NE blanket operator bonds.
$3,000 flat. Soft pull.
Instead of bonding each well, an operator may file a $100,000 blanket bond covering all wells drilled or to be drilled in Nebraska — and once the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission accepts it, that satisfies the per-well requirement. Ours is $3,000 flat, 3% of the bond amount, with one soft credit pull.
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Three steps to a filed bond.
One bond instead of many. Here is the whole process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details and an effective date — that is the application. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
A $100,000 bond gets a quick underwriting look; if anything is needed, 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 NOGCC
Pay online and receive the executed blanket bond ready to file. Once the Director accepts and approves it, it covers all your wells. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever required.
The whole pricing page.
$100,000 bond × 3% = $3,000, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the blanket bond actually guarantees
Nebraska's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (NOGCC) normally requires a $10,000 bond per well. But an operator may instead file a blanket bond in the principal sum of not less than $100,000 covering all wells drilled or to be drilled in the state — and once the Director accepts and approves it, the blanket bond is treated as compliance with the per-well requirement.
Like the per-well bond, it is a plugging-and-restoration guarantee: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Nebraska through the NOGCC (the obligee). If you abandon any covered well without plugging it to the Commission's standards, the state can recover the cost of plugging and restoration against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays to plug a well, you repay the surety. For operators with more than a handful of wells, one $100,000 blanket bond is almost always cheaper and simpler than bonding each well at $10,000. The Director may refuse to accept a bond, or to add wells to it, where there has been prior non-compliance.
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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.
Do I pay the $100,000? +
Does the blanket bond really replace per-well bonds? +
Blanket or single-well — which is cheaper? +
Is there a credit check? +
When does it renew? +
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One bond for all your wells.
$3,000 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.