{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001493152-23-013769","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"USEG","cik":"0000101594","company_name":"US ENERGY CORP","filed_at":"2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:37.612934+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-16T07:43:11.278715+00:00","sec_items":["8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"U.S. Energy Corp. authorizes $5M share buyback program through June 2024","bullets":["Board approved up to $5.0M in open-market or negotiated repurchases of common stock.","Program expires June 30, 2024, unless completed or discontinued earlier.","CEO Ryan Smith cites belief that assets are undervalued and buyback is tax-efficient capital return.","Funding from working capital; as of Dec 31, 2022, company had $4.46M cash and 25.0M shares outstanding.","Repurchased shares will be retired and returned to treasury."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-013769","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-013769.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-013769.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-013769.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101594/000149315223013769/0001493152-23-013769-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101594/000149315223013769/form8-k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-16T07:43:11.278715+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}