Exhibit 32

      CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
               PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SS. 1350 ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Report of Houston Operating Company (the
"Company") on Form 10-QSB/A for the for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I,Ronald E. Simmons, Chariman and Chief Executive 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 result of operations of the Company.

/s/ Ronald E. Simmons
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Ronald E. Simmons
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

January 15, 2004

      CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
               PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SS. 1350 ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Report of Houston Operating Company (the
"Company") on Form 10-QSB/A for the for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Joseph G. Butera, Jr. Principal 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 result of operations of the Company.

/s/Joseph G. Butera, Jr.
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Joseph G. Butera, Jr.
Principal Financial Officer

January 15, 2004