**Exhibit
      31.1**




**Certification
      Required by Rule 13a-14(a)**


**or
      Rule 15d-14(a)**




I,
      John
      H. Homier, certify that:




1.  I
      have
      reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of NGP Capital Resources 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 consolidated 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 period 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 have:




(a)
      designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
      controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that
      material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
      subsidiaries, is made known to me 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 quarterly report my 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 quarterly 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;




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:




(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:
      November 10, 2005


By:
              /s/ John
                H. HomierJohn
                H. HomierPresident
                and
                Chief Executive Officer




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