US ENERGY CORP — Director's Dealing 2007

Oct 2, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: US ENERGY CORP (USEG)
CIK: 0000101594
Period of Report: 2007-10-01

Reporting Person: LORIMER R SCOTT (TREASURER and CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-10-01	U.S. Energy Common Stock	J	5000	—	Acquired	281165	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
U.S. Energy Common Stock	300556	Indirect
U.S. Energy Common Stock	68165	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Employe Option 7 (RTB)	$4.97	2017-07-26	U.S. Energy Common Stock (150000)	150000	Direct
Employee Option 2 (Right to Buy)	$2.40	2011-01-09	U.S. Energy Common Stock (80233)	80233	Direct
Employee Option 3 (Right to Buy)	$3.90	2011-12-06	U.S. Energy Common Stock (100000)	100000	Direct
Employee Option 4 (Right to Buy)	$2.25	2011-12-07	U.S. Energy Common Stock (52556)	52556	Direct
Employee Option 5 (Right to Buy)	$2.46	2014-06-30	U.S. Energy Common Stock (59350)	59350	Direct
Employee Option 6 (Right to Buy)	$3.86	2015-10-13	U.S. Energy Common Stock (100000)	100000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shares issued to the Reporting Person under the USEG 2001 Stock Compensation Plan as amended on June 22, 2007. The issuance of these shares is for the funding obligation under the plan for the fourth quarter of the calendar year ending December 31, 2007. The Issuer has agreed under the terms of the Plan to pay all taxes due. The Reporting Person has agreed not to sell these shares to the market or pledge them on obligations until after his (i) retirement; (ii) total disability or (iii) in the case of the death of the Reporting Person his estate may sell the shares of stock.

F2: Includes 281,165 shares held directly by the Reporting Person.

F3: Includes 175,000 shares held by Sutter Gold Mining Co., Inc. (SGMI), a subsidiary of USEG. The Reporting Person is an Officer and/or Director of both USEG and SGMI 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 SGMI, under rule 16a-1(a)(2)(iii).

F4: 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).

F5: Includes 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 may be adjusted.

F6: Stock options granted under the Issuer's 2001 Incentive Stock Option Plan with a 5 year vesting schedule and exempt under Rule 16b-3.

F7: Includes stock options granted under the Issuer's 1998 Incentive Stock Option Plan and exempt under Rule 16b-3.

F8: Includes stock options granted under the Issuer's 2001 Incentive Stock Option Plan and exempt under Rule 16b-3.