EXHIBIT 31
RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) CERTIFICATIONS
I, Mike Ulrich, certify that:
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust,
for which The Bank of New York Mellon acts as Trustee; |
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Based on my knowledge, this 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 report; |
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, cash earnings and distributions and changes in the Trust corpus of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
registrant and I have: |
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to me
by others within that entity, particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared; |
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision,
to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report my 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 |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most
recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting;
and |