OR oil & gas drilling bonds.
Flat 3%. Soft pull.
Before you drill or use an oil or gas well in Oregon, the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) requires a performance bond under ORS 520.095 — security that you'll plug the well and reclaim the site. DOGAMI sets the amount from well depth, and we issue it at a flat 3%, $275 minimum, with one soft credit pull.
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Three steps to filed.
Your DOGAMI drilling permit is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, the bond amount DOGAMI set, and an effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most 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 DOGAMI
Pay online and receive the executed performance bond, ready to file with your DOGAMI oil and gas drilling permit. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever DOGAMI insists.
The whole pricing page.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure DOGAMI set and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the performance bond actually covers
Oregon regulates oil and gas drilling through the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) under ORS Chapter 520. You may not drill or use a well without first obtaining a DOGAMI permit and posting any bond required under ORS 520.095.
The bond is a reclamation and mitigation guarantee. It secures your compliance with Chapter 520 and DOGAMI's rules — specifically, mitigating off-site impacts of drilling, reclaiming the drill site for later beneficial use, and filling sumps. A drilling bond amount is based on the depth of the well.
The well must stay permitted until it is properly plugged and decommissioned and the site is reclaimed — and DOGAMI will not release the bond until that work is approved (or a replacement bond is in place). If you don't reclaim, DOGAMI can recover against the bond. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We issue the amount DOGAMI set at a flat 3% with a soft credit pull.
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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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DOGAMI is waiting on one document.
Flat 3%, $275 minimum, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.