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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000101594-08-000040
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080430
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080430
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080430

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-06814
		FILM NUMBER:		08789643

	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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ENERGY CORP. RETAINS SAMUEL ENGINEERING TO DEVELOP MINE ENGINEERING STUDY FOR
&#8220;LUCKY JACK&#8221; MOLYBDENUM PROJECT</font></div>
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Study to Provide Critical Components for Plan of Operations to be Submitted to
U.S. Forest Service</font></div>
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April 30, 2008 &#8211;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> U.S.
Energy Corp. (NASDAQ Capital Market:&#160;&#160;&#8220;USEG&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) today
announced that Samuel Engineering, Inc. has been retained by the Company as a
consultant to develop a mining engineering study for the &#8220;Lucky Jack&#8221; molybdenum
project in Gunnison County, Colorado.&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Samuel Engineering is a
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architectural firm with </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">personnel that have
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throug</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">hout
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mine site.&#160;&#160;The detailed studies provided by Samuel Engineering will
ultimately be utilized in the final drafting of a Plan of Operations planned to
be submitted to the U.S. Forest Service.</font></div>
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the last year, over $10 million has been spent on numerous project items for the
Lucky Jack project including a Quality Assurance/Quality Control review of 650
samples of the original drill results, site upgrades at the Core and Water
Treatment Plant buildings, sampling of surface waters to improve the data base,
and permitting activities with the Division of Reclamation, Mines and
Safety.&#160;&#160;In addition, transportation, socio-economic, geotechnical,
hydrological, tailings and reservoir siting studies have been
completed.&#160;&#160;The Company also has located additional unpatented mineral
claims and conducted a detailed land survey of the site.&#160;&#160;All of these
studies and the land survey will also be utilized in the preparation of the Plan
of Operations.</font></div>
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Larsen, President of U.S. Energy Corp., stated, &#8220;I am very pleased to announce
that we are moving full steam ahead in the advancement of the Lucky Jack
molybdenum project.&#160;&#160;The engineering and mine modeling studies that
Samuel Engineering will undertake represent a critical last step in finalizing
our Plan of Operations and a critical first step in evaluating the economics of
a mine plan that will ultimately lead us to the commissioning of a full
feasibility study concurrent with the drafting of an Environmental Impact
Statement.&#160;&#160;Samuel Engineering&#8217;s detailed work will begin
immediately.&#160;&#160;Once completed, we will have a better understanding of
the economics of this &#8216;world-class&#8217; molybdenum deposit as we continue to advance
the project.&#8221;</font></div>
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Energy Corp. is a diversified natural resource company with interests in
molybdenum, oil and gas, gold, and real estate.&#160;&#160;The Company is
headquartered in Riverton, Wyoming, and its common stock is listed on The NASDAQ
Capital Market under the symbol &#8220;USEG&#8221;.</font></div>
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Regarding Mineral Resources</font></div>
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SEC and Canadian Regulations;</font></div>
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Forward-Looking Statements</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 36pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Company owns or may come to own stock in companies which are traded on foreign
exchanges, and may have agreements with some of these companies to acquire
and/or develop the Company&#8217;s mineral properties.&#160;&#160;An example is Sutter
Gold Mining Inc.&#160;&#160;These other companies are subject to the reporting
requirements of other jurisdictions.</font></div>
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States residents are cautioned that some of the information available about our
mineral properties, which is reported by the other companies in foreign
jurisdictions, may be materially different from what the Company is permitted to
disclose in the United States.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 36pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">This
news release includes statements which may constitute &#8220;forward-looking&#8221;
statements, usually containing the words &#8220;believe,&#8221; &#8220;estimate,&#8221; &#8220;project,&#8221;
&#8220;expect," or similar expressions.&#160;&#160;These statements are made pursuant
to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995.&#160;&#160;Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements.&#160;&#160;Factors that would cause or contribute to
such differences include, but are not limited to, future trends in mineral
prices, the availability of capital, competitive factors, and other
risks.&#160;&#160;By making these forward-looking statements, the Company
undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revision or changes
after the date of this release.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 36pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For
further information on the differences between the reporting limitations of the
United States, compared to reports filed in foreign jurisdictions, and also
concerning forward-looking statements, please see the Company&#8217;s Form 10-K
(&#8220;Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements&#8221;; &#8220;Disclosure Regarding
Mineral Resources under SEC and Canadian Regulation&#8221;; and &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221;); and
similar disclosures in the Company&#8217;s Forms 10-Q.</font></div>
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further information, please contact:</font></div>
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Energy Corp. (307) 856-9271</font></div>
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