EXHIBIT 99.1

                            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  Penn Octane Corporation (the "Company")
on  Form  10-K  for the period ending July 31, 2002 as filed with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  on  the  date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned,
Jerome  B. Richter, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Ian T. Bothwell,
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  results of operations of the Company.

                                            /s/  Jerome  B.  Richter
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                                      Jerome B. Richter, Chief Executive Officer
                                      November  4,  2002


                                             /s/   Ian  T.  Bothwell
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                                      Ian T. Bothwell, Chief Financial Officer
                                      November  4,  2002


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