EXHIBIT 32.2
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                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



     In connection with the Annual Report of Coastal  Caribbean Oils & Minerals,
Ltd.  (the  "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2004 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),
I, Kenneth M. Cornell, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, 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.



Date:  April 30, 2004                                By /s/ Kenneth M. Cornell
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                                                     Kenneth M. Cornell
                                                     Chief Accounting and
                                                     Financial Officer





A signed  original of this  written  statement  required by Section 906 has been
provided  to Coastal  Caribbean  Oils & Minerals,  Ltd.  and will be retained by
Coastal  Caribbean  Oils & Minerals,  Ltd. and furnished to the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.