EXHIBIT 5.1
                           GALLAGHER, BRIODY & BUTLER
                               COUNSELLORS AT LAW

                           PRINCETON FORRESTAL VILLAGE
                              155 VILLAGE BOULEVARD
                                    2ND FLOOR
                           PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08540
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                                 (609) 452-6000
                               FAX: (609) 452-0090



                                 August 29, 2006


Rahim Rayani
President and Chief Operating Officer
Gulf Coast Oil & Gas, Inc.
5847 San Felipe
Suite 1700
Houston, Texas 77057

         RE: REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM SB-2 (THE "REGISTRATION STATEMENT")
             544,403,329 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE

Gentlemen:

         We are writing as your special counsel in connection with the
Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), up to 544,403,329 shares (the "Offering Shares")
of Common Stock, $.001 par value, of Gulf Coast Oil & Gas, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the "Company").

         In connection herewith, we have examined the Articles of Incorporation
of the Company and all amendments thereto (together, the "Articles of
Incorporation"), the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, the Company's
corporate minute books and such other records together with the applicable
certificates of public officials and other documents, including certificates of
officers of the Company, that we have deemed relevant to this opinion. We have
also examined and relied as to matters of fact upon such certificates of public
officials, such certificates of officers of the Company and originals or copies
certified to our satisfaction of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of
the Company, as amended, proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Company,
and other such corporate records, documents, certificates and instruments as we
have deemed necessary or appropriate in order to enable us to render the opinion
expressed below.

         In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed the genuineness of
all signatures on all documents examined by us, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to authentic originals
of all documents submitted to us as certified or photocopied copies, and we have
relied as to matters of fact upon statements and certifications of officers of
the Company.

         Based upon the foregoing, and having regard for such legal
consideration as we have deemed relevant, we are of the opinion that the
issuance of the Offering Shares as described in the Registration Statement has
been validly authorized and, upon issuance of the Offering Shares as described
in the Registration Statement, the Offering Shares will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable.

         This opinion is not rendered with respect to any laws other than the
laws of the United States and the General Corporation Law of the State of
Nevada.

         We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Legal
Matters" in the Prospectus, which constitutes a part of the Registration
Statement, as required by Rule 436 promulgated under the Securities Act. We also
consent to the inclusion in the Registration Statement of our foregoing opinion.


                                               Very truly yours,

                                               /s/  Gallagher, Briody & Butler
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                                               Gallagher, Briody & Butler