On 27 September 2019, the Government held an auction for two blocks in Khanty-Mansiysk (Yugra) Autonomous Okrug (Western Siberia). The winning bids were submitted by Lukoil-Zapadnaya Sibir and service company NBS. The winners of the auction will obtain 25-year E&P licenses.   The Logovoy block covers 69 sq km in the Ural-Frolov Province and encompasses a part of the Krasnoleninskoye field with 3P reserves estimated at 5.8 MMbbl. Seismic coverage amounts to 186 km. Three exploratory wells have been drilled in the block. Resources (categories D1+D2) of the block are estimated at 12 MMbbl of oil. The starting price amounted to RUB 91.881 million (USD 1.4 million). Lukoil offered RUB 101.069 million (USD 1.55 million).  The Fobosskiy block covers 99 sq km in the Middle Ob Province and encompasses the Fobosskoye oil discovery with 3P reserves estimated at 7 MMbbl. Seismic coverage amounts to 200 km. Five exploratory wells have been drilled in the block. Resources (categories D1+D2) of the block are estimated at 12 MMbbl of oil. The starting price amounted to RUB 103.917 million (USD 1.6 million). NBS offered RUB 114.309 million (USD 1.76 million).
Lukoil-Zapadnaya Sibir won the Logovoy block (69kmÂ²) in the Ural-Frolov Province and service company NBS Fobosskiy block (99kmÂ²) in the Middle Ob Province.