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  Quarterly  Report  of  Penn  Octane  Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending January 31, 2003 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
                                      March  20,  2003


                                              /s/  Ian  T.  Bothwell
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                                      Ian T. Bothwell, Chief Financial Officer
                                      March  20,  2003