On 8 May 2020, Gazprom reported a new gas discovery in Kara Sea (South Kara-Yamal Basin) based on results of wildcat drilled in 2019. The discovery, named 75 years of Victory, is located in the Skuratovskiy block. Recoverable 3P gas reserves of the discovery are estimated at about 7 Tcf.  In 2019, Gazprom-owned semi-submersible Arkticheskaya was exploring the Skuratovskiy block by drilling wildcat Skuratovskaya 1 with a PTD of 2,400 m aimed at reservoirs of the Tanopchinskaya Formation (Neocomian). The well, spudded on 23 July, was completed in late October. It tested gas at a rate of 25.6 MMcf/d from unspecified reservoir.  Skuratovskiy, located north of the recent Nyarmeyskoye gas discovery (2018), covers 2,882 sq km and encompasses the Skuratovskaya structure with hydrocarbon resources estimated at 16 Tcf of gas and 210 MMbbl of condensate. In 2014-2018, Gazprom acquired 2,300 sq km of 3D seismic data in the block. Water depth varies from 0 m in the east to 90 m in the west.
Russia (West Siberian B.) Skuratovskaya 1 op. by GAZPROM (100%) in Skuratovskiy block, water depth 30 m 2019 well only reported a gas discovery on 8 May (VE day, thus the new discovery name), est. 3P recoverable 7 Tcfg. Skuratovskaya tested 25.6 MMcfg/d