EXHIBIT 31
CERTIFICATION
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I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust, for which
The Bank of New York acts as Trustee; |
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a 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)) for the registrant and have: |
(a) 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, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared;
(b) Evaluated the effectiveness of
the registrant’s 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
(c) Disclosed in this report any change in
the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during
the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting; and
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I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the registrant’s auditors: |
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and