MI oil & gas conformance bonds.
Blanket. Flat 3%.
Michigan requires an oil and gas operator to post a conformance bond with EGLE before drilling under Part 615 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act. A blanket bond covers all of your wells under one instrument — we issue the amount EGLE sets at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull.
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Three steps to bonded.
EGLE wants conformance on file before you operate. Here's the whole thing — no broker phone tag:
Apply online
Your operator details, the blanket bond amount EGLE set, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Conformance bonds get an underwriter look; if anything is needed, you hear back within 48 hours. The soft pull never affects your credit score.
File with EGLE
Your executed bond arrives by email on EGLE’s Bond for Conformance form (EQP7200-03), ready to file with the Oil, Gas, and Minerals Division. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time per term, $275 minimum. Enter the EGLE-set amount and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the conformance bond actually guarantees
Michigan regulates oil and gas wells under Part 615 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (Act 451 of 1994), administered by EGLE’s Oil, Gas, and Minerals Division. Before operating, an operator must post a conformance bond that guarantees the well is drilled, operated, and plugged in conformance with the act and the Supervisor of Wells’ rules.
A blanket bond covers all of your wells under a single instrument, rather than a separate single-well bond for each permit — useful once you operate more than a handful of wells. The Supervisor of Wells sets the required amount; the surety stays liable until violations are corrected and the corrections are accepted.
The bond protects the State of Michigan and the environment against the cost of an operator failing to conform — for example, leaving a well improperly plugged or a site unrestored. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays to remedy a default, you repay the surety. We issue the amount EGLE sets 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 bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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Conformance bond, on file with EGLE.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount EGLE set and file within 1–2 business days.