EXHIBIT 99 (E)

                            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-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Daniel W. Sharp, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 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:  March 13, 2003                     By /s/ Daniel W. Sharp
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                                          Daniel W. Sharp
                                          Treasurer and Chief Accounting
                                          Financial Officer