On 28 October 2019, the Ministry for Natural Resources published a list of exploratory licenses available for investors in 2019 without auctions. The list includes 14 blocks covering 7,529 sq km in Western Siberia and Volga-Urals (Table 1). Total hydrocarbon resources are estimated at 743 MMbbl of oil and 1.477 Tcf of gas. Applications must be submitted by 9 December 2019. If any block receives more than one valid application, the block will be withdrawn from the list and could be offered through an auction.  Table 1          Â          Â          Â          Â          Resources         Â              Petroleum Province         Political         Block         Surface,         Oil,         Gas,         Contact Information             Province         sq km         MMbbl         Bcf             Volga-Urals         Volgograd Obl         Ilovatskiy         622         88         14         400001, Volgograd, Profsoyuznaya Str., 30             Â          Â          Tersinskiy Yuzhnyy         1,482         66         308         Â              Â          Perm Kray         Zagorskiy         1,026         20         17         614000, Perm, Kamchatovskaya Str., 5             Â          Â          Gumentsovskiy         33         5         Â          Â              Â          Sverdlovsk Obl         Mikhaylovskiy         1,237         Â          1,138         620014, Yekaterinburg, Vaynera Str., 55             Western Siberia         Kurgan Obl         Priloginskiy         202               640000, Kurgan, Kuybysheva Str., 12, of.209             Â          Â          Privolnyy Yuzhnyy         133         Â          Â          Â              Â          Khanty-Mansiysk AO         Varyngskiy Vostochnyy         484         107            628012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Studencheskaya Str., 2             Â             Karabashskiy 61         521         57            Â              Â             Koltogorskiy 5         440         101            Â              Â             Khorlorskiy Severnyy         113         33            Â              Â             Snegirinnyy 3         465         99            Â              Â             Urmannyy         313         87            Â              Â          Â          Khangokurtskiy 4         458         80
On 28 October 2019, the Ministry for Natural Resources published a list of exploratory licenses available for investors in 2019 without auctions. The list includes 14 blocks covering 7,529 sq km in Western Siberia and Volga-Urals 