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 Quarterly Report of Goodrich  Petroleum  Corporation (the
"Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period  ending March 31, 2003 as filed with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I, D.
Hughes Watler, Jr., Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C.  1350, as adopted pursuant to 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,
that:

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

     (2)  The  information  contained in the Report  fairly  represents,  in all
          material aspects, the financial condition and results of operations in
          the Company.



                                             /s/ D. Hughes Watler, Jr.
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                                             D. Hughes Watler, Jr.
                                             Chief Financial Officer
                                             May 8, 2003