**Exhibit31.1**

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Required by Rule 13a-14(a)(17 CFR 240, 13a-14(a))

 

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.               I have reviewed this quarterly report onForm 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2003, of Reef GlobalEnergy I, L.P.;

 

2.               Based on my knowledge, this report doesnot contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

 

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;

 

4.               The registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

 

a)              Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

 

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 and procedures,as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;

 

d)             Disclosed in this report any change in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theregistrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarterin the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonablylikely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting; and

 

5.               The registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internalcontrol over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the auditcommittee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing equivalentfunctions):

 

a)              All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting are reasonably likely to 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 wefile our first Form 10-K for our fiscal year ending on or after April 15, 2005.

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

 

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