EX-23.0 10 exhibit23_0.htm NS CONSENT NS Consent

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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS


We hereby consent to the filing of the Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2004, for U.S. Energy Corp. in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with the inclusion in such Annual Report of our Rocky Mountain Gas, Inc. reserve report incorporated therein, and references to our name in the form and context in which they appear.


                            NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.





                            By:              /s/ Frederic D. Sewell                                    
                            Frederic D. Sewell
                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer




Dallas, Texas
April 8, 2005