EXHIBIT
32
SECTION
1350 CERTIFICATIONS
In
connection with the Quarterly Report of Magellan Petroleum Corporation (the
“Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2009 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, William
H. Hastings, President and Chief Executive 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.
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May
12, 2009
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By:
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/s/ William H.
Hastings
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President
and Chief Executive Officer
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