On 30 August 2018, the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use held an auction for the Kedrovskiy block in Sverdlovsk Oblast (Volga-Urals Province). Company InterGaz emerged as the winner with the offer of RUB 31.577 million (USD 0.45 million). The winner of the auction will obtain a 25-year E&P license.  The Kedrovskiy block covers 1,182 sq km in Yuryuzano-Sylvenskaya Depression and the Ural Foredeep. The block encompasses the Kedrovskoye gas discovery with 2P reserves estimated at 11 Bcf and the Nesterovskiy, Kedrovskiy Severnyy, Kedrovskiy Yuzhnyy and Kordonskiy Severnyy prospects with combined gas resources estimated at 302 Bcf. Two exploratory wells and three stratigraphic tests have been drilled in the block. Seismic coverage amounts to 213 km of 2D data and 749 sq km of 3D recorded by Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk between 2008 and 2016. The company obtained a long-term license in 2008 but it was relinquished in March 2016. Gas resources (category D1) of the block are estimated at 72 Bcf. The starting price amounted to RUB 28.707 million (USD 0.4 million).
InterGaz was awarded Kedrovskiy block in Sverdlovsk Oblast.