Exhibit
        31
 NATHANIEL
        ENERGY CORPORATION
 CERTIFICATION
 I,
        Brad E. Bailey,
        certify that:
 1.
        I have reviewed
        this Form 10-QSB of Nathaniel Energy Corporation;
 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,
        results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of,
        and
        for, the periods presented in this report;
 4.
        The small
        business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
        establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
        in
        Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15-(e)) for the small business issuer
        and
        have:
 a)
        Designed such
        disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
        procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
        information relating to the small business issuer, 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 small business issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures
        and presented in this report our 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 small business issuer’s internal control over
        financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s most recent
        fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of
        an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
        materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control over financial
        reporting; and
 5.
        The small
        business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our
        most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
        small business issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the small business
        issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
        functions):
 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 small business issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
        financial information; and
 b)
        Any fraud,
        whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
        have a
        significant role in the small business issue’s internal control over financial
        reporting.
 Dated:
        May 15,
        2007
 By:
            /s/
                *Brad E. Bailey*Brad
                E.
                BaileyChief
                Executive Officer(Principal financial officer)


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