On 15 October 2019, the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use held a tender for the Irkinskiy Zapadnyy block in Krasnoyarsk Kray (Eastern Siberia), in the Yenisey-Khatanga Basin. Rosneft, the only registered applicant, secured the block with the offer equal to the starting price. The winner of the tender will obtain a 27-year E&P license including a 7-year exploratory stage   Details of the offer are as follows:  The Irkinskiy Zapadnyy block covers 7,846 sq km in the western part of the Yenisey-Khatanga Basin. The block encompasses a part of the Payakhskoye oil field and the Noskovskaya Yuzhnaya and Sredne-Yarovskaya structures. Recoverable reserves (category C2) of the offered portion of Payakhskoye are estimated at 11.94 MMt (87 MMbbl) of oil. Oil resources (category D1) are estimated at 10 MMt (73 MMbbl) of oil. Gas resources (categories D1+D2) are estimated at 270 Bcm (9.25 Tcf) of gas. The starting price amounted to RUB 402.755 million (USD 6.2 million).
Rosneft was awarded Irkinskiy Zapadnyy block (7846kmÂ²) in Krasnoyarsk Kray (Yenisey-Khatanga Basin).