**Exhibit 31.1**

 

Certification of Principal Executive OfficerPursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934

 

I, Michael J. Mauceli, theprincipal executive officer of Reef Oil & Gas Partners, L.P., themanaging general partner of Reef Global Energy IV, L.P., certify that:

 

1.               Ihave reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarterended March 31, 2006, of Reef Global Energy IV, L.P.;

 

2.               Basedon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.               Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.               Theregistrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

a)              Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or causedsuch disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including itsconsolidated 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 registrant’s disclosurecontrols and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

c)              Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’smost recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the caseof an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;and

 

5.               Theregistrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)              All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in thedesign or operation of internal control over financial reporting which arereasonably 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 involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting.

 
| Date: May 30,  2006 | By: Reef Oil &  Gas Partners, L.P.    |
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|                     | Managing General  Partner                      |
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|                     | By: Reef Oil &  Gas Partners, GP, LLC |
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|                     | By:                                            | /s/ Michael J.  Mauceli |   |
|                     | Michael J.  Mauceli                            |
|                     | Manager and  Member                            |
|                     | (principal  executive officer)                 |

 

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