On 18 December 2019, the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use held an auction for four blocks in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Western Siberia). Lukoil-Zapadnaya Sibir, Gazprom and Belorusneft-subsidiary Yangpur emerged as the winners of the auction. The winners will obtain 25-year E&P licenses with a seven-year exploratory stage.   The Milisskiy block covers 429 sq km in the Ural-Frolov Province and encompasses the Milisskoye oil discovery with 3P reserves estimated at 10 MMbbl and the Milisskaya prospect (deeper reservoirs) with oil resources estimated at 1 MMbbl. Seismic coverage amounts to 374 km. Six wells have been drilled in the area. Hydrocarbon resources of the block (categories D1+D2) are estimated at 24 MMbbl of oil, 38 Bcf of gas and 1 MMbbl of condensate. The starting price amounted to RUB 121.278 million (USD 1.96 million). Lukoil-Zapadnaya Sibir, competing against Lukoil-Komi, offered the starting price.  The Sopochnyy block covers 2,506 sq km in the South Kara-Yamal Province and encompasses the Sopochnaya prospect with resources estimated at 8.939 Tcf of gas and 79 MMbbl of condensate. Seismic coverage amounts to 1,616 km. No wells have been drilled in the area. Hydrocarbon resources of the block (categories D1+D2) are estimated at 289 MMbbl of oil, 6.418 Tcf of gas and 240 MMbbl of condensate. The starting price amounted to RUB 380.428 million (USD 6.1 million). Gazprom, competing against Rosneft, Novatek and Arctic LNG-1, won the auction with the starting price.  The Tydeottinskiy Yuzhnyy block covers 494 sq km in the Nadym-Taz Province. Seismic coverage amounts to 824 km of 2D data and 7 sq km of 3D data. No wells have been drilled in the area. Hydrocarbon resources of the block (categories D1+D2) are estimated at 209 MMbbl of oil, 5.371 Tcf of gas and 82 MMbbl of condensate. The starting price amounted to RUB 88.594 million (USD 1.43 million). Yangpur offered the starting price.  The Yampinskiy block covers 1,808 sq km in the Ural-Frolov Province and encompasses several prospects with combined resources estimated at 198 MMbbl of oil. Seismic coverage amounts to 3,178 km. Four wells have been drilled in the area. Hydrocarbon resources of the block (categories D1+D2) are estimated at 140 MMbbl of oil, 247 Bcf of gas and 4 MMbbl of condensate. The starting price amounted to RUB 265.923 million (USD 4.29 million). Lukoil-Zapadnaya Sibir, competing against Lukoil-Komi, offered the starting price.
Lukoil-Zapadnaya Sibir won Milisskiy (429kmÂ²) in the Ural-Frolov Province and Yampinskiy (1808kmÂ²) blocks in the same area. Gazprom won Sopochnyy block, (2506kmÂ²) in the South Kara-Yamal Province. Yangpur won Tydeottinskiy Yuzhnyy (494kmÂ²) block in the Nadym-Taz Province. 