**Exhibit 12.1**

**CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANTTO RULE 15d-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANTTO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

I,Hugo Heerema, certify that:

**1**       I have reviewed this report on Form 20-F of Aurelia EnergyN.V.;

**2**       Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untruestatement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to makethe statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statementswere made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

**3**       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and otherfinancial information included in this report, fairly present in all materialrespects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of thecompany as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

**4**       The company's other certifying officer 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 company and have:

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

(b)   Designed such internal control over financialreporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to bedesigned under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding thereliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statementsfor external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;

(c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the company'sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)   Disclosed in this report any change in thecompany's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theperiod covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the company's internal control overfinancial reporting; and

**5**       The company's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the company's auditors and the audit committee of company's boardof directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)    All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company's abilityto record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management orother employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal controlover financial reporting.

| Date: March 31, 2006 | **By:**      | **/s/**HUGO HEEREMA                         |
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| ** **           | ** **   | Hugo Heerema                                |
| *** ***         | *** *** | *Managing Director  Bluewater Holding B.V.* |

 

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