On 19 August 2019, the Ministry for Natural Resources published a list of exploratory licenses available for investors in 2019 without auctions. The list includes six blocks covering 5,765 sq km in Volgograd Oblast (Volga-Urals Basin), Komi Republic (Timan-Pechora), Sverdlovsk and Omsk oblasts (Western Siberia) and Sakhalin Oblast (Russian Far East). Applications must be submitted by 27 September 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 If any block receives more than one valid application, the block will be withdrawn from the list and could be offered through an auction.  The Donsko-Tsaritsynskiy block covers 278 sq km in Volgograd Oblast. Its hydrocarbon resources are estimated at 20 MMbbl of oil. Applications must be sent to Yugnedra, 344111, Rostov-na-Donu, Pr. 40-letiya Pobedy, 330.  The Pripechorskiy block covers 61 sq km in Komi Republic and encompasses the Malokozhvinskaya prospect with resources estimated at 14 MMbbl of oil, 30 Bcf of gas and 1 MMbbl of condensate. Its unallocated hydrocarbon resources are estimated at 8 MMbbl of oil, 20 Bcf of gas and 1 MMbbl of condensate. Applications must be sent to SevZapNedra, 199155 Sankt-Peterburg, Odoyevskogo Str., 24/1.  Two blocks are available in Sverdlovsk Oblast. The Sverdlovskiy 5 block covers 2,031 sq km in the western part of the Ural-Frolov Province. Its hydrocarbon resources are estimated at 73 MMbbl of oil and 363 Bcf of gas. The Sverdlovskiy 8 block covers 2,491 sq km in the same region. Its resources are estimated at 22 MMbbl of oil and 212 Bcf of gas. Applications must be sent to Uralnedra, 620014, Yekaterinburg, Vaynera Str., 55.  The Ulugulskiy (eastern part) covers 800 sq km in the southern part of the West Siberian Basin and encompasses the Prirakhtovskoye oil field excluded from the offer. Oil resources of the block are estimated at 38 MMbbl. Applications must be sent to Sibnedra, 630099, Novosibirsk, Krasnyy Pr., 35.  The Chemerni block covers 104 sq km on the eastern cost of Sakhalin, south of the Mongi field. Its hydrocarbon resources are estimated at 72 Bcf of gas and 2 MMbbl of condensate. Applications must be sent to DalVosnedra, 680000, Khabarovsk, L.Tolstogo Str., 8.
On 19 August 2019, the Ministry for Natural Resources published a list of exploratory licenses available for investors in 2019 without auctions. The list includes six blocks covering 5,765 sq km in Volgograd Oblast (Volga-Urals Basin), Komi Republic (Timan-Pechora), Sverdlovsk and Omsk oblasts (Western Siberia) and Sakhalin Oblast (Russian Far East). Applications must be submitted by 27 September 2019.