EXHIBIT 31(i)


                   Rule 13a-14(a)/Rule 15d-14(a) Certification
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     I, Sandra Pautsky,  President and Principal  Executive  Officer of Oakridge
Energy, Inc., certify that:

     1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-QSB of Oakridge Energy, Inc.;

     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 periods 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 Oakridge  Energy,
Inc. as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

     4. Oakridge Energy,  Inc.'s other certifying officers 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)]  and  internal  control  over
financial  reporting [as defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)]
for Oakridge Energy, Inc. and have:

     (a)  Designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures,  or caused such
disclosure  control and  procedures  to be designed  under our  supervision,  to
ensure that material  information  relating to Oakridge Energy,  Inc., 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) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
internal control over financial  reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial  statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles;

     (c) Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of Oakridge  Energy,  Inc.'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

     (d) Disclosed in this report any change in Oakridge Energy, Inc.'s internal
control over financial  reporting that occurred during Oakridge  Energy,  Inc.'s
most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to materially  affect,  Oakridge Energy,  Inc.'s internal control over financial
reporting; and

     5. Oakridge Energy,  Inc.'s other certifying officers and I have disclosed,
based  on  our  most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over  financial
reporting,  to Oakridge Energy, Inc.'s independent  registered public accounting
firm and the audit committee of Oakridge  Energy,  Inc.'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 could  adversely
affect Oakridge Energy, Inc.'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  Oakridge  Energy,  Inc.'s  internal
control over financial reporting.


Date: October 15, 2004                           By /s/ Sandra Pautsky
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                                                   Sandra Pautsky, President and
                                                   Principal Executive Officer
                                                   of Oakridge Energy, Inc.