EXHIBIT 32.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

      In connection with the Annual Report of Callon Petroleum Company (the
"COMPANY") on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "REPORT"),
I, John S. Weatherly, 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 to my knowledge:

      (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

      (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company as of, and for the periods presented in the Report.

Dated: March 15, 2004

                                      /s/ John S. Weatherly
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                                      John S. Weatherly, Chief Financial Officer

The foregoing certification is being furnished as an exhibit to the Report
pursuant to Item 601(b)(32) of Regulation S-K and Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63
of Title 18, United States Code) and, accordingly, is not being filed as part of
the Report for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company,
whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general
incorporation language in such filing.