EXHIBIT
      31.1





CERTIFICATION
      PURSUANT TO


SECTION
      302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


(18
      U.S.C. SECTION 7241)





I,
      Michael J. Pawelek, certify that:





1.
            I
                have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of South Texas Oil
                Company;




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
                  the
                  statements 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
                  the
                  financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
                  registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
                  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)) and internal
                    control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
                    Rules
                    13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant 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;





(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;





(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





(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





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 and the audit committee of registrant’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





(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:   August
      19, 2008


*/s/*Michael
                J. PawelekMichael
              J. PawelekChief Executive Officer