Exhibit 99.1

                                  NEWS RELEASE

For Release:  For Immediate Release
Contact:      Ray Singleton/David Flake
              (303) 296-3076

  Basic Earth Drilling Additional Well Offsetting Recent North Dakota Discovery

Denver, Colorado, September 1, 2004 - Basic Earth Science Systems, Inc. (Basic
or the Company) (OTCBB:BSIC) reported today that it has commenced drilling the
Lynn #2 in the southwest quarter of Section 23, T153N-R101W, Williams County,
North Dakota. This well directly offsets the Lynn #1, the Company's recent Nisku
and Duperow formation discovery in the northwest quarter of Section 23. The Lynn
#2 is targeting the Duperow formation at 11,600 feet with secondary objectives
in the deeper Red River formation. Basic has an approximate 18 percent working
interest in the well and expects to spend approximately $250,000 on this effort.
The company has already funded this effort with existing cash from operations
and has yet to use any of its existing credit facility. The Lynn #1 and Lynn #2
wells are both operated by Missouri Basin Well Service, Inc. (MBI).

In related developments, in August 2004, the Lynn #1 produced nearly 5,000
barrels of oil from the Nisku formation and the well continues to flow at the
rate of approximately 150 barrels of oil per day. Basic has an approximate 18
percent working interest (14.4 percent net revenue interest) in the Lynn #1. MBI
has applied to the North Dakota Industrial Commission to commingle production
from both the existing Nisku completion and the deeper Duperow formation. The
Company and its partners previously tested the Duperow formation and believe it
is capable of production rates similar to the existing Nisku completion.
Management expects to receive approval and have the two formations commingled by
the end of September and see a corresponding increase in production above
existing levels. Finally, MBI has arranged for the installation of a natural gas
line to facilitate selling excess natural gas from the well. The Company
estimates initial gas sales rates could approach 4.2 million cubic feet per
month.

We are delighted to commence drilling operations so soon on the second well in
this prospect," said Ray Singleton, president of Basic. "And, certainly we are
pleased with the new cash flow generated by the Lynn #1. Basic continues to
engage in a level of drilling activity that for this Company has been
unprecedented in the last twenty years. With widely dispersed exposure, our
efforts over the next several weeks and months will search for both natural gas
and oil and involve both exploration and development drilling activities in
North Dakota, Montana, Colorado, and Texas. Based on initial results, we are
excited about the significance the total exploration program could have on the
Company's reserves and future revenues."

Basic is an oil and gas exploration and production company with primary
operations in south Texas, Colorado and in both the Canadian and U.S. portions
of the Williston basin. Basic is traded on the "over-the-counter - bulletin
board" under the symbol BSIC.

Information herein contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which can be identified by
words such as "if," "potential," "possible," "should," "would," "may," "will,"
"anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "believe" or "continue," or
comparable words. In addition, all statements other than statements of
historical facts that address activities that Basic intends, expects or
anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements.
Readers are encouraged to read the SEC reports of Basic, particularly the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 2004
and the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended March
31, 2004, for meaningful cautionary language disclosing why actual results may
vary materially from those anticipated by management.