UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 5 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). ( ) Form 3 Holdings Reported ( ) Form 4 Transactions Reported 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person LARSEN, KEITH G. 877 NORTH 8TH WEST RIVERTON, WY 82501 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol U.S. ENERGY CORP. USEG 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year May 31, 2001 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) July 23, 2001 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) PRESIDENT 7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | |Transaction| or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | |Date |Code| | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | | | Amount | D | Price | End of Year |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON STO|N/A | |NONE | |N/A |1,774 |D | | CK | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON STO|N/A | |NONE | |N/A |8,820 |D (a) | | CK | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON STO|05/18/|J-4 |2,000 (b) |D |NIL |6,000 |I (c) |Custodial | CK |01 | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON STO|05/25/|A-4 |3,811 |A |NIL |23,584 |I (d) |ESOP Benef. | CK |01 | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON STO|05/25/|A-4 |17,521 |A |NIL |113,612 |I (e) |Relatives' ESOP | CK |01 | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer |Date |Code| rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise Pr | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |ice of | | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity | | | Amount | |ble | | | |Year |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Qualified Stock Option |$.2875/s|N/A | | | |12/04|09/25|Common Stock|34,782 |N/A |34,782 |D | | (Right to Buy) (f) |h | | | | |/98 |/08 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Non-Qualified Stock Opt|$2.00/sh|N/A | | | |12/04|09/25|Common Stock|52,718 |N/A |52,718 |D | | ion (Right to Buy) (f| | | | | |/98 |/08 | | | | | | | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Qualified Stock Option |$2.40/sh|N/A | | | |01/10|01/09|Common Stock|41,667 |N/A |41,667 |D | | (Right to Buy) (f) | | | | | |/01 |/11 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Non-Qualified Stock Opt|$2.40/sh|N/A | | | |01/10|01/09|Common Stock|267,733|N/A |267,733 |D | | ion (Right to Buy) (f| | | | | |/01 |/11 | | | | | | | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: Attachment to Amended Form 5 for May 31, 2001. This Amendment is filed to include a transaction not previously reported. a) Consists of shares subject to forfeiture. The shares are deemed "earned out" by the Reporting Person: (i) if he is continuously employed by USEG until he retires; (ii) if he becomes disabled; (iii) upon his death, or (iv) if the shares are claimed within three years following the occurrence of (i), (ii) or (iii). b) Shares indirectly held by the Reporting Person as Custodian for his minor child under the Wyoming Uniform Transfers to Minors Act were released to the child who is no longer a minor, and does not reside in the same household as the Reporting Person. c) Consists of shares indirectly held by the Reporting Person as Custodian for his minor children under the Wyoming Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. The Reporting Person disclaims benefical and pecuniary interest in these shares. d) Consists of 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. e) Consists of shares held in ESOP accounts established to benefit members of the Reporting Person's "immediate family", as that term is defined in Rule 16a-1(e), in accordance with Rule 16a-8(b)(2). f) Stock options granted under the Issuer's Incentive Stock Option Plan, and exempt under Rule 16b-3. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Keith G. Larsen DATE August 8, 2001