EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
       I, Rudolf W. Gunnerman, Chairman ofthe Board and Chief Executive Officer of Sulphco, Inc., certify that:
1.     I have reviewed this annual report on Form10-KSB as amended by Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2 and Amendment No. 3 onForm 10-KSB/A of SulphCo, Inc. (as amended, the "report");
2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material factnecessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under whichsuch statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered bythis annual report;
3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flowsof the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;
4.     The small business issuer’s othercertifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer andhave: 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small businessissuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by otherswithin those entities, particularly during the period in which this report isbeing prepared; 

(b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small businessissuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this reportour conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and 

(c) Disclosed in this report any change in the smallbusiness issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurredduring the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the smallbusiness issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, thesmall business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and

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5.     The small business issuer’s othercertifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluationof internal control over financial reporting, to the small businessissuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the small businessissuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions): 

(a) All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small businessissuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the small businessissuer’s internal control over financial reporting. 

Date: November 12, 2004 
 
/s/ Rudolf W. Gunnerman__
  
Rudolf W. Gunnerman
  
Chairman of the Board and 
  
Chief Executive Officer