EXHIBIT. 5.1




November 10, 2005

Silver Star Energy, Inc.
11300 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 800
Los Angeles, California 90064

Dear Sirs:

We have acted as counsel to Silver Star Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
"Company"), in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), of an aggregate of 54,008,654 shares of common
stock (the "Shares"), par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the
Company, of which (i) 10,888,834 shares (the "Note Shares") are issuable upon
conversion of the Company's currently outstanding senior secured convertible
promissory notes due October 2007 (the "Notes"), (ii) 10,888,834 shares (the
"October Warrant Shares") are issuable upon exercise of currently outstanding
warrants (the "October Warrants") issued to the holders of the Notes on October
14, 2005, (iii) 21,777,668 shares (the "November Warrant Shares") are issuable
upon exercise of certain currently outstanding warrants (the "November
Warrants") issued to the holders of the Notes in November 2005, (iv) 2,177,776
shares (the "Series A Warrant Shares") are issuable upon exercise of the
Company's Series A warrants (the "Series A Warrants"), (v) 2,177,776 shares
(the "Series B Warrant Shares") are issuable upon exercise of the Company's
Series B warrants (the "Series B Warrants"), (vi) 2,177,776 shares (the "Series
C Warrant Shares") are issuable upon exercise of the Company's Series C
warrants (the "Series C Warrants"), (vii) 2,177,776 shares (the "Series D
Warrant Shares" and together with the October Warrant Shares, the November
Warrant Shares, the Series A Warrant Shares, the Series B Warrant Shares and
the Series C Warrant Shares, the "Warrant Shares") are issuable upon exercise
of the Company's Series D warrants (the "Series D Warrants" and together with
the October Warrants, the November Warrants, the Series A Warrants, the Series
B Warrants and the Series C Warrants, the "Warrants") and (viii) up to
1,742,214 shares (the "Interest Shares') that are issuable as interest on the
Notes.

As such counsel, we have reviewed the corporate proceedings taken by the
Company with respect to the authorization of the issuance of the Shares. We
have also examined and relied upon originals or copies of such corporate
records, documents, agreements or other instruments of the Company as we have
deemed necessary to review. As to all matters of fact (including factual
conclusions and characterizations and descriptions of purpose, intention or
other state of mind), we have entirely relied upon certifications of officers
of the Company, and have assumed, without independent inquiry, the accuracy of
those certifications.



We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the conformity to the
originals of all documents reviewed by us as copies, the authenticity and
completeness of all original documents reviewed by us in original or copy form
and the legal competence of each individual executing a document. We have also
assumed that the registration requirements of the Act and all applicable
requirements of state laws regulating the sale of securities will have been
duly satisfied.

We further assume that (i) all Note Shares and Interest Shares issued will be
issued in accordance with the terms of the Notes and (ii) all Warrant Shares
issued will be issued in accordance with the terms of the applicable Warrants.

Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that (i) the Note Shares and the
Interest Shares will be, when issued as contemplated by the terms of the Notes,
validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) the Warrant Shares
will be, when sold, paid for and issued as contemplated by the terms of the
applicable Warrants, validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable.

This opinion is limited to the provisions of the Nevada General Corporation
Law.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the references to this firm under the heading
"Validity of Common Stock" in the Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not
thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section 7 of the Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Christopher H. Dieterich
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Christopher H. Dieterich
Dieterich & Associates
Counsel to Silver Star Energy, Inc.

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