Exhibit 31.2 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 

SECTION302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 

I, John S. Tumis, certify that: 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Trans Energy, Inc.; 

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 thestatements 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 thefinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant~~~~ as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 

4. Theregistrant’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)) and internal control over financialreporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and have: 

a. Designed suchdisclosure 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 madeknown to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; 

b. Designed suchinternal 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 offinancial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; 

c. Evaluated theeffectiveness 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 thisreport based on such evaluation; and 

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s~~~~ internal controlover 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 isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s~~~~ internal control over financial reporting; and 

5. Theregistrant’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 and the audit committee of theregistrant’s~~~~ board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): 

a. All significant deficienciesand 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 financialinformation; and 

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s~~~~ internal control over financial reporting. 

Date: September 26, 2013~~~~

 

/s/ JOHN S. TUMIS
John S. TumisChief Financial Officer