Exhibit
31.1





CERTIFICATION
OF PRESIDENT





I, John
P. Messina, certify that:





1 I have reviewed this quarterly report
on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2010 of Hyperion Energy,
Inc. (the “Company”);





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)        
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles.





(c) 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




(d) Disclosed in this
report any change in the registrant's internal control over financing reporting
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; and





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 the 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 reasonable 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 involved management or other employees who have a
significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting.





Dated:  May
6, 2010





Hyperion
Energy, Inc.





By:
              /s/ John P. MessinaName:
      John P. MessinaTitle:  President