Exhibit 31.2
Chief Financial Officer Certification (Section 302)

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
            Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


I, James B. Smith, certify that:

   (1) I have reviewed this  Quarterly  report on Form 10-QSB of Tidelands Oil &
Gas Corporation, (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  officers 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 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 changes in the  registrant's  internal
control over financial  reporting  that occurred  during the  registrant's  most
recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's  fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
quarterly  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 officers and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of the 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 control over
financial reporting..


Date: May 13, 2005


                                                      By: /s/ James B. Smith
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                                                         James B. Smith
                                                         Chief Financial Officer