As a result of Xinjiang Autonomous Region government announcement to put out for auction five blocks to Chinese company for exploration and development cooperation on in December 2017, three Chinese domestic company have secured the rights for three bcloks on 23 January 2018 after a bidding competition.  Shenergy Co obtaines Keping South Block at a bidding price of CNY 1.49 bn ($230 million), Xinjiang Energy (Group) wins Wensu West Block at a price of CNY 380 million ($59 million) and Zhongman Petroleum takes Wensu Block at price of CNY 867 million ($135 million).  The other two blocks, Keping West and Qiemo East, has no deal made as no company bid for auction. 
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