Gasco Management to Present at IPAA Oil and Gas Investment Symposium

DENVER, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gasco Energy, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GASE - news) today announced it will be a presenting Company at the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) Oil & Gas Investment Symposium taking place in New York City April 22 through 24. IPAA is a national association representing 8,000 crude oil and natural gas explorer/producers in the U.S. Members drill 85 percent of all wells in the U.S., produce 38 percent of domestic crude oil and are responsible for 66 percent of the natural gas production. The Symposium is a premier event, bringing the oil and gas industry face-to-face with the investment community. Among the 700 in attendance at this year's Symposium will be over 450 members of the investment community, including analysts, fund managers and investment bankers.

Mike Decker, Gasco Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and King Grant, Gasco Chief Financial Officer, will provide an overview of Gasco along with operational and financial updates on Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 4:10 P.M. EDT. The Company will also host an analyst dinner that same evening. The Gasco presentation will be webcast live from the conference at http://www.investorconference.com/conferences/IPAA042302.html and will also be made available on the Company's website at www.gascoenergy.com

About Gasco Energy

Gasco Energy, Inc. is a Denver-based natural gas and oil exploitation and development company that focuses on natural-gas-rich prospects in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The Company currently owns more than 120,000 gross acres in Utah and approximately 94,000 gross acres in the Greater Green River Basin of Wyoming. Go to www.gascoenergy.com to learn more about Gasco Energy, Inc.

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