about the fair value of financial instruments.  The guidance
was adopted effective for the second quarter 2009 and did not have a material
impact on the Fund’s financial statements.





In April
2009, the FASB issued guidance on the recognition and presentation of
other-than-temporary impairments, which amends the other-than-temporary
impairment guidance for debt securities to make the guidance more operational
and to improve the presentation and disclosure of other-than-temporary
impairments on debt and equity securities in the financial statements. This
guidance does not amend existing recognition and measurement guidance related to
other-than-temporary impairments of equity securities. This guidance does not
require disclosures for earlier periods presented for comparative purposes at
initial adoption. In periods after initial adoption, this guidance requires
comparative disclosures only for periods ending after initial adoption. The
guidance was adopted effective for the second quarter 2009 and did not have a
material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.





In
September 2006, the FASB issued guidance related to fair value measurements.
This guidance provides a common definition of fair value as the price that would
be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in a transaction
between market participants. The FASB also issued guidance on the methods used
to measure fair value and required expanded disclosures related to fair value
measurements. The Fund adopted this guidance for financial assets and financial
liabilities effective January 1, 2008 and for non-financial assets and
non-financial liabilities effective January 1, 2009.  The adoption did not
have a material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.





In
December 2008, the SEC issued Release No. 33-8995, “Modernization of
Oil and Gas Reporting” (“Release No. 33-8995”), amending oil and gas reporting
requirements under Rule 4-10 of Regulation S-X and Industry Guide 2 in
Regulation S-K.  The new requirements provide for consideration of new
technologies in evaluating reserves, allow companies to disclose their probable
and possible reserves to investors, report oil and gas reserves using an average
price based on the prior 12-month period rather than year-end prices, and revise
the disclosure requirements for oil and gas operations.  The final rules
were effective for fiscal years ending on or after
December 31, 2009.  In January 2010, the FASB issued guidance on
oil and gas reserve estimation and disclosures to align the Accounting Standards
Codification with the disclosure requirements of Release
No. 33-8995.    The FASB and SEC guidance has been adopted
for the year ended December 31, 2009.  In the unaudited supplementary
financial information, the 2009 future estimated cash inflows are determined on
average price based on the prior 12-month period whereby 2008 future estimated
cash inflows are determined based on year-end prices.




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4.   Unproved
Properties - Capitalized Exploratory Well Costs




Leasehold
acquisition and exploratory drilling costs are capitalized pending determination
of whether the well has found proved reserves.  Unproved properties
are assessed on a quarterly basis by evaluating and monitoring if sufficient
progress is made on assessing the reserves.  At December 31, 2009, the
Fund had no unproved properties with capitalized exploratory well costs in
excess of one year.  The following table reflects the net changes in
unproved properties for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008.




December
      31,2009
              
              
              2008(in
      thousands)Balance
      - Beginning of year
              
              $
              1,895
              
              
              $
              7,542Additions
      to capitalized exploratory well costspending
      the determination of proved reserves
              
              
              7,730
              
              
              
              4,375Reclassifications
      to proved properties based onthe
      determination of proved reserves
              
              
              (2,119
              )
              
              
              (2,162
              )Capitalized
      exploratory well costs charged todry-hole
      costs
              
              
              (369
              )
              
              
              (7,860
              )Balance
      - End of year
              
              $
              7,137
              
              
              $
              1,895


Capitalized
exploratory well costs are expensed as dry-hole costs in the event that reserves
are not found or are not in sufficient quantities to complete the well and
develop the field.  At times, the Fund receives credits on certain
wells from their respective operators upon review and audit of the wells’
costs.  Dry-hole costs, inclusive of such credits, for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008 are detailed in the following table.




Year
      ended December 31,Lease
      Block
              
              2009
              
              
              2008Neptune
      Project
              
              
              3,064
              
              
              $
              -Bison
      Project
              
              
              191
              
              
              
              287Walker
      Ridge 155
              
              
              (111
              )
              
              
              7,818Eos
      Project
              
              
              (86
              )
              
              
              3,296Other
      wells
              
              
              (35
              )
              
              
              (23
              )$
              3,023
              
              
              $
              11,378




5.   Distributions




Distributions
to shareholders are allocated in proportion to the number of shares held.
Certain shares have early investment incentive and advance distribution rights,
as defined in the LLC Agreement, which range from approximately $6 thousand to
$12 thousand per share.  The Fund began making distributions to
eligible early investors during the second quarter 2009.





The
Manager determines whether available cash from operations, as defined in the LLC
Agreement, will be distributed. Such distributions are allocated 85% to the
shareholders and 15% to the Manager, as required by the LLC
Agreement.





Available
cash from dispositions, as defined in the LLC Agreement, will be paid 99% to
shareholders and 1% to the Manager until the shareholders have received total
distributions equal to their capital contributions.  After
shareholders have received distributions equal to their capital contributions,
85% of available cash from dispositions will be distributed to shareholders and
15% to the Manager.





