EXHIBIT 31.1


Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange rule 13a-14(a) as
adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; filed
herewith.


                                 CERTIFICATIONS

I, John E. Loehr, certify that:

         1.       I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report  on Form  10-Q/A  of
                  GulfWest Energy Inc.;

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

         3.       Based on my  knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other
                  financial  information  included  in  this  quarterly  report,
                  fairly   present  in  all  material   respects  the  financial
                  condition,  results  of  operations  and  cash  flows  of  the
                  registrant  as of,  and for,  the  periods  presented  in this
                  quarterly report;

         4.       The  registrant's   other   certifying   officers  and  I  are
                  responsible  for  establishing   and  maintaining   disclosure
                  controls  and  procedures  (as defined in  Exchange  Act Rules
                  13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have:

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

                  b)       evaluated  the   effectiveness  of  the  registrant's
                           disclosure  controls  and  procedures  as  of a  date
                           within  90  days  prior  to the  filing  date of this
                           quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

                  c)       presented in this  quarterly  report our  conclusions
                           about the  effectiveness  of the disclosure  controls
                           and  procedures  based  on our  evaluation  as of the
                           Evaluation Date.

         5.       The  registrant's   other  certifying   officers  and  I  have
                  disclosed,  based  on  our  most  recent  evaluation,  to  the
                  registrant's  auditors and the audit committee of registrant's
                  board of  directors  (or  persons  performing  the  equivalent
                  functions):

                  a)       all   significant   deficiencies  in  the  design  or
                           operation of internal  controls which could adversely
                           affect the registrant's  ability to record,  process,
                           summarize   and  report   financial   data  and  have
                           identified for the registrant's auditors any material
                           weaknesses in internal controls; and



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                  b)       any fraud,  whether or not  material,  that  involves
                           management or other  employees who have a significant
                           role in the registrant's internal controls; and

         6.       The  registrant's   other  certifying   officers  and  I  have
                  indicated  in  this   quarterly   report  whether  there  were
                  significant  changes in internal  controls or in other factors
                  that could  significantly  affect internal controls subsequent
                  to the  date of our  most  recent  evaluation,  including  any
                  corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and
                  material weaknesses.



         Date:  February 24, 2005

                                               /S/  JOHN E. LOEHR
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                                                     John E. Loehr
                                                     Chief Executive Officer



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