EXHIBIT 31



                                  CERTIFICATION


I, Richard T. Williams,  certify  pursuant to Section 302 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 that:

1. I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q of Tengasco,  Inc. and
Subsidiaries.


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  financial  statements,  and other  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 periods presented in this quarterly report;

4.  The  Registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and  I are  responsible  for
establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules (13a-15e and 15d-15e) for the Registrant and we 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 quarterly report is being prepared;

         (b) evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this quarterly 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  registrant's  internal
control over financial  reporting that the 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

5. The Registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent  evaluation  of internal  control  over  financial  reporting to the
Registrant's  auditors  and the audit  committee  of the  Registrant's  board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions);

         (a) all significant  deficiencies and material weaknesses 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 the management or
other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant's internal control
over financial reporting.


Dated: August 14, 2003
                                              s/ Richard T. Williams
                                              -----------------------------
                                                 Richard T. Williams
                                                 Chief Executive Officer



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EXHIBIT 31


                                  CERTIFICATION


I, Mark A. Ruth,  certify pursuant to Section 302 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of
2002 that:

1. I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q of Tengasco,  Inc. and
Subsidiaries.

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  financial  statements,  and other  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 periods presented in this quarterly report;

4.  The  Registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and  I are  responsible  for
establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules (13a-15e and 15d-15e) for the Registrant and we 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 quarterly report is being prepared;

         (b) evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this quarterly 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  registrant's  internal
control over financial  reporting that the 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

5. The Registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent  evaluation  of internal  control  over  financial  reporting to the
Registrant's  auditors  and the audit  committee  of the  Registrant's  board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions);

         (a) all significant  deficiencies and material weaknesses 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 the management or
other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant's internal control
over financial reporting.


Dated: August 14, 2003
                                                    s/ Mark A. Ruth
                                                    -------------------------
                                                       Mark A. Ruth
                                                       Chief Financial Officer