scholarly journals Modeling of hydrocarbon systems and quantitative assessment of the hydrocarbon potential of Eastern Arctic seas

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-38
Author(s):  
E. A. Lavrenova ◽  
Yu. V. Shcherbina ◽  
R. A. Mamedov
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Hydrocarbon Potential ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
Arctic Water ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Flow Maps ◽  
Assessment Factor

Background. Three prospective sedimentary complexes — Aptian-Upper Cretaceous, Paleogene and Neogene — are predicted in the waters of the Eastern Arctic seas. Here, the search for oil and gas is associated with harsh Arctic conditions at sea, as well as with high geological risks and significant expenditures under the conditions of poor knowledge of the region. In this regard, the localisation of prospecting drilling objects and the assessment of the geological risks of deposit discovery should be carried out.Aim. To assess geological risks and to determine the probability of discovering oil and gas fields, as well as to identify prospective areas for licensing and exploration in the water areas of the Eastern Arctic.Materials and methods. Structural and heat flow maps along with the results of geochemical analysis, as well as typical terrestrial sections were used as initial materials. Using the method of basin analysis, the modelling of generation-accumulation hydrocarbon systems (GAHS) and the quantitative assessment of its hydrocarbon potential in the Eastern Arctic water area was carried out. The assessment of geological risks and the probability of field discovery was performed using the conventional methodology widely applied by oil companies.Results. The GAHS modelling using a variation approach showed that, regardless of the kerogen type, with average values of Сorg in sediments, potential oil-and-gas source strata (OGSS) were capable of saturating the prospective objects with hydrocarbons. The “OGSS assessment” factor was determined as “encouraging” (0.7). Active geodynamic regime and the manifestation of several folding phases within the study area provided favourable conditions for the formation of anticlinaltraps in sedimentary basins. However, the cap rock quality rating was assessed as “neutral” (0.5). The overall risk for the “Trap assessment” factor was estimated based on the minimum criterion of 0.5.Conclusion. The most prospective areas recommended for licensing were selected, and the recommendations for further geological exploration work in these areas were given in order to clarify their hydrocarbon potential and reduce geological risks.

scholarly journals Assessment of the hydrocarbon potential of the Bering Sea

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 42-56
Author(s):  
E. A. Lavrenova ◽  
S. A. Guryanov ◽  
V. Yu. Kerimov
Keyword(s):  
Bering Sea ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Hydrocarbon Potential ◽  
Accumulation Coefficient ◽  
Geochemical Studies ◽  
Factual Data ◽  
The Bering Sea

Background. The issues of hydrocarbon (HC) forecasting and prospecting on sea shelves remain relevant. In this paper, an experience of assessing the hydrocarbon potential of the Bering Sea using the method of basin modelling is demonstrated.Aim. To assess the hydrocarbon potential of the Bering Sea and to identify prospective areas on the basis of a comprehensive analysis of factual data and the results of modelling sedimentary basins and hydrocarbon systems.Materials and methods. A large volume of geological and geophysical materials and the results of geochemical studies were analysed. Modelling was carried out based on factual data, which made it possible to design space-time digital models of sedimentary basins and hydrocarbon (HC) systems for the main horizons of oil and gas source rocks. Geochemical and lithological studies, as well as modelling, were performed using the Schlumberger PetroMod and QGIS software. A smallscale modelling of sedimentary basins and hydrocarbon systems of the region under study was conducted. In the process of preparing the input data for modelling, a number of necessary structural constructions, lithological-paleogeographic and paleodynamic reconstructions and other special studies were performed, which made it possible to determine the modