North Dakota blanket oil & gas well bonds.
$5,025 flat.
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 $5,025 — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond, identical for every operator. A quick soft credit check may apply; the bond is issued when you pay.
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How much does a North Dakota blanket oil & gas well bond cost?
$5,025 at the $100,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
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.
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.
You need this bond if you are
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $100,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
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.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $5,025 at the $100,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit check. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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Blanket well bond, ready to file.
$5,025, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.