KY blanket well plugging bonds.
Flat 3%. Soft pull.
Before you drill or acquire an oil or gas well in Kentucky, the Division of Oil and Gas requires a plugging bond. A blanket bond covers all your wells under a single instrument instead of one per well. We issue it at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull — enter the amount the Division set and the premium updates.
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Three steps to bonded.
Your permit is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, your years in business, the blanket bond amount, and an effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with the Division of Oil and Gas
Pay online and receive the executed blanket bond ready to file with the Division. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure the Division set and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the blanket plugging bond covers
Kentucky's Division of Oil and Gas (in the Department for Natural Resources, Energy and Environment Cabinet) requires a performance bond on file before an oil or gas well is drilled or acquired from another operator. The bond guarantees the proper plugging and abandonment of wells and the filing of well records with the Division.
A blanket bond covers all of an operator's wells under a single instrument, rather than posting a separate bond for each well — the practical choice once you operate more than a handful. The bond stays in effect until each well is properly plugged (and any reclamation plan satisfied) or successfully transferred to another operator.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Forfeited bond funds go to the state's oil and gas well plugging fund, which the Division uses to plug abandoned wells. Enter the amount the Division set, and we issue it at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your blanket 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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The Division of Oil and Gas is waiting on one document.
Flat 3%, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.