EXHIBIT  31.1
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     CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
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I,  Kent  P.  Watts,  certify  that:

1.  I  have  reviewed  this  annual  report  on  Form  10-KSB  of  Hyperdynamics
Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this 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  report;

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

4.  Hyperdynamics  Corporation's  other  certifying  officer(s)  and  I

(a)  are  responsible  for  establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures  (as  defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rules  13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for
Hyperdynamics  Corporation  and  have:

(b)  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  Hyperdynamics  Corporation,  including  its
consolidated  subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly  during  the  period  in  which  this  report  is  being  prepared;

(c)  Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  Hyperdynamics  Corporation'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

(d)  Disclosed in this report any change in Hyperdynamics Corporation's internal
control  over  financial  reporting  that  occurred  during  Hyperdynamics
Corporation's  most  recent  fiscal  year  that  has  materially affected, or is
reasonably  likely  to  materially  affect, Hyperdynamics Corporation's internal
control  over  financial  reporting;  and

5. Hyperdynamics Corporation's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
based  on  our  most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over  financial
reporting,  to  Hyperdynamics  Corporation's auditors and the audit committee of
Hyperdynamics  Corporation'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  Hyperdynamics  Corporation'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 Hyperdynamics Corporation's internal
control  over  financial  reporting.

Date:  October  13,  2005          By:   /s/  Kent  P.  Watts
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                                         Kent  P.  Watts
                                         Chief  Executive  Officer