On 27 April 2018, the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use held an auction for the Khasanovskiy block in Samara Oblast (Volga-Ural Province). Aloil won the auction with the offer of RUB 24 million (USD 0.38 million). The winner of the auction will obtain 25-year E&P license.   The Khasanovskiy block covers 397 sq km in the southwestern flank of the Tatarskiy Yuzhnyy Dome and encompasses the Anlinskiy Zapadnyy prospect with oil resources estimated at 3 MMbbl. Seismic coverage amounts to 225 km. Two exploratory wells have been drilled in the block. Hydrocarbon resources (category D1) of the block are estimated at 54 MMbbl of oil and 3 Bcf of gas. The starting price amounted to RUB 16 million (USD 0.28 million).
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