Exploration

Russia offers 17 blocks in West Siberia

Proposal looks generous at first glance but best assets reserved for just two well-connected gas producers

Race to unknown: local residents compete in a race at the Reindeer Herder's Day in the West Siberian city of Nadym in Russia's Yamal-Nenets region
Race to unknown: local residents compete in a race at the Reindeer Herder's Day in the West Siberian city of Nadym in Russia's Yamal-Nenets regionPhoto: AP/SCANPIX
  • Vladimir Afanasiev
Moscow
RussiaYamal-NenetsKhanty-MansiyskGazpromNovatek
Published 4 August 2021, 12:53Updated 10 August 2021, 16:24