Blocks offered in Nenetsk Autonomous Area and
Sakhalin Area
The
Subsoil Management Department of the North-Western Federal District (sevzapnedra.nw.ru)
invited applications for the Korovinskiy block.
Under this process the Korovinskiy
block is offered for 25 years of exploration and production.
The main criteria the authorities
use to define the winning applications include; the scientific and technical
subsoil programme, the contribution to the social and economic development
of the region, project implementation time-frame and taking into account Russia national security interests.
The
deadline to submit applications and deposits is 27 April 2009.
The application fee is set at
RUB325,491 (USD9,490) and the deposit is
RUB152,000,000 (USD4,456,916) (100% of opening bid).
The results of the competitive process will be announced on 30 June
2009.
The
Russian Subsoil Management Agency (www.rosnedra.com)
has also announced an auction, in which the Vostochno-Goromayskiy (Goromayskiy
East) block is offered for 25 years of exploration and production.
The deadline to submit applications
and deposits is 15 May 2009. The
application fee is set at RUB62,000 (USD1,818) and the deposit is
RUB15,100,000 (USD442,760) (100% of
opening bid). The auction will be held on 17 June 2009.
The
Korovinskiy block lies within the
Timan-Pechora
Basin.
The total acreage offered is 129
square kilometres. The block is
located 90 kilometres to the north-east of Naryan-Mar. The nearest trunk gas
pipeline is 530 kilometres away. The
Korovinskoye gas-condensate field is situated within the block and has
proved gas C1 total reserves 40.845 bcm and gas C2 total reserves 0.266 bcm
and proved condensate C1 total reserves 0.996 million tons and condensate C2
total reserves 0.006 million tons, as of 2008.
26 wells, with a total length of
63,780 metres, were drilled within the Korovinskoye field.
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Map: The Korovinskiy block in
Nenetsk Autonomous Area (red shading).
Source:
PetroView®
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The
Vostochno-Goromayskiy (Goromayskiy East) block lies within the east part on North Sakhalin.
The total acreage
offered is 49 square kilometres. The
nearest oil pipeline is 40 kilometres away and the nearest gas pipeline is
three kilometres from the block. The
Vostochno-Goromayskaya (Goromayskaya East) and Vostochno-Boatasinskaya (Boatasinskaya
East) prospects are located within the block.
Probable C3 gas reserves are
forecast at 7.62 bcm, as of 2008. Probable
D1 localized gas reserves are forecast at 8.8 bcm and probable D1 localized
condensate reserves are forecast at 1 million tons, as of 2002.
Two
exploration wells were drilled and 120 kilometres of 2D seismic were shot
within the block area.
Map: The Vostochno-Goromayskiy
(Goromayskiy East) block in Sakhalin Region
(red shading). Source:
PetroView®
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