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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000101594-08-000098
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081013
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081014
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081014

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:		081120902

	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. SIGNS LEASE PURCHASE AND DRILLING AGREEMENT WITH PRIVATE
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UPDATE ON RECENTLY COMPLETED BLUFFS PROSPECT</font></div>
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2008</font> &#8211; U.S. Energy Corp. (NASDAQ Capital Market: &#8220;USEG&#8221;) (&#8220;USE&#8221; or the
&#8220;Company&#8221;), a natural resources exploration and development company with
interests in molybdenum, oil and gas, and real estate, today announced that it
has entered into a Lease Purchase and Drilling Agreement with a private,
Texas-based oil and gas company to acquire a 25% non-operating working interest
in an oil prospect located in east Texas.</font></div>
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terms of the agreement, U.S. Energy will pay a $45,000 prospect fee and be
responsible for 33% of the costs for the first well to the tanks, if
successful.&#160;&#160;The initial commitment under the agreement is
approximately $360,000, and dry hole costs are estimated at $230,000 net to
USE.&#160;&#160;Subsequent wells will be drilled on a &#8220;heads-up&#8221; basis, with the
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feet.&#160;&#160;The currently envisioned drilling program could include up to
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and gas strategy continues to gain momentum having now secured a third working
interest partner,&#8221; stated Keith Larsen, CEO of U.S. Energy Corp.&#160;&#160;&#8220;We
remain committed to assembling a solid and diverse portfolio of oil and gas
assets and are actively seeking and carefully evaluating additional
opportunities to acquire working interests in known producing regions,&#8221; he
added.</font></div>
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prospect is adjacent to an oil field that produces low gravity oil from the
Upper Cretaceous sandstones, and is characterized as a low-to-moderate risk
stepout drilling prospect.&#160;&#160;Well recoveries in the immediate area have
averaged 100,000 to 250,000 barrels per well.</font></div>
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Bluffs Prospect Update:</font></div>
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Company also announced today that the operator of the Bluffs Prospect,
PetroQuest Energy LLC (PetroQuest) (NYSE:&#160;&#160;PQ), recently announced in
an October 6<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">th</font>
Operations and Guidance Update that it is currently installing facilities to
produce the recently completed Bluffs prospect.&#160;&#160;The well logged
approximately 85 net feet of pay and production is expected to commence within
approximately four weeks at an initial gross rate of approximately 10,000 Mcfe
per day.&#160;&#160;U.S. Energy Corp. has an approximate 15% working interest
and an approximate 11% net revenue interest in the well.</font></div>
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Energy Corp. is a diversified natural resource company with interests in
molybdenum, oil and gas, 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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Forward-Looking Statements</font></div>
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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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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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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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