EXHIBIT 32.1
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                                 CERTIFICATION

          CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY RULE 13A-14(B) AND SECTION 1350 OF
                CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE

In connection with the report of Compton Petroleum  Corporation (the "Company")
on the Form 40-F for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006 as filed with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  the
undersigned  certifies,  pursuant  to 18 U.S.C.  1350,  as adopted  pursuant to
Section  906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act  of  2002,  that  to  the  best  of my
knowledge:

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  results  of  operations  of the
     Company.


DATED this 30th day of March, 2007.


/s/ Ernie G. Sapieha
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Ernie G. Sapieha
President & Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer),
Compton Petroleum Corporation