BLM oil & gas lease bonds.
Flat 3%. Soft pull.
Before surface-disturbing operations on a federal oil & gas lease, the Bureau of Land Management requires a bond under 43 CFR part 3104. This is the individual-lease bond covering one lease. We issue it at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull that never affects your score.
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Three steps to a filed lease bond.
Your BLM lease is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, the lease serial number, the bond amount, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Energy bonds get a quick underwriting look; if anything is needed, an underwriter reaches out within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with the BLM
Pay online and receive the executed lease bond, ready to file with the BLM state office before operations begin. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time per term, $275 minimum. Enter the penal sum the BLM required and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the lease bond actually covers
Oil and gas leasing on federal land is governed by 43 CFR parts 3100, 3120, and subpart 3104. Before any surface-disturbing drilling operations, the operator must be covered by a bond that secures compliance with the lease terms and BLM regulations — including the obligation to plug wells and reclaim the surface.
An individual lease bond covers operations on a single federal lease. The 2024 BLM oil and gas leasing rule (effective June 22, 2024) raised the minimum individual-lease bond to $150,000, with statewide bonds set at a $500,000 minimum. The exact amount can be higher based on the BLM bond-adequacy review.
The bond is a three-party guarantee: you (the principal), the surety, and the United States (the obligee). If you fail to plug, reclaim, or otherwise comply and the BLM incurs cost, it can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. Enter the amount the BLM requires and we issue at a flat 3%.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including the lease serial number and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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BLM lease bond, started today.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum, soft pull only. Enter the amount the BLM required and e-sign in 1–2 business days.