3 1 tideform3ahmed123101.txt U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Karim Ahmmed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 1532 Woods Drive -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) North Vancouver BC, CANADA V7R-LA9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/19/00 ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) N/A Candian Resident ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Tidelands Oil & Gas Corporation ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [x] Director [_] 10% Owner [x] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) Vice President ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [x] Form Filed by One Reporting Person [_] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ================================================================================

* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print of Type Responses) (Over) FORM 3 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================

Explanation of Responses: /s/ Karim Ahmmd 3/25/02 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. (Print of Type Responses) Page 2

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