EXHIBIT 23.5

	CAWLEY, GILLEPIE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
	PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS
9601 AMBERGLEN BLVD., SUITE 117	306 WEST SEVENTH STREET, SUITE 302	1000 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 625
AUSTIN, TXAS 78729-1106	FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76102-4987	HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002-5008
512-249-7000	817-336-2461	713-651-9944
FAX 713-233-2618	FAX 817-877-3728	FAX 713-651-9980
	www.cgaus.com

CONSENT OF CAWLEY, GILLESPIE & ASSOCIATES, INC.

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference, into a Post-Effective Amendment to a Form S-8 Registration Statement to be filed by U.S. Energy Corp. (the “Company”), of information contained in our report relating to certain estimated quantities of the Company’s proved reserves of oil and gas, future net income and discounted future net income, effective December 31, 2009, from the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.   We further consent to the incorporation by reference, into such Form S-8 Registration Statement, of the references to our firm under the headings “Reserves,” “Oil and Gas Production,” “Oil and Gas Production,” and “Oil and Natural Gas Reserves (Unaudited),” as set forth in such Form 10-K.

Very truly yours,

/s/ W. Todd Brooker, P.E.

W. Todd Brooker, P.E.

Vice President

Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc.

Texas Registered Engineering Firm F-693

Austin, Texas

May 7, 2010