**Exhibit
      31.2**





**ADAMS
      RESOURCES & ENERGY, INC.**


**CERTIFICATION
      PURSUANT TO**


**17
      CFR 240.13a-15(e)**


**[17
      CFR 240.15d-15(e)],**


**AS
      ADOPTED PURSUANT TO**


**SECTION
      302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**





I,
      Richard B. Abshire, certify that:





1.  I
      have
      reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Adams Resources & Energy,
      Inc. (the “registrant”);





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 officer and I are responsible for establishing and
      maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
      Rules
      13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)), for the registrant and we have:





(a)
      designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
      controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, 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
                and presented in this report our 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;
                and





(c)
            disclosed
                in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
                financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
                15d-15(f), that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal
                quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
                report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
                materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
                reporting.





5.  The
      registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
      recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, 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 and material weaknesses in the design or
                operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
                reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
                process, summarize and report financial information;
                and





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





Date:
      May
      15, 2006





/s/
      Richard B. Abshire


Richard
      B. Abshire


Chief
      Financial Officer