Exhibit 22.1
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                                              Subsidiaries of the Registrant



GulfWest Energy Inc. has nine wholly owned subsidiaries:

1.   GulfWest Oil and Gas Company, a Texas corporation, was organized February
     18, 1999 and is the owner of record of interests  in certain  crude oil and
     natural gas properties located in Colorado and Texas.

2.   SETEX Oil and Gas Company,  a Texas  corporation,  was organized August 11,
     1998 and is the operator of crude oil and natural gas  properties  in which
     we own the majority working interest.

3.   LTW Pipeline Co., a Texas corporation, was organized April 19, 1999, is the
     owner and operator of certain  natural gas gathering  systems and pipelines
     that we own, and markets the natural gas produced from our properties.

4.   RigWest Well Service, Inc., a Texas corporation, was organized September 5,
     1996 and operates well  servicing  equipment for us and under  contract for
     other operators.

5.   Southeast Texas Oil and Gas Company,  L.L.C., a Texas company, was acquired
     by us on  September  1, 1998 and is the owner of  record  of  interests  in
     certain  crude  oil and  natural  gas  properties  located  in three  Texas
     counties.

6.   DutchWest Oil Company, a Texas corporation, was organized July 28, 1997 and
     is the owner of record of  interests  in certain  crude oil and natural gas
     properties located in Hardin and Polk Counties, Texas.

7.   GulfWest Development  Company, a Texas corporation,  was organized November
     9, 2000 and is the owner of record of  interests  in certain  crude oil and
     natural gas properties located in Texas, Oklahoma and Mississippi.

8.   GulfWest Texas Company,  a Texas corporation,  was organized  September 23,
     1996 and was the owner of  interests  in certain  crude oil and natural gas
     properties located in the Vaughn Field, Crockett County,  Texas.  Effective
     April 1, 2000,  these  properties  were assigned to GulfWest Oil and Gas
     Company to facilitate financing.

9.   GulfWest Oil and Gas Company (Louisiana) LLC, a Louisiana company, was formed
     July 31, 2001 and is the owner of record of interests in certain  crude oil
     and natural gas properties in Louisiana.