NE single-well operator bonds.
$300 flat. Soft pull.
Before you drill or operate a well in Nebraska, the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission requires a bond of not less than $10,000 for each well or hole. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every operator. One soft credit pull, never affecting your score.
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Three steps to a filed bond.
Your drilling permit is waiting on this bond. Here is the whole process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, the well (lease, county, section, township, range), and an effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is 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 NOGCC
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission before you commence drilling. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Director insists.
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$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Nebraska regulates oil and gas through the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (NOGCC). Before anyone drills or operates a well, the Commission requires a surety bond of not less than $10,000 for each well or hole — a plugging-and-restoration guarantee that the well will be properly plugged and the site restored when it is abandoned.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the State of Nebraska through the NOGCC (the obligee). If an operator abandons a 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 your well, you repay the surety. Operators who plug and restore on Form 6 as the rules require treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk. If you run several wells, the $100,000 blanket bond can cover all of them at once.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including the well location and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your 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 $10,000? +
Who requires this bond? +
Single-well or blanket — which do I need? +
Is there a credit check? +
When does it renew? +
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The NOGCC is waiting on one document.
$300 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.