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                           SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATIONS

      In connection with the Quarterly Report of Magellan Petroleum Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2004 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Daniel J. Samela, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, do hereby 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.

November 19, 2004                    By: /s/ Daniel J. Samela
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                                     Daniel J. Samela
                                     President and Chief Executive Officer,
                                     Chief Financial and Accounting Officer

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