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EXHIBIT 4.21

                                U.S. ENERGY CORP.
                            2001 STOCK AWARD PROGRAM

     U.S. Energy Corp. ("USE"), a Wyoming corporation with executive offices at
877 North 8th West, Riverton, Wyoming 82501, adopts this 2001 Stock Award Plan
effective as of January 15, 2002.

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of USE agreed to provide an annual
incentive compensation in the form of its common stock to certain officers of
USE as defined in SEC Rule 162-1(f) and such compensation arrangement was
approved by the shareholders of USE at its 2001 Annual Meeting in December,
2001.

     NOW THEREFORE, U.S. Energy Corp. adopts the following 2001 Stock Award
Program:

     1. An aggregate of up to 60,000 shares per year for the years 2001 through
2006 is available to be issued to five officers of USE including: John L.
Larsen, Keith G. Larsen, Daniel P. Svilar, Harold F. Herron and Robert S.
Lorimer, and Peter G. Schoonmaker, the president of its subsidiary Rocky
Mountain Gas, Inc. The taxes owed on such issuance shall be paid by USE and
provided the officer is employed by USE on the date of the grant.

     2. If fewer than 60,000 shares are issued during any year, the unissued
balance of the 60,000 share maximum will be available for issue in subsequent
years.

     3. The number of shares to be awarded each year out of such 60,000 shares
aggregate limit will be determined by the Compensation Committee of the USE
Board of Directors, and will be based on a variety of factors including the
Company's stock price, prior year's stock performance, the Company's financial
condition and business prospects and other factors deemed appropriate. Other
factors bearing on the prior year's profitability may be taken into
consideration by the USE Compensation Committee in determining the number of
shares to be issued.

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     4. The actual number of shares recommended by the Compensation Committee to
be awarded to the officers will be submitted for approval by the Company's CFO
to determine the amounts. However, it is anticipated at the number of shares
shall be 10,000 per officer per year.

     5. The total number of shares issued will be divided equally among the
officers.

     6. Such shares shall be issued annually on or before January 15 of each
applicable year as long as each officer noted above is employed by USE or Rocky
Mountain Gas, Inc. However, the Board of Directors reserves the right to defer
authorization to issue the shares at a later date during the same calendar year.
One half of said compensation shall be paid by USE's subsidiary Crested Corp.

     7. Such shares shall be registered under the Securities and Exchange Act of
1933, as amended, under a Form S-8 registration statement.

U.S. ENERGY CORP.

  /s/  Keith G. Larsen
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Keith G. Larsen, PresidentEXHIBIT 10.19
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                              ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
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         THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is entered into effective
as of the 4th day of January, 2002, by and between ONWARD, L.L.C., an Oklahoma
limited liability company (the "Seller"); PALWEB CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the "Purchaser"); PAUL A. KRUGER, an individual (the "Guarantor");
and TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, a national banking association (the "Lender").

                                R E C I T A L S:

         A.   Seller and Lender entered into a certain Loan Agreement dated
December 8, 1999 (the "Loan Agreement").

         B.   Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, Lender is the holder of a
certain Term Note dated December 8, 1999, in the original principal sum of
$900,000.00 (the "Note"), executed by the Seller in favor of the Lender.

         C.   The Note is secured by: (i) a certain Deed of Trust, Assignment,
Security Agreement and Financing Statement dated December 8, 1999 (the "Deed of
Trust") covering the property described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference (the "Property"), executed by the Seller
in favor of the Lender and recorded on May 31, 2000, in Volume 2000107, at Page
3034 of the records of Dallas County, Texas; and (ii) a certain Guaranty
Agreement dated December 8, 1999 (the "Guaranty Agreement"), executed by the
Guarantor in favor of the Lender.

         D.   The Purchaser has acquired the Property and desires, by this
Agreement, to evidence its agreement to assume and pay all sums due under the
Loan Agreement, Note and Deed of Trust (hereafter, the "Loan Documents"), and to
perform all obligations expressed therein.

         E.   Lender desires to consent to the Purchaser's assumption of the
Loan Documents.

                              A G R E E M E N T S:

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1.   ASSUMPTION. The Purchaser hereby assumes and agrees to pay all
sums payable under the Loan Documents. The Purchaser further covenants, promises
and agrees to perform all of the covenants, agreements and obligations contained
therein to be performed by the Seller, at the time, in the manner and in all
other respects as therein provided, and to be bound thereby. Purchaser
acknowledges and agrees that the principal amount of the indebtedness evidenced
by the Note, together with accrued interest thereon, as of the date of this
Agreement, is $813,255.18.
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         2.   MORTGAGE LIEN. The Purchaser hereby acknowledges and agrees that
the Deed of Trust imposes a valid first lien on the Property, that the execution
of this Agreement will not impair the lien of the Deed of Trust or any other
instrument securing payment of the Note, and that such liens shall continue in
full force and effect until the indebtedness evidenced by the Note, and any
amendment, renewal, consolidation, modification and/or replacement thereof, is
paid in full or otherwise satisfied.

