Lot 9 of 56Exploration & production
Ustyurt block 4
A block for hydrocarbon exploration and production: Mangystau Region, 1,657 blocks, 4,058.53 km². Starting signature bonus: 71,665,250 ₸ (16,570 MCI). Applications until 18 November 2026, bidding on 25 December 2026 on e-Qazyna.
In the notice: «Устюртский участок 4»
Applications are open12 days left to apply
Money
- Starting signature bonus
- 71,665,250 ₸16,570 MCI
- Guarantee
- 143,330,500 ₸twice the starting bonus
- Participation fee
- 432,500 ₸100 MCI, not refunded
- To pay before applying
- 143,763,000 ₸
- Opening offer at the auction
- 89.58 million ₸ to 358.33 million ₸at least the bonus plus one step, at most five bonuses
- Auction step
- 25 %while the bonus is below 86.5 million ₸
Minimum exploration programme
- Exploration project — within 1 year of the contract
- 2D seismic — at least 1,000 line km, within 3 years
- Wells: 2, at least one drilled within 4 years
The notice's estimate of the programme: $8.5 million
What is cut out of the territory
The notice cuts nothing out of the territory.
MunaiHub's note
The notice gives the cost of 2D seismic with a typo («4,5,0 млн $»); the programme total is 8.5 million $, as stated in the notice.
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