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 (X) Form 4 Transactions Reported 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ANDERSON, DON C. P O BOX 1556 MESQUITE, NV 89024 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, 2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 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 Stoc|01/18/|J-4 |1,143 |A |NIL |37,110 (b) |D | | k |02 |(a) | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Stock Option (Right to|$2.00/sh|N/A | | | |12/04|09/25|Common Stock|D | | | | | Buy) (c) | | | | | |/98 |/08 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (Right to|$2.40/sh|N/A | | | |01/10|01/09|Common Stock|D | | | | | Buy) (c) | | | | | |/01 |/11 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (Right to|$3.90/sh|12/07|A-4 |20,000 |A |12/07|12/06|Common Stock|D | | | | | Buy) (d) | |/01 | | | |/01 |/11 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: Attachment to Form 5 for period ended May 31, 2002. (a) Shares issued as compensation for services as a director for calendar 2001. (b) Consists of 32,955 shares held directly, 3,055 shares held in an Individual Retirement Account established for the benefit of the Reporting Person, and 1,100 shares held in street name for the benefit of the Reporting Person. (c) Stock options granted under Issuer's 1998 Incentive Stock Option Plan, and exempt under Rule 16b-3. (d) Stock options granted under Issuer's 2001 Incentive Stock Option Plan, and exempt under Rule 16b-3. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Don C. Anderson DATE July 12, 2002