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FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL
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[ ] CHECK THIS BOX IF NO OMB Number: 3235-0287
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INSTRUCTION 1(b).
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
Wehrle Michael H. PrimeEnergy Corporation PNRG to Issuer (Check all applicable)
--------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- X Director X 10% Owner
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS Identification 4. Statement for ---- ---
Number of Reporting Month/Year Officer (give Other (Specify
835 Hillcrest Drive Person, if an entity April 01 ---- title --- below)
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(Street) 5. If Amendment,
Charleston WV 25311 235-42-4003 Date of Original
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(City) (State) (Zip) N/A 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
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X Form filed by One Reporting
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Form filed by More than One
--- Reporting Person
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Transac- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of Se- 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action tion or Disposed of (D) curities Benefi- ship of In-
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) cially Owned at Form: direct
(Instr. 8) End of Month Direct Benefi-
(Month/ (Instr. 3 and 4) (D) or cial
Day/ ------------------------------------ Indirect Owner-
Year) Code V Amount (A) or Price (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, $.10 par value 3-17-01 S 5,000 (D) $7.00 13,000 (D)
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Common Stock, $.10 par value no change 698,521 (I) (1)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price
Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of
(Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Ac- Expiration Securities Deriv-
Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative
Deriv- Day/ Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/ Secur-
ative Year) (Instr. 3, 4, Year) ity
Security and 5) (Instr. 5)
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Date Expira- Amount or
-------------------------- Exer- tion Title Number of
Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares
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9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Derivative Form of Indirect
Securities Derivative Beneficial
Beneficially Security: Ownership
Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4)
of Month or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Mr. Wehrle may be deemed the beneficial owner of these shares by reason of his position with McJunkin Corporation, the record
holder of these shares. This filing is not an admission by Mr. Wehrle that he is, for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities
Action of 1934 or otherwise, the beneficial owner of such shares.
/s/ MICHAEL H. WEHRLE 4-9-01
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. ----------------------------- ----------
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Michael H. Wehrle
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
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