On 17 December 2019, the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use held an auction for three blocks in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Western Siberia). Rosneft and Gazprom Neft emerged as the winners of the auction. The companies will obtain 25-year E&P licenses with a seven-year exploratory stage.   The Kharampurskiy Zapadnyy block covers 898 sq km in the Nadym-Taz Province and encompasses the Kharampurskoye Zapadnoye oil discovery with 3P reserves estimated at 31 MMbbl and seven prospects with combined resources estimated at 43 MMbbl of oil and 82 Bcf of gas. Seismic coverage amounts to 1,300 km. Six wells have been drilled in the area. Hydrocarbon resources of the block (categories D1+D2) are estimated at 100 MMbbl of oil, 3.743 Tcf of gas and 69 MMbbl of condensate. The starting price amounted to RUB 402.826 million (USD 6.5 million). Rosneft, competing against its subsidiary, won the auction with the starting price.  The Mitikyakhskiy 1 block covers 1,188 sq km in the Nadym-Taz Province and encompasses several prospects with combined resources estimated at 139 MMbbl of oil, 2.776 Tcf of gas and 93 MMbbl of condensate. Seismic coverage amounts to 2,069 km. Two wells have been drilled in the area. Hydrocarbon resources of the block (categories D1+D2) are estimated at 485 MMbbl of oil, 325 Bcf of gas and 10 MMbbl of condensate. The starting price amounted to RUB 539.81 million (USD 8.7 million). Rosneft, competing against Gazprom Neft, won the auction with the starting price.  The Yamburgskiy Severnyy block covers 2,101 sq km in the Nadym-Taz Province and encompasses a part of the Mitiyakhskaya prospect with resources estimated at 11 MMbbl of oil, 206 Bcf of gas and 7 MMbbl of condensate. Seismic coverage amounts to 2,994 km of 2D data and 151 sq km of 3D data. One well has been drilled in the area. Hydrocarbon resources of the block (categories D1+D2) are estimated at 750 MMbbl of oil, 22.461 Tcf of gas and 370 MMbbl of condensate. The starting price amounted to RUB 353.833 million (USD 5.7million). Gazprom Neft, competing against Rosneft, won the auction with the starting price.
Rosneft won Kharampurskiy Zapadnyy (898kmÂ²) in the Nadym-Taz Province and Mitikyakhskiy 1, (1188kmÂ²) in the same area.