UNITED REFINING ENERGY CORP.

823 Eleventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

December 4, 2007

VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Mail Stop 3561

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attn:	John Reynolds
	Assistant Director
Re:	United Refining Energy Corp. (the “Registrant”)
	Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended
	SEC File No. 333-144704

Dear Sir:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant hereby requests acceleration of effectiveness of the above referenced Registration Statement so that it will become effective at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 6, 2007, or as soon as thereafter practicable.

Please note that we acknowledge the following:

• should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

• the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

• the company may not assert this action as defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

Very truly yours,

/s/ James E. Murphy

James E. Murphy

Chief Financial Officer