**Exhibit 31.1**

**Certification of Chief Financial Officer**

**(Section 302 Certification)**

I, Luc Chartrand, certify that:

1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form10-QSB of Enterra Energy Corp.;

2.  Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report doesnot contain 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 which suchstatements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterlyreport;

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

4.  The registrant’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)) and internal control overfinancial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for theregistrant 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 report is being prepared; |
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|  | (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; |
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|  | (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 |
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|  | (d)  Disclosed in this report any change 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 annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to    materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
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5.  The registrant’s other certifying officer(s)and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of theregistrant’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 |
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|  | (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. |
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| Date: August 15, 2003   |  |
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| /s/ Luc    Chartrand    |  |
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| Chief Financial Officer |  |