ND single oil & gas well bonds.
$2,500. The price you see.
A North Dakota operator drilling a single well can bond it on its own with a $50,000 single-well bond filed with the Industrial Commission. Ours is $2,500 — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond, identical for every operator. A quick soft credit check may apply, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to bonded.
Your drilling permit is 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 single-well bond, ready to file with the Department of Mineral Resources for your well. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the single-well 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 the well and dry holes, plus practical reclamation of the well site.
A single-well bond covers one well in the amount of $50,000 — the right choice for an operator running just one or two wells. It is conditioned on full compliance with N.D.C.C. ch. 38-08 and the rules and orders of the Industrial Commission. (A commercial injection well is bonded at $100,000 instead — tell us if that is your situation.)
If you operate several wells, a $100,000 blanket bond is usually the cheaper path. If the surety pays to plug your well, the operator repays the surety — operators who plug and reclaim on schedule treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you are
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 typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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Other North Dakota bonds.
Single-well bond, ready to file.
$2,500, short application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.