**Exhibit 31.2**

 

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

 

 

I, Daniel C. Sibley, ChiefFinancial Officer of Reef Partners LLC, the managing general partner of ReefGlobal 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)              designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material informationrelating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is madeknown to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period inwhich this quarterly report is being prepared;

 

b)             intentionally omitted*

 

c)              evaluatedthe effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based upon such evaluation;

 

d)             disclosedin this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter thathas materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial 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 ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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* A statement is not requiredunder this paragraph until we file our first Form 10-K for our first yearending on or after April 15, 2005.

 
| Date: August  14, 2003 |   | /s/ Daniel  C. Sibley                                           |   |
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|                   |   | Daniel C.  Sibley, Chief Financial Officer  and General Counsel |
|                   |   | Reef  Partners LLC                                              |

 

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