Exhibit 32
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                           SECTION 1350 Certifications



         In connection with the Annual Report of Magellan Petroleum Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-K for the period ending June 30, 2003 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
James R. Joyce, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
of the Company, does hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the
Company.



  September 23, 2003     By: /s/ James R. Joyce
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                                 James R. Joyce:
                                 President, Chief Executive Officer
                                 and Chief Accounting
                                 and Financial Officer


          The foregoing certifications are accompanying the Report solely
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code) and are not
deemed filed by the Company for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.