**EXHIBIT 31(i)**

 

**Rule 13a-14(a)/Rule 15d-14(a) Certification**

 

I,Sandra Pautsky, Principal Executive Officer of Oakridge Energy, Inc., (the“Company”) certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Kof the Company;

 

2.             Based on my knowledge, this reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the periods covered by this report;

 

3.             Based on my knowledge, thefinancial statements, and other financial information included in this report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presentedin this report;

 

4.             I am responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in ExchangeAct Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the Company and have:

 

(a)           Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theCompany, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)           Designed such internal control over financialreporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to bedesigned under my supervision, toprovide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reportingand the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordancewith generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)           Evaluated the effectiveness of theCompany’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report ourconclusions 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 changein the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred duringthe Company’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

 

5.             I have disclosed, based on my mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’sindependent registered public accounting firm and the audit committee of theCompany’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)           All significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting which could adversely affect the Company’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 theCompany’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Date:  June 12, 2009 | By     | /s/  Sandra Pautsky            |
|---------------------------|--------|--------------------------------|
|                      |   | Sandra  Pautsky,               |
|                      |   | Principal  Executive Officer   |
|                      |   | of  Oakridge Energy, Inc. |

 

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