EXHIBIT 31.1
**CERTIFICATIONS**
 
I, Rudolf W. Gunnerman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer ofSulphco, Inc., certify that:
 
1.

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB as amended by Amendment No. 1and Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-KSB/A of SulphCo, Inc. (as amended, the"report");
 
2.

Based on 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 annual report;
 
3.

Based on 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 small business issuer asof, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.

The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsiblefor establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as definedin Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control overfinancial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))for the small business issuer and have: 
  
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosurecontrols and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure thatmaterial information relating to the small business issuer, 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) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused suchinternal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reportingand the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordancewith generally accepted accounting principles; 
  
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer'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 
  
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's internalcontrol over financial reporting that occurred during the small businessissuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscalquarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's internalcontrol over financial reporting; and 
 
5.

The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee ofthe small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions): 
  
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonablylikely to adversely affect the small business issuer's ability to record,process, summarize and report financial information; and 
  
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's internalcontrol over financial reporting. 

June 29, 2004

By:

/s/ Rudolf W. Gunnerman
  
Rudolf W. GunnermanChairman of the Board andChief Executive Officer