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For Release at 4:00 PM EDT, on Friday, August 5, 2005

      GASCO ENERGY TO PRESENT AT ENERCOM'S 10TH DENVER OIL & GAS CONFERENCE


DENVER - (PR  Newswire)  - August 5, 2005- Gasco  Energy,  Inc.  (AMEX:  GSX) is
pleased to announce that it will be presenting at the Tenth Oil & Gas Conference
in Denver to be held at the Denver  Marriott  City  Center  from  August 8 - 11,
2005. CEO and President  Mark Erickson will update  investors at 10:30 AM MDT on
Monday, August 8, 2005. Gasco's conference presentation will be webcast live and
will be  available,  along  with the  accompanying  slideshow  presentation  and
additional details regarding the conference, at www.theoilandgasconference.com.


Erickson's presentation will include:

          A discussion of operational  achievements in the Riverbend  Project in
          Utah's  Uinta Basin,  including  July 2005's  single-month  production
          records  of 399 MMcfe  gross and 143 MMcfe  net.  During  the month of
          July, Gasco was also affected by seasonal, system-wide curtailments on
          the Questar  mainline  through the Greater  Natural  Buttes area.  The
          estimated Gasco curtailed  volumes were 13.9 MMcfe gross and 4.3 MMcfe
          net.


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


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