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Kentucky blanket well plugging bonds.
From $125.
Before you drill or acquire an oil or gas well in Kentucky, the Division of Oil and Gas requires a plugging bond. A blanket bond covers all your wells under a single instrument instead of one per well. Premiums are 5% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum, confirmed with a soft credit check — enter the amount the Division set.
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Three steps to bonded.
Your permit is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, your years in business, the blanket bond amount, and an effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit check.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score — never a hard inquiry. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the Division of Oil and Gas
Pay online and receive the executed blanket bond ready to file with the Division. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the blanket plugging bond covers
Kentucky's Division of Oil and Gas (in the Department for Natural Resources, Energy and Environment Cabinet) requires a performance bond on file before an oil or gas well is drilled or acquired from another operator. The bond guarantees the proper plugging and abandonment of wells and the filing of well records with the Division.
A blanket bond covers all of an operator's wells under a single instrument, rather than posting a separate bond for each well — the practical choice once you operate more than a handful. The bond stays in effect until each well is properly plugged (and any reclamation plan satisfied) or successfully transferred to another operator.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Forfeited bond funds go to the state's oil and gas well plugging fund, which the Division uses to plug abandoned wells. Enter the amount the Division set; premiums start at $125 and pricing runs through a single soft credit check that never affects your score.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit check. Submit once and your blanket bond is issued when you pay.
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From $125, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.