On 18 December 2019, the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use held an auction for three blocks in Irkutsk Oblast (Eastern Siberia). Competing against Krasnoyarsk Oil & Gas Co, Sibenergiya won all blocks. The winner of the auction will obtain 27-year E&P licenses including a 7-year exploratory stage.   Details of the offer are as follows:  The Biryusinskiy block covers 2,524 sq km in the Angara-Yenisey Basin. No exploratory wells have been drilled in the area. Reservoirs of the Vendian-Cambrian section are the main exploratory targets. Hydrocarbon resources (categories D1+D2) of the block are estimated at 37 MMbbl of oil and 411 Bcf of gas. The starting price amounted to RUB 6.84 million (USD 0.1 million). Sibenergiya offered RUB 10.26 million (USD 0.16 million).  The Tareyskiy block covers 2,416 sq km in the Angara-Yenisey Basin. No exploratory wells have been drilled in the area. Reservoirs of the Vendian-Cambrian section are the main exploratory targets. Hydrocarbon resources (categories D1+D2) of the block are estimated at 31 MMbbl of oil and 377 Bcf of gas. The starting price amounted to RUB 5.57 million (USD 0.09 million). Sibenergiya offered RUB 10.026 million (USD 0.16 million).  The Udinskiy block covers 2,533 sq km in the Angara-Yenisey Basin. No exploratory wells have been drilled in the area. Reservoirs of the Vendian-Cambrian section are the main exploratory targets. Hydrocarbon resources (categories D1+D2) of the block are estimated at 15 MMbbl of condensate and 685 Bcf of gas. The starting price amounted to RUB 5.13 million (USD 0.08 million). Sibenergiya offered RUB 12.825 million (USD 0.2 million).
Sibenergiya won Biryusinskiy (2 524kmÂ²), Tareyskiy (2 416kmÂ²), Udinskiy (2 533kmÂ²) all in the Angara-Yenisey Basin