Debt	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Debt	7. DEBT On September 24, 2020, the Company entered into a $375 thousand secured promissory note with APEG Energy II LP, which entity Patrick E. Duke, a director of the Company, has shared voting power and shared investment power over (“APEG II”) (the “Note”). The Note accrues interest at 10% per annum and matures on September 24, 2021. The Note is secured by the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Energy One’s oil and natural gas producing properties. In the event that the Note is repaid prior to the maturity date there is a prepayment penalty of 10% of the principal amount of the Note less accrued interest. At September 30, 2020, APEG II held approximately 40% of the Company’s outstanding common stock. On December 27, 2017, the Company entered into an exchange agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) by and among U.S. Energy Corp., its wholly owned subsidiary Energy One and APEG II, pursuant to which, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Agreement, APEG II exchanged $4.5 million of outstanding borrowings under the Company’s credit facility for 581,927 newly-issued shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, with an exchange price of $7.67, which represented a 1.3% premium over the 30-day volume weighted average price of the Company’s common stock on September 20, 2017 (the “Exchange Shares”). Accrued, unpaid interest on the credit facility held by APEG II was paid in cash at the closing of the transaction. The credit facility was fully repaid on March 1, 2019 and on July 30, 2019, matured and was terminated. Borrowings under the credit facility were secured by Energy One’s oil and natural gas producing properties. Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $20 thousand, including the amortization of debt issuance costs of $7 thousand. The weighted average interest rate on the credit facility was 8.75% for the period until maturity in 2019.

Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

7. DEBT

On September 24, 2020, the Company entered into a $375 thousand secured promissory note with APEG Energy II LP, which entity Patrick E. Duke, a director of the Company, has shared voting power and shared investment power over (“APEG II”) (the “Note”). The Note accrues interest at 10% per annum and matures on September 24, 2021. The Note is secured by the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Energy One’s oil and natural gas producing properties. In the event that the Note is repaid prior to the maturity date there is a prepayment penalty of 10% of the principal amount of the Note less accrued interest. At September 30, 2020, APEG II held approximately 40% of the Company’s outstanding common stock.

On December 27, 2017, the Company entered into an exchange agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) by and among U.S. Energy Corp., its wholly owned subsidiary Energy One and APEG II, pursuant to which, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Agreement, APEG II exchanged $4.5 million of outstanding borrowings under the Company’s credit facility for 581,927 newly-issued shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, with an exchange price of $7.67, which represented a 1.3% premium over the 30-day volume weighted average price of the Company’s common stock on September 20, 2017 (the “Exchange Shares”). Accrued, unpaid interest on the credit facility held by APEG II was paid in cash at the closing of the transaction.

The credit facility was fully repaid on March 1, 2019 and on July 30, 2019, matured and was terminated. Borrowings under the credit facility were secured by Energy One’s oil and natural gas producing properties. Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $20 thousand, including the amortization of debt issuance costs of $7 thousand. The weighted average interest rate on the credit facility was 8.75% for the period until maturity in 2019.