New Russian blocks for exploration and production in March 2012
The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation offered nine new blocks for exploration and production in April 2012.
| Blocks offered in Russia | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Block | Oil reserves (mmt) | Gas reserves (bcm) | ||||||
| C1 | C2 | C3 | D1l | D1+D2 | C1 | D1l | D1+D2 | ||
| South | |||||||||
| Republic of Daghestan | Makhachkala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 |
| West Siberia | |||||||||
| Tomsk Region | Nikolskiy-1 | 0.299 | 0.425 | 7.3 | 4.8 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prokhorkinskiy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Volga-Ural | |||||||||
| Sverdlovsk Region | Chernorechenskiy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 |
| Yereminskiy | 0.47 | 4.136 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | |
| Perm Territory | Rodnikovskiy | 1.151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.023 | 0 | 0 |
| Savarskiy | 0.337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.011 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yurmanskiy | 0.051 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.002 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zuyatskiy | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

Makhachkala block in the Republic of Daghestan (purple shading). Source: PetroView®

Blocks on offer in the Tomsk region (purple shading). Source: PetroView®

Blocks on offer in the Sverdlovsk region (purple shading). Source: PetroView®

Rodnikoyskiy block in the Perm Territory (purple shading). Source: PetroView®

Savarskiy block in the Perm Territory (purple shading). Source: PetroView®

Yurmanskiy block in the Perm Territory (purple shading). Source: PetroView®

Zuyatskiy block in the Perm Territory (purple shading). Source: PetroView®
| Blocks offered in Russia | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Block | Date of process | Deadline for applications and deposits | Application fee | Deposit | ||
| RUB (,000) | USD (,000) | RUB (,000) | USD (,000) | ||||
| South | |||||||
| Republic of Daghestan | Makhachkala | 03.05.2012 | 16.04.2012 | 120 | 4.05 | 650 | 22 |
| West Siberia | |||||||
| Tomsk Region | Nikolskiy-1 | 17.04.2012 | 02.04.2012 | 86.4 | 2.916 | 228,000 | 7,695 |
| Prokhorkinskiy | 17.04.2012 | 02.04.2012 | 86.4 | 2.916 | 13,000 | 439 | |
| Volga-Ural | |||||||
| Sverdlovsk Region | Chernorechenskiy | 15.05.2012 | 26.04.2012 | 116.82 | 3.943 | 14,500 | 489 |
| Yereminskiy | 14.05.2012 | 27.04.2012 | 116.82 | 3.943 | 687,500 | 23,203 | |
| Perm Territory | Rodnikovskiy | 14.05.2012 | 27.04.2012 | 35 | 1.181 | 293,300 | 9,899 |
| Savarskiy | 14.05.2012 | 27.04.2012 | 35 | 1.181 | 87,300 | 2,946 | |
| Yurmanskiy | 15.05.2012 | 26.04.2012 | 35 | 1.181 | 13,250 | 447 | |
| Zuyatskiy | 14.05.2012 | 27.04.2012 | 35 | 1.181 | 127,700 | 4,310 | |
| Blocks offered in Russia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Block | Area (sqkm) | Wells | Seismic (km/km2) |
| South | ||||
| Republic of Daghestan | Makhachkala | 12.9 | 123 | n/a |
| West Siberia | ||||
| Tomsk Region | Nikolskiy-1 | 1062.5 | 5 | 1.13 |
| Prokhorkinskiy | 2045 | 3 | 1 | |
| Volga-Ural | ||||
| Sverdlovsk Region | Chernorechenskiy | 5468.9 | n/a | n/a |
| Yereminskiy | 3551.7 | 1 | n/a | |
| Perm Territory | Rodnikovskiy | 23.6 | 7 | 8 |
| Savarskiy | 52.5 | 4 | n/a | |
| Yurmanskiy | 15.9 | 3 | n/a | |
| Zuyatskiy | 19.3 | 5 | n/a | |
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