Gasco Energy Announces Energy Conference Presentations

DENVER – (PR Newswire) – July 22, 2004– Gasco Energy, Inc. (OTC BB: GASE) is pleased to announce that it will be presenting at two upcoming energy investor conferences. First, Gasco Energy President and CEO, Mark Erickson, will update investors at the Pritchard Capital Partners energy conference in New York on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 1:00 PM. Erickson will also be a presenter at the Ninth Oil & Gas Conference in Denver at 10 AM on Tuesday, August 3, 2004.

The Gasco presentation will include an update on the company’s natural gas interests in Utah’s Uinta Basin. Investors may view Gasco's presentation slides from the conferences at www.gascoenergy.com beginning on Monday, July 26, 2004. To listen to a delayed web cast from the Ninth Oil & Gas Conference, please log on to the Conference web site, www.theoilandgasconference.com , for access to the presentation. Webcasting is not available for the Pritchard presentation.

For more information about the Ninth Oil & Gas Conference or Gasco's scheduled presentations, call 303-296-8834, or go to www.theoilandgasconference.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 is active in the Uinta Basin in Utah and controls acreage in the Greater Green River Basin of Wyoming. To learn more, visit www.gascoenergy.com.

Contact for Gasco Energy, Inc.: Investor Relations: 303-483-0044.