6.   Related
Parties





The LLC
Agreement provides that the Manager render management, administrative and
advisory services.  For such services, the Manager is paid an annual
management fee, payable monthly, of 2.5% of total capital contributions, net of
cumulative dry-hole and related well costs incurred by the
Fund.  Management fees for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
were $1.2 million and $1.4 million, respectively.





At times,
short-term payables and receivables, which do not bear interest, arise from
transactions with affiliates in the ordinary course of business.




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None of
the compensation paid to the Manager has been derived as a result of arm’s
length negotiations.





The Fund
has working interest ownership in certain projects to acquire and develop oil
and natural gas projects with other entities that are likewise managed by the
Manager.





7.   Fair
Value of Financial Instruments




At
December 31, 2009 and 2008, cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments in
marketable securities, production receivable, salvage fund and accrued expenses
approximate fair value.  At December 31, 2008, available-for-sale
investments are recorded at fair value based on Level 1 inputs – quoted prices
in active markets.




8.   Commitments
and Contingencies





Capital
Commitments


The Fund
has entered into multiple agreements for the drilling and development of its
investment properties.  The estimated capital expenditures associated
with these agreements vary depending on the stage of development on a
property-by-property basis.  As of December 31, 2009, the Fund had
committed to spend an additional $16.0 million related to its investment
properties.





Environmental
Considerations


The
exploration for and development of oil and natural gas involves the extraction,
production and transportation of materials which, under certain conditions, can
be hazardous or cause environmental pollution problems.  The Manager
and operators of the Fund’s properties are continually taking action they
believe appropriate to satisfy applicable federal, state and local environmental
regulations and do not currently anticipate that compliance with federal, state
and local environmental regulations will have a material adverse effect upon
capital expenditures, results of operations or the competitive position of the
Fund in the oil and gas industry.  However, due to the significant
public and governmental interest in environmental matters related to those
activities, the Manager cannot predict the effects of possible future
legislation, rule changes, or governmental or private claims.  At
December 31, 2009 and 2008, there were no known environmental contingencies that
required the Fund to record a liability.





Insurance
Coverage


The Fund
is subject to all risks inherent in the exploration for and development of oil
and natural gas. Insurance coverage as is customary for entities engaged in
similar operations is maintained, but losses may occur from uninsurable risks or
amounts in excess of existing insurance coverage.  The occurrence of
an event that is not insured or not fully insured could have an adverse impact
upon earnings and financial position.  Moreover, insurance is obtained
as a package covering all of the funds managed by the Manager.  Claims
made by other funds managed by the Manager can reduce or eliminate insurance for
the Fund.  During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Fund received
$0.3 million in connection with an insurance claim related to the Aspen Project
relative to an insurable event that had occurred during the drilling of the
well.





9.   Subsequent
Events





The Fund
has assessed the impact of subsequent events through the date of the issuance
of its financial statements, and has concluded that there were no such
events that require adjustment to, or disclosure in, the notes to the financial
statements.









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Ridgewood
Energy U Fund, LLC


Supplementary
Financial Information


Information
about Oil and Gas Producing Activities – Unaudited







In
accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board guidance on disclosures
of oil and gas producing activities, this section provides supplementary
information on oil and gas exploration and producing activities of the Fund. The
Fund is engaged solely in oil and gas activities, all of which are currently
located in the United States offshore waters of Louisiana and Texas in the Gulf
of Mexico.




Table
I - Capitalized Costs Relating to Oil and Gas Producing Activities
 
 December
      31,2009
              
              
              2008(in
      thousands)Advances
      to operators for working interests
                and
      expenditures
              
              $
              -
              
              
              $
              1,402Unproved
      properties
              
              
              7,137
              
              
              
              1,895Proved
      properties
              
              
              5,988
              
              
              
              3,074Total
      oil and gas properties
              
              
              13,125
              
              
              
              6,371Accumulated
      depletion and amortization
              
              
              (1,932
              )
              
              
              -Oil
      and gas properties, net
              
              $
              11,193
              
              
              $
              6,371
 
 
 Table
II - Costs Incurred in Oil and Gas Property Acquisition, Exploration, and
Development Activities
 
 Year
      ended December 31,2009
              
              
              2008(in
      thousands)Exploration
      costs
              
              $
              9,255
              
              
              $
              10,300Development
      costs
              
              
              755
              
              
              
              -$
              10,010
              
              
              $
              10,300




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Table III - Reserve Quantity
Information
 
 Oil and
gas reserves of the Fund have been estimated by an independent petroleum
engineer, Ryder Scott Company, L.P. at December 31, 2009.  At December
31, 2008, the Fund had one non-producing property for which reserve data is
based upon internal estimates.  These reserve disclosures have been
prepared in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and
represent all reserves managed by Ridgewood Energy Corporation, the Manager of
the Fund.   The reserve data disclosed in the following tables
represent the Fund's share of such reserves based on the Fund's net revenue
interest in each property.  Due to inherent uncertainties and the
limited nature of recovery data, estimates of reserve information are subject to
change as additional information becomes available.
 
