PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP — Director's Dealing 2002

May 7, 2002

4 1 form4jansmeets.htm FORM 4 JAN SMEETS Form 4

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol	4. Statement for Month/Year	6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Smeets, Jan	PrimeEnergy Corporation PNRG	April, 2002
---------------------------			/X/ Director
(Last), (First)			/ / Officer
	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an	5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)	/ / 10% Owner
One Landmark Square 11 th Floor	entity (voluntary)	N/A	/ / Other (specify below)
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(Street)	---------------		____
Stamford, CT 06901
---------------------------			7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable)
(City) (State) (Zip)			/X/ Form filed by One Reporting Person
			/ / Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned — 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
		Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, $.10 par value	4/10/02	S		6,000	(D)	$8.00	248,732	(D)
Common Stock, $.10 par value	No Change						7,500	(I)	(1)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)
Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
2,500 shares held of record by Mr. Smeets for each of his three minor children UGMA.
/s/ Jan K. Smeets --------------------------------------------- ** Signature of Reporting Person Jan K. Smeets	5/6/02 ---------- Date
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