         3.   CONSENT BY LENDER. The Lender hereby consents to the conveyance of
the Property by the Seller to the Purchaser and to the Purchaser's assumption of
the Loan Documents.

         4.   NO RELEASE. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall constitute a
release or discharge of the Seller from its obligations under the Loan
Documents, or of the Guarantor from his obligations under the Guaranty
Agreement.

         5.   ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
of the parties with respect to the matters set forth herein and, except for this
Agreement, there are no other agreements or instruments affecting or relating to
any of the Loan Documents and/or Guaranty Agreement which will be binding on the
parties.

         6.   FURTHER ASSURANCES. The Purchaser shall provide such other
documents and execute such other instruments as Lender may reasonably require to
further evidence the Purchaser's assumption of the Loan Documents.

         7.   BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective heirs, administrators, representatives, trustees,
successors and assigns.

              IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed effective as of
the date first above written.

"SELLER"                          ONWARD, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability
                                  company

                                  By: /s/ Paul A. Kruger
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                                      Paul A. Kruger, Manager
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"PURCHASER"                       PALWEB CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation

                                  By: /s/ Paul A. Kruger
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                                      Paul A. Kruger, President

"GUARANTOR"                           /s/ Paul A. Kruger
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                                      Paul A. Kruger, an individual

"LENDER"                          TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, a national banking
                                  association

                                  By:
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                                      W. Reed Allton, Senior Vice President

                                 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

STATE OF OKLAHOMA          )
                           )     SS:
COUNTY OF CLEVELAND        )

        The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on January __, 2002,
by Paul A. Kruger, as Manager, on behalf of Onward, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited
liability company.

                                      ______________________________
                                      Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

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(SEAL)
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA          )
                           )        SS:
COUNTY OF CLEVELAND        )

        The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on January __, 2002,
by Paul A. Kruger, as President, on behalf of PalWeb Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.

                                      ______________________________
                                      Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

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(SEAL)

STATE OF OKLAHOMA          )
                           )        SS:
COUNTY OF CLEVELAND        )

        The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on January __, 2002,
by Paul A. Kruger, an individual.

                                      ______________________________
                                      Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

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(SEAL)
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STATE OF TEXAS         )
                       )     SS:
COUNTY OF DALLAS       )

        The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on January __, 2002,
by W. Reed Allton, as Senior Vice President, on behalf of Texas Capital Bank, a
national banking association.

                                      ______________________________
                                      Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

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(SEAL)
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                                   EXHIBIT "A"
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                          Legal Description of Property

BEING a tract of land in the City of Dallas, Texas, in the Wm. Coombs Survey
Abstract No. 290, and being part of Block 26 through 31 in City Block 7263,
according to the plat of West Dallas recorded in Volume 106, Page 170, of the
Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas, and being a part of a tract of land
conveyed to Wyatt Metal and Boiler Works by Texas Northern Railroad Company,
dated November 7, 1919, and recorded in Volume 799, Page 571, of the Deed
Records of Dallas County, Texas, and part of two tracts of land conveyed to
Wyatt Metal and Boiler Works by Gulf Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad Company,
dated August 28, 1948, and recorded in Volume 3089, Page 321 and 327, of the
Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas, and being more particularly described as
follows:

BEGINNING at a 3/8 inch iron rod set for corner at the Northeast Intersection of
the North line of West Commerce Street, with the East line of Vilbig Road, said
point being the Southwest corner of City Block 31/7263;

THENCE North 0 degrees 06 minutes 19 seconds West, with the East line of said
Vilbig Road, a distance of 313.88 feet to a 3/8 inch iron rod set for corner;

THENCE in a Easterly direction with the North line of a tract of land conveyed
to Wyatt Metal and Boiler Works in deed filed in Volume 3089, Page 326, and
Volume 3089, Page 321, of the Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas, and the
following course and distances;

         Southeasterly direction with a curve to the right having a radius of
         1091.34 feet, an angle of 02 degrees 56 minutes 25 seconds, a distance
         of 56.0 feet to a 3/8 inch iron rod set for corner;

         South 80 degrees 55 minutes 26 seconds East, a distance of 750.50 feet
         to a 3/8 inch iron rod set for corner in a curve to the left having a
         radius of 3028.19 feet, an angle of 02 degrees 05 minutes 10 seconds, a
         distance of 110.25 feet, to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for corner;

THENCE South 0 degrees 03 minutes 32 seconds East, 174.17 feet to a 1/2 inch
iron rod found for corner in the North line of West Commerce Street;

THENCE North 89 degrees 52 minutes 26 seconds West, 905.30 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING and containing 220,922.916 square feet or 5.072 acres of land.

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