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, 2007 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 31st day of March, 2008.


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