Exhibit 31.1



Certification



I, Sarah Newell, certify that:



1. I have reviewed
this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of SandRidge Permian Trust, for which The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
acts as Trustee;



2. 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;



3. Based on my knowledge,
the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition and results of operations of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;



4. 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:



(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
me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;



(b) 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 the basis of accounting described in Note 2;



(c) 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



(d) 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 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



5. I have disclosed,
based on my most recent evaluation, 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



(b) Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves any persons who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.



In giving the foregoing certifications
in paragraphs 4 and 5, I have relied to the extent I consider reasonable on information provided to me by Avalon Energy, LLC.



|                   | /s/ Sarah Newell                                
|------------------ | ------------------------------------------------
|                   | Sarah Newell                                    
|                   | Vice President                                  
|                   | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
|                   | as Trustee of SandRidge Permian Trust           
|                   |                                                 
|Date: May 11, 2020 |