Kansas oil & gas well bonds.
From $100.
The plugging bond a Kansas operator files with the Corporation Commission (KCC) to guarantee that its oil, gas, injection and disposal wells get properly plugged and abandoned, under K.S.A. 55-155. The premium is priced at 5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, via a soft credit pull — enter the amount the KCC set to see your exact price.
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How much does a Kansas oil & gas well bond cost?
5% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
Enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and file with the KCC. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your operator details, the bond amount the KCC required, and the 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 Corporation Commission
Submit the executed bond to the KCC to satisfy your operator financial-assurance requirement. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the commission insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the well bond actually covers
Kansas requires every oil and gas operator to give the Corporation Commission (KCC) financial assurance that its wells will be plugged at the end of their life, under K.S.A. 55-155 and the KCC conservation regulations. The bond covers active, inactive, injection and disposal wells alike — including service wells used to inject produced water or dispose of waste fluids.
An operator can post an individual bond equal to $.75 times the total aggregate depth of all its wells, or a blanket bond scaled to well count and depth that generally runs from $7,500 to $45,000. The statute also allows alternatives — a nonrefundable fee equal to 6% of the bond amount, qualifying salvage property, or other approved security.
The bond is a plugging-and-abandonment guarantee: if an operator walks away from a well, the KCC can draw on it to plug the well and protect groundwater. It is not insurance for the operator — if the commission draws on the bond, you repay the surety. Enter the amount the KCC set and pricing starts from $100.
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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 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.
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 Corporation Commission. Submit the executed bond to the KCC to satisfy your operator financial-assurance requirement. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the commission insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not 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, one soft pull.
Submit the application with the bond amount the KCC set, including a one-time consent to a soft credit check. The executed bond is generated, ready to file.
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Pricing from $100, soft pull only. Enter the amount the KCC required and file it.