OH individual well bonds.
$275 flat. Soft pull.
Ohio requires a $5,000 plugging bond for a single oil & gas well, filed with the ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management before the well is permitted or operated. Three percent of $5,000 is below our floor, so it lands at our $275 minimum. One soft credit pull, never a hit to your score.
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Three steps to filed.
Your single-well permit is waiting on this bond. Here’s the whole process:
Apply once, online
Operator details, owner information, effective date. 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 ODNR
Pay online and receive the executed individual bond ready to file with the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Division insists.
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$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, below our $275 minimum, so the price is $275 — one-time per term. Multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the individual well bond actually guarantees
Ohio regulates oil & gas wells through the ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management. Under ORC 1509.07, an owner must file a surety bond — conditioned on restoring the site, properly plugging the well, and complying with the permit — before a permit is issued or the well is operated.
The individual bond is $5,000 and covers a single well, set by Ohio Administrative Code 1501:9-1-03. If you operate more than two or three wells, the $15,000 blanket bond — which covers all of them — is usually the cheaper route.
It is not insurance for you — if the state forfeits the bond and uses it to plug or restore a well you abandoned, you repay the surety. Operators who plug and restore on schedule treat the bond as a permit formality. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days before expiration.
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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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Single-well bond, filed this week.
$275 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.