On 27 July 2020, the Ministry of Natural Resources added four areas to a list of blocks planned for auctions in 2020. The added blocks, located in Volga-Urals, Western and Eastern Siberia, will be auctioned in the third and fourth quarters of 2020.   The Privolzhskiy block (Volga-Urals Basin) covers 45 sq km in Saratov Oblast and encompasses the Privolzhskoye oil discovery with 2P reserves estimated at 3 MMbbl. Oil resources of the block are estimated at 1 MMbbl.  The Yelleyskiy-3 block (Kaymys-Vasyugan Basin) covers 1,982 sq km in Tomsk Oblast (Western Siberia) and encompasses the Ostrovnaya and Sredneyulzhavskaya prospects with combined oil resources estimated at 27 MMbbl. Hydrocarbon resources of the block are estimated at 147 MMbl of oil and 284 Bcf of gas.  The Olguydakhskiy Severnyy block (Tunguska Basin) covers 7,517 sq km in Yakutia (Sakha) Republic (Eastern Siberia). Its hydrocarbon resources are estimated at 363 MMbbl of oil and 3.4 Tcf of gas.  The Berezovskiy Yuzhnyy block (Predpatom Basin) covers 847 sq km in Yakutia (Sakha) Republic. Hydrocarbon resources of the block are estimated at 29 MMbbl of oil and 1.2 Tcf of gas.
Russia (Volga-Urals B.) Severnyy op. by ROSNEFT (100%)