Exhibit 32
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                           SECTION 1350 Certifications



         In connection with Amendment No. 1 to 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, do 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.



 February 17, 2004       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.