 December
      31, 2009
              
              
              December
      31, 2008United
      StatesOil
      (BBLS)
              
              
              Gas
      (MCF)
              
              
              Oil
      (BBLS)
              
              
              Gas
      (MCF)Proved
      developed and undeveloped
                reserves:Beginning
      of year
              
              
              3,935
              
              
              
              1,269,000
              
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              -Extensions
      and discoveries
              
              
              11,593
              
              
              
              748,982
              
              
              
              3,935
              
              
              
              1,269,000Revisions
      of previous estimates (a)
              
              
              5,113
              
              
              
              (5,011
              )
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              -Production
              
              
              (1,949
              )
              
              
              (249,098
              )
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              -End
      of year
              
              
              18,692
              
              
              
              1,763,873
              
              
              
              3,935
              
              
              
              1,269,000Proved
      developed reserves:Beginning
      of year
              
              
              3,935
              
              
              
              1,269,000
              
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              -End
      of year
              
              
              18,001
              
              
              
              1,540,975
              
              
              
              3,935
              
              
              
              1,269,000Proved
      undeveloped reserves:Beginning
      of year
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              -End
      of year
              
              
              691
              
              
              
              222,898
              
              
              
              -
              
              
              
              -(a)  Revisions
      of estimates are attributable to well performance.


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Table
IV - Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows Relating to Proved
Oil and Gas Reserves




Summarized
in the following table is information for the Fund with respect to the
standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows relating to proved oil
and gas reserves.  At December 31, 2009, future cash inflows were
determined based on average prices for the prior twelve month
period.  At December 31, 2008, future cash inflows were determined
based on year-end prices.  Future production and development costs are
derived based on current costs assuming continuation of existing economic
conditions.


December
      31,2009
              
              
              2008(in
      thousands)Future
      cash inflows
              
              $
              8,380
              
              
              $
              7,759Future
      production costs
              
              
              (746
              )
              
              
              (224
              )Future
      development costs
              
              
              (757
              )
              
              
              (1,022
              )Future
      net cash flows
              
              
              6,877
              
              
              
              6,51310%
      annual discount for estimated timing of cash flows
              
              
              (1,403
              )
              
              
              (1,375
              )Standardized
      measure of discounted future net cash flows
              
              $
              5,474
              
              
              $
              5,138






Table
V - Changes in the Standardized Measure for Discounted Cash Flows




The
changes in present values between years, which can be significant, reflect
changes in estimated proved reserve quantities and prices and assumptions used
in forecasting production volumes and costs.




Year
      ended December 31,2009
              
              
              2008(in
      thousands)Net
      change in sales and transfer prices and in production costs
                related
      to future production
              
              $
              (2,482
              )
              
              $
              -Changes
      in estimated future development costs
              
              
              310
              
              
              
              -Sales
      and transfers of oil and gas produced during the period
              
              
              (920
              )
              
              
              -Net
      change due to extensions, discoveries, and improved
    recovery
              
              
              2,576
              
              
              
              5,138Net
      change due to revisions in quantity estimates
              
              
              148
              
              
              
              -Accretion
      of discount
              
              
              514
              
              
              
              -Other
              
              
              190
              
              
              
              -Aggregate
      change in the standardized measure of discounted
                future
      net cash flows for the year
              
              $
              336
              
              
              $
              5,138






It is
necessary to emphasize that the data presented should not be viewed as
representing the expected cash flow from, or current value of, existing proved
reserves as the computations are based on a number of estimates. Reserve
quantities cannot be measured with precision and their estimation requires many
judgmental determinations and frequent revisions. The required projection of
production and related expenditures over time requires further estimates with
respect to pipeline availability, rates and governmental control. Actual future
prices and costs are likely to be substantially different from the current price
and cost estimates utilized in the computation of reported amounts. Any analysis
or evaluation of the reported amounts should give specific recognition to the
computational methods utilized and the limitation inherent therein.




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SIGNATURES





Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.




RIDGEWOOD
      ENERGY U FUND, LLCDate:  March
      4, 2010
            By:
            /s/ ROBERT E.
      SWANSONRobert
      E. Swanson
              Chief
      Executive Officer
              (Principal
      Executive Officer)





Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.





Signature
            Capacity
            DateMarch
      4, 2010/s/
      ROBERT E. SWANSON
            Chief
      Executive Officer
              (Principal
      Executive Officer)Robert
      E. Swanson/s/
      KATHLEEN P. MCSHERRY
            Executive
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
              (Principal Accounting Officer)
            March
      4, 2010Kathleen
      P. McSherryRIDGEWOOD
      ENERGY CORPORATIONBY:  /s/
      ROBERT E. SWANSON
            Chief
      Executive Officer of Manager
            March
      4, 2010Robert
      E. Swanson