SOUTH TEXAS OIL COMPANY
   900 NE Loop 410, Suite E-121
   San Antonio, TX 78209
   Tel: (210) 568-9760
   Fax: (210) 568-9761
   MAILING ADDRESS:
   P.O. Box 531431
   Henderson, NV 89053-1431

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       November 2, 2005

       Ms. Melinda Kramer
       Attorney-Advisor
       Division of Corporate Finance
       Securities and Exchange Commission
       Division of Corporate Finance
       100 F Street, NE
       Washington, DC 20549

       Re: South Texas Oil Company
           Form SB-2A
           File No. 333-127482

       Via Fax: 202-772-9202

       Dear Ms. Kramer

             Pursuant  to  Rule  461  of Regulation C under the Securities Act,
       South Texas Oil Company, respectfully  requests  that the effective date
       of  the  Form SB-2/A Registration Statement referred  to  above,  to  be
       qualified  on  November  7,  2005, at 5:00 PM EST or as soon as possible
       thereafter.

           South Texas Oil Company acknowledges that:

         -	Should  the  commission  or  the  staff,  acting   pursuant  to
            delegated authority,  declare  the  filing  effective,  it does not
            foreclose the commission from taking any action with respect to the
            filing;

         -	The action of the Commission or the staff, acting  pursuant  to
            delegated  authority,  in  declaring the filing effective, does not
            relieve the company from its  full  responsibility for the adequacy
            and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

         -	The company may not assert staff  comments and  the declaration
            of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding  initiated  by  the
            commission  or  any person under the federal securities laws of the
            United States.

       Regards

       /s/ Murray Conradie
       _____________________
       Murray Conradie
       President/CEO
       South Texas Oil Company