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Gasco to Present at Seventh Oil & Gas Conference

DENVER, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gasco Energy, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GASE - News) -- is pleased to announce that it will be presenting at the Seventh Oil & Gas Conference being held August 5th through 8th, 2002 in Denver. This prestigious event is open to institutional and private investors, investment bankers, and oil and gas industry executives who are involved in the global energy market. The Oil & Gas Conference showcases 60 of the world's leading deep-gas drillers, exploration and production operators, oil service and power-generation companies.

Gasco Energy President and CEO, Mark Erickson and Mike Decker, COO, will conduct a presentation on Gasco and its natural gas interests in the Uinta Basin and Green River Basin of the Rocky Mountains. The presentation, scheduled for 10:40 AM on Monday, August 5th, will showcase the Company's significant holdings in these gas-prolific basins. Investors may also view Gasco's presentation slides at www.gascoenergy.com beginning on Monday, August 5, after management's presentation. You can also log on to the Conference site, www.theoilandgasconference.com , for access to the presentation.

Company Dinner -- Filet and Repartee

The Company will also host a dinner at Ruth's Chris Steak House on Wednesday, August 7th. Analysts and investors interested in attending the dinner are encouraged to phone Suzie Wright at Gasco to reserve a place at our table. Expect vibrant conversation liberally interspersed with witty repartee and insightful, authoritative commentary on all worldly topics. Additionally, the Wall Street Transcript is creating a special issue of their publication focused on the Conference and its participants. Gasco will have a featured interview in the publication.

The conference, hosted by EnerCom, Inc., American Stock Exchange, Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., Oil and Gas Investor magazine, Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc. and KPMG LLP is expected to draw over 500 attendees from institutions, investment banks, commercial banks and the energy industry. The conference affords executives the opportunity to participate in multi-level discussions covering a variety of timely topics on the global energy landscape. Conference attendees are offered a unique opportunity to hear and meet the management teams from the best the energy sector has to offer.
For more information about the conference or Gasco's scheduled presentation, 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 the natural-gas-rich prospects in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The Company currently is active in the Uinta Basin Utah and in the Greater Green River Basin of Wyoming. To learn more, visit www.gascoenergy.com . The Company's Conference presentation, along with the Wall Street Transcript interview will be available on the Gasco website August 5th.

Forward-looking statements

Certain statements set forth in this press release relate to management's future plans, objectives and expectations. Such statements are forward-looking within the meanings of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's future financial position, potential resources, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "project," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," or "continue" or the negative thereof or similar terminology. Although any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are to the knowledge or in the judgment of the officers and directors of the Company, believed to be reasonable, there can be no assurances that any of these expectations will prove correct or that any of the actions that are planned will be taken. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projection, estimate or forecasted result. Some of the key factors that may cause actual results to vary from those the Company expects include inherent uncertainties in interpreting engineering and reserve or production data; operating hazards; delays or cancellations of drilling operations because of weather and other natural and economic forces; fluctuations in oil and natural gas prices in response to changes in supply; competition from other companies with greater resources; environmental and other government regulations; defects in title to properties; increases in the Company's cost of borrowing or inability or unavailability of capital resources to fund capital expenditures; and other risks described under "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1 of the Company's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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