EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
       I, Rudolf W. Gunnerman, Chairman ofthe Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of SulphCo, Inc., certifythat:
1.     I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form10-QSB of SulphCo, Inc.;
2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material factnecessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under whichsuch statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered bythis report;
3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flowsof the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;
4.     The small business issuer’s othercertifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer andhave:
       (a)     Designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;
       (b)     Evaluatedthe effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectivenessof the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period coveredby this report based on such evaluation; and
       (c)     Disclosedin this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal controlover financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’smost recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscalquarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’sinternal control over financial reporting.
5.     The small business issuer’s othercertifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluationof internal control over financial reporting, to the small businessissuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the small businessissuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):
       (a)     Allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information; and
       (b)     Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal controlover financial reporting.

Date: November 10, 2004

/s/ Rudolf W. Gunnerman
 
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Rudolf W. Gunnerman
 
Chairman of the Board of Directors
 
and Chief Executive Officer