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                           SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATIONS

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Magellan Petroleum Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending December 31, 2005 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Daniel J. Samela, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, do hereby 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.


February 14, 2006                     By: /s/ Daniel J. Samela
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                                          Daniel J. Samela
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer,
                                          Chief Financial and Accounting Officer


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