ND blanket oil & gas well bonds.
$3,000 flat. Soft pull.
Instead of bonding each well, a North Dakota operator can file a single $100,000 blanket bond covering multiple wells with the Industrial Commission. Ours is $3,000 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every operator. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to bonded.
Your drilling permits are waiting on this bond. Here is the whole process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, 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.
File with the Industrial Commission
Pay online and receive the executed blanket bond, ready to file with the Department of Mineral Resources to cover your wells. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
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$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
North Dakota requires every operator to bond its wells before drilling, so the state is never left paying to plug and clean up an abandoned well. The bond is a plugging-and-reclamation guarantee: it endures up to and including approved plugging of all oil, gas, and injection wells and dry holes, plus practical reclamation of the well site.
A blanket bond covers multiple wells under a single instrument in the amount of $100,000 — useful for operators running several wells rather than posting a separate bond for each. It is conditioned on full compliance with N.D.C.C. ch. 38-08 and the rules and orders of the Industrial Commission.
There is a coverage limit: a blanket bond stops covering once more than six problem wells (un-plugged dry holes, un-reclaimed sites, or long-temporarily-abandoned wells) accumulate against it — at which point un-started permits are suspended until the operator cures them or posts more bonding. If the surety pays to plug a well, the operator repays the surety.
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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.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Blanket well bond, ready to file.
$3,000 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.