Indiana single well plugging bonds.
$150 flat.
To get a permit for a single oil or gas well, Indiana requires a $2,500 plugging bond filed with the DNR Division of Oil and Gas under IC 14-37-6. Ours is $150 flat — set by our carrier for this bond. A quick soft credit check may apply and never affects your score; the bond is issued when you pay.
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How much does an Indiana single well plugging bond cost?
$150 at the $2,500 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to a bonded well.
Your single-well permit is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process:
Apply once, online
Business details, the county where the well sits, and an effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
File with the DNR
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your Division of Oil and Gas permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the agency insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Indiana regulates oil and gas wells through the DNR Division of Oil and Gas under IC 14-37 and 312 IAC 29. A permittee must file a plugging bond before drilling, deepening, converting, or operating a well — the single-well bond is $2,500 following the General Assembly's update to the IC 14-37-6 bonding provisions.
The bond guarantees compliance with the plugging and abandonment rules: plugging the well, filling excavations, removing concrete bases and discarded materials, cutting surface casing at least 36 inches below grade, and restoring the surface as nearly as possible to its former condition.
It stays effective from filing until the Natural Resources Commission determines the well has been properly plugged and abandoned in accordance with IC 14-37, 312 IAC 29, the permit terms, and Commission orders. It is a guarantee to the state — if the surety pays to plug your well, you repay the surety.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $2,500 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the DNR. Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your Division of Oil and Gas permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the agency insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $150 at the $2,500 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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$150 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.