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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2014-09-10</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000081318</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PYRAMID OIL CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>YUMA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000928169</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HERMAN MICHAEL D</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>PO BOX 81740</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LAS VEGAS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NV</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>89180</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Interim President &amp; CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <remarks>The reporting person resigned from his positions as an officer and director of the Issuer (currently named Yuma Energy, Inc.) upon the consummation of the merger of Pyramid Merger Subsidiary, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer, with and into Yuma Energy, Inc. (currently named The Yuma Companies, Inc.) pursuant to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of August 1, 2014, by and among Yuma Energy, Inc., the Issuer, Pyramid Delaware Merger Subsidiary, Inc., and Pyramid Merger Subsidiary, Inc.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael D. Herman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-09-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
