GASCO ENERGY TO PRESENT AT 2006 IPAA OGIS WEST

DENVER, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gasco Energy, Inc. (Amex: GSX - News) today announced that it will be presenting at the Independent Petroleum Association of America's (IPAA) 2006 Oil & Gas Investment Symposium West in San Francisco. Mark Erickson, Gasco's President and CEO, will provide a corporate overview to investors on Thursday, October 5, 2006 at 1:50 PM PDT. Erickson's presentation will include an update on the company's natural gas interests in Riverbend Project in Utah's Uinta Basin and an update on its Wyoming Projects in the Greater Green River Basin. Investors may view Gasco's presentation slides from the conference at www.gascoenergy.com under the Investor Relations button beginning on October 3, 2006. The Gasco presentation will be webcast by the conference organizers. A link to the webcast and the slide show will be available at the IPAA website: www.ipaa.org around the time of the conference.

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.