News  Release / For  Release at 6:00 AM EST,  Monday,  March 3, 2003  Richard S.
Langdon Elected to Gasco Energy's Board of Directors

DENVER -- March 3, 2003 /PRNewswire / -- Gasco Energy (OTCBB: GASE) today
announced that Richard S. Langdon has been elected to its Board of Directors.

Most recently,  from 1997 until December 2002,  Langdon served as Executive Vice
President  and  Chief  Financial  Officer  of  EEX  Corporation,  a  NYSE-listed
exploration  and  production  company that was acquired by Newfield  Exploration
(NYSE:  NFX) in late 2002.  While at EEX, Langdon was responsible for accounting
and financial  reporting,  acquisitions and  divestitures,  internal finance and
treasury  functions and  relationships  with the capital markets among his other
duties as CFO.

In  addition  to his EEX  experience,  Langdon,  52,  brings  over 28  years  of
operational  and  financial  experience  in the energy  sector  holding  various
domestic and  international  senior  executive  positions with Penzoil  Company,
Korn/Ferry  International,  Gaffney, Cline & Associates and Continental Illinois
National  Bank /  Trust  Company  of  Chicago.  He  holds a B.S.  in  Mechanical
Engineering and a Master of Business Administration, both from The University of
Texas at Austin.

Mr.  Langdon  replaces  King Grant who remains with Gasco as CFO.  Grant stepped
down from the Board in order to increase Gasco's outside  representation  on the
Board.  Mr.  Langdon was  selected by the holders of a majority of the shares of
Gasco's  Series B Preferred  Stock,  the terms of which give the holders of such
shares the right to elect one member of Gasco's Board of  Directors.  The number
of Gasco Board Members remains seven.

Mark  Erickson,  Gasco's  President  and  CEO,  said,  "Rich's  energy  industry
experience,  numerous  relationships,  and  financial  strengths  are a valuable
complement to our Board. Further, his addition improves our Audit Committee in a
time where  Corporate  Governance  is essential to a company's  success.  We are
pleased that Rich has joined our Board."

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 in the Greater  Green  River Basin of Wyoming.  To learn more,
visit www.gascoenergy.com.

Contact for Gasco Energy, Inc.: Investor Relations: 800-645-9254