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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001028269-03-000090
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030324
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030620

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BEBOUT NICK
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001065878

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-06814
		FILM NUMBER:		03751011

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		877 NORTH 8TH WEST
		CITY:			RIVERTON
		STATE:			WY
		ZIP:			82501
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3078569271

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			US ENERGY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000101594
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				830205516
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		877 NORTH 8TH WEST
		STREET 2:		GLEN L LARSEN BLDG
		CITY:			RIVERTON
		STATE:			WY
		ZIP:			82501
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3078569271

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		877 NORTH 8TH WEST
		CITY:			RIVERTON
		STATE:			WY
		ZIP:			82501

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WESTERN STATES MINING INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19851229
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        <issuerName>US ENERGY CORP</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>BEBOUT NICK</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>  </rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>  </rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>  </rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>  </rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>  </rptOwnerZipCode>
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tion></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>D</value></directOrIndirectOwnership><natureOfOwnership><value></value></natureOfOwnership></ownershipNature></derivativeSecurity><footnotes><footnote id="F1"> Shares issued as payment for services as a director for calendar 2002.</footnote><footnote id="F2">This line item is included to report &amp;quot;End of Period Holdings.&amp;quot;   There have been no transactions relating to the holdings listed.</footnote><footnote id="F3">Includes 5,000 shares held by a private corporation, Svilar, Inc. of which the Reporting Person is a director, and 2,500 shares held by a private corporation, B-2 Wyoming, Inc. of which the Reporting Person is a director.</footnote><footnote id="F4">This line item is included to report &amp;quot;End of Period Holdings.&amp;quot;  For details regarding Derivative Securities see Form 4 filed September 3, 2002.</footnote><footnote id="F5">Stock options granted under the Issuer's 1998 Incentive Stock Optio
n Plan and the Issuer's 2001 Incentive Stock Option Plan, and exempt under Rule 16b-3. </footnote></footnotes><ownerSignature><signatureName>  NICK BEBOUT</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-06-20</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

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