EXHIBIT 31

                          NATHANIEL ENERGY CORPORATION

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, George A. Cretecos, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Form 10-QSB of Nathaniel Energy 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 the small business
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) 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 small business issuer
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 small
          business  issuer,  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;

          b)  Evaluated  the   effectiveness  of  the  small  business  issuer'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 small business  issuer's
          internal  control over financial  reporting  that occurred  during the
          small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business
          issuer's  fourth fiscal  quarter in the case of an annual report) that
          has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
          the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting;
          and

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






Dated:  November 12, 2004                    /s/ George A. Cretecos

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                                           George A. Cretecos
                                           Chief Operating Officer
                                           (Principal Executive Officer
                                           and Principal Accounting
                                           Officer)