SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 AND 15(D) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):  NOVEMBER 5, 2003 (OCTOBER 31,
2003)


                                U.S. ENERGY CORP.
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             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

     WYOMING                        0-6814                    83-205516
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(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION     (COMMISSION                (I.R.S.  EMPLOYER
     OF INCORPORATION)              FILE NO.)              IDENTIFICATION NO.)


GLEN  L.  LARSEN  BUILDING
877  NORTH  8TH  WEST
RIVERTON,  WY                                                        82501
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(ADDRESS  OF  PRINCIPAL  EXECUTIVE  OFFICES)                      (ZIP  CODE)


       REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (307) 856-9271


                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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              (FORMER NAME, FORMER ADDRESS OR FORMER FISCAL YEAR,
                          IF CHANGED FROM LAST REPORT)





ITEM  5.  OTHER  EVENTS.

     U.S.  Energy  Corp.  (  "USEG")and  its subsidiary, Crested Corp. (Crested)
announced  on  October  31,  2003  that  USEG's  wholly owned subsidiary Plateau
Resources  Limited  (PRL)  received  approval  from  the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) to release $2.9 Million of excess reclamation bond funds on the
Shootaring  Canyon Uranium Mill located in southeastern Utah. In 1993, when USEG
acquired the Mill, PRL had posted a surety reclamation bond with the NRC of $2.5
Million  for  the  reclamation  of the Shootaring Canyon Uranium Mill. In fiscal
1997,  PRL requested that the status of the Mill license be changed from standby
to  operational.  As  a  result of the change of the Mill license to operational
status,  the  NRC  required that the cash bond be increased to $6.7 Million. The
bond  was  posted and the Mill status was changed to operational. Due to uranium
market  conditions  in  2002,  PRL  decided  to  change  the license status from
operational  back  to  reclamation and filed a new reclamation plan. The NRC has
reviewed  the  revised  reclamation and decommissioning plan and has agreed to a
$6.1  million  reclamation  plan. The NRC therefore approved the release of $2.9
Million  from  the  existing cash bond to PRL and retained $6.1 Million to cover
the  new  reclamation  plan.  These  funds  will be used to initiate reclamation
activities  as  well  as  advancing  the business plan in developing the coalbed
methane  natural gas resources held by Rocky Mountain Gas, Inc., a subsidiary of
USEG  and  Crested.

ITEM  7.     FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS  AND  EXHIBITS.

     (a)  Financial  statements  of  business  acquired.  Not  applicable.

     (b)  Pro  forma  financial  information.  Not  applicable.

     (c)  Exhibits.  Not  applicable

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has  duly  caused  this  Report  to  be  signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  hereunto  duly  authorized.


                                        U.S.  ENERGY  CORP.



Dated: November 5, 2003                 By:   /s/  Daniel  P.  Svilar
                                              ------------------------
                                              Secretary