document: On 2 July 2020, the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use published a list of exploratory licenses available for investors without auctions. The list includes six blocks in Western Siberia and one block in Yakutia (Sakha) Republic (Eastern Siberia). The offered blocks cover 6,247 sq km with combined hydrocarbon resources estimated at 174 MMbbl of oil and 1.548 Tcf of gas (Table 1). Applications must be submitted by 12 August 2020. If any block receives multiple valid applications, the block will be offered via an auction.  Table 1          Â          Â          Â          Â          Resources         Â              Petroleum Province         Political         Block         Surface,         Oil,         Gas,         Contact Information             Province         sq km         MMbbl         Bcf             Western Siberia         Kurgan Obl         Pokrovskiy         151               640000, Kurgan, Kuybysheva Str.,   12, office 209             Â          Â          Utichyevskiy         300         Â          Â          Â              Â          Khanty-Mansiysk (Yugra AO)         Kondinskiy 2         487         36         41         628012, Khanty-Mansiysk,   Studencheskaya Str., 2             Â             Kondinskiy 3         493         37         45         Â              Â             Kondinskiy 4         373         19         31         Â              Â          Â          Kondinskiy 5         421         28         31         Â              Eastern Siberia         Yakutia (Sakha) Rep         Atyyakhskiy         4,022         54         1,400         677018, Yakutsk, Ammosova Str., 18
summary: Russia, On 2 July 2020, the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use published a list of exploratory licenses available for investors without auctions. The list includes six blocks in Western Siberia and one block in Yakutia (Sakha) Republic (Eastern Siberia). The offered blocks cover 6,247 sq km with combined hydrocarbon resources estimated at 174 MMbbl of oil and 1.548 Tcf of gas (Table 1). Applications must be submitted by 12 August 2020. I