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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000101594-04-000061
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040225
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040226

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SVILAR DANIEL P
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001065875

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-06814
		FILM NUMBER:		04630658

	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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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares issued to the Reporting Person from the U.S. Energy Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan under the Terms of the Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares gifted by the Reporting Person to a non-affiliate.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 67,591 shares held directly by the Reporting Person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Includes 2,125 shares held in joint tenancy with the Reporting Person's wife.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Includes 630 shares held in a street name account for the benefit of the Reporting Person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Includes 26,053 shares held in an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) for the benefit of the Reporting Person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Includes 22,680 shares issued under the USEG  Restricted Stock Bonus Plan and 90,000 shares issued under the 1996 Stock Award program which are subject to forfeiture by the Reporting Person. Shares issued under the 1996 Stock Award program vest over a 5-year period at the rate of 20% per year, The forfeitable shares issued under both plans are deemed 'earned out' by the Reporting Person: (i) if he is continuously employed by USEG until he retires; (ii) if he becomes disabled; (iii) upon his death, or (iv) if the shares are claimed within three years following the occurrence of (i) (ii) (iii). The treasurer of USEG holds the shares in trust for the benefit of the Reporting Person, while non-employee directors of USEG exercise shared voting and dispositive rights over all forfeitable shares.  Distributions to the Reporting Person will not be separately reported. The acquisitions of the shares by the Reporting Person from both the Bonus Plan and the Award Program are exempt under Rule 
16b-3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Shares held in the U.S. Energy Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the 'ESOP') in an account established for the benefit of the Reporting Person.  Subsequent to the final year end close the number of shares issued to the Reporting Person's ESOP account has been adjusted from shares forfieted by Plan participants.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Shares held in the U.S. Energy Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the 'ESOP') in an account established for the benefit of the Reporting Person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">Shares distributed from the 'ESOP' Plan to the Reporting Person under the Terms of the Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F11">Includes 125,556 shares held by Plateau Resources Limited (Plateau), a wholly owned subsidiary of USEG. The Reporting Person is an Officer and/or Director of both USEG and Plateau and is not a controlling shareholder and does not have or share investment controll over these shares, and therefore does not have a pecuniary interest in the USEG shares held by Plateau, under rule 16a-1(a)(2)(iii).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F12">Includes 175,000 shares held by Sutter Gold Mining Company (SGMC), a subsidiary of USEG. The Reporting Person is an Officer and/or Director of both USEG and SGMC and is not a controlling shareholder and does not have or share investment controll over these shares, and therefore does not have a pecuniary interest in the USEG shares held by SGMC, under rule 16a-1(a)(2)(iii).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F13">Includes 512,359 shares held by Crested Corp. (Crested), a majority-owned subsidiary of USEG. The Reporting Person is an Officer and/or Director of both USEG and Crested and is not a controlling shareholder and does not have or share investment controll over these shares, and therefore does not have a pecuniary interest in the USEG shares held by Crested, under rule 16a-1(a)(2)(iii).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F14">Includes 5,000 shares held by Svilar, Inc. a private corporation of which the Reporting Person is a major shareholder, Officer and Director.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F15">Includes 1,000 shares indirectly held by the Reporting Person as Custodian for minor children under the Wyoming Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial and pecuniary interest in these shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F16">Includes stock options granted under the Issuer's 1998 Incentive Stock Option Plan and exempt under Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F17">Includes stock options granted under the Issuer's 2001 Incentive Stock Option Plan and exempt under Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ SVILAR, DANIEL P.(MIKE)</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-02-26</signatureDate>
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