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| 10-K - FORM 10-K - WHITING USA TRUST I | d80627e10vk.htm |
| EX-32 - EX-32 - WHITING USA TRUST I | d80627exv32.htm |
| EX-99 - EX-99 - WHITING USA TRUST I | d80627exv99.htm |
Exhibit 31
CERTIFICATION
I, Mike Ulrich, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 of Whiting USA
Trust I, 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, distributable income
and changes in trust corpus 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(c) and 15d-15(f)), or for causing such controls and procedures
to be established and maintained, 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 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
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 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.
6. I have indicated in this report whether or not there were significant changes in internal
controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the
date of my most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses. In giving the foregoing certifications in paragraphs 4, 5 and
6, I have relied to the extent I consider reasonable on information provided to me by Whiting
Petroleum Corporation.
Date: March 15, 2011
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/s/ MIKE ULRICH
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| Vice President and Trust Officer | ||||
| The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. |