**Exhibit 31.1**

 

CERTIFICATION BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERPURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

 

I, Michael J. Mauceli, Chief Executive Officer of Reef Partners LLC,the managing general partner of Reef Global Energy I, L.P., certify that:

 

1.               Ihave reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter endedJune 30, 2003, of Reef Global Energy I, L.P.;

 

2.               Basedon my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement ofa material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatement made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements weremade, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterlyreport;

 

3.               Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects thefinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant asof, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

4.               Theregistrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e), for the registrant and we have:

 

a)              designed such disclosure controls and procedures toensure that material information relating to the registrant, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is beingprepared;

 

b)             intentionally omitted*

 

c)              evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this reportour conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based upon suchevaluation;

 

d)             disclosed in this report any change in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theregistrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

 

5.               Theregistrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

a)              all significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)             any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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* A statement is not required under this paragraph until we file ourfirst Form 10-K for our first year ending on or after April 15, 2005.

 
| Date: August 14, 2003 |   | /s/ Michael J. Mauceli                      |   |
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|                  |   | Michael J. Mauceli, Chief Executive Officer |
|                  |   | Reef Partners LLC                           |

 

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