Exhibit
      31.1


CERTIFICATION





I,
      Darren
      Stevenson, Principal Executive Officer of Blacksands
      Petroleum, Inc. ,
      certify
      that:





1.  I
      have
      reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Blacksands
      Petroleum, Inc.





2.  Based
      on
      my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of
      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 financial 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
      small
      business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I am responsible for
      establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
      in
      Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) 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 quarterly report is being prepared;





(b)  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





(c)  Disclosed
      in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial
      reporting that occurred during the registrant's first fiscal quarter that has
      materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
      registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and





5.  The
      small
      business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on my
      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 function):









(a)  All
      significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
      of
      internal control over financial reporting which 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 controls.


Date:
                  September 14, 2007
              By:
              /s/Darren
                StevensonDarren
                  Stevenson, Principal Executive
                  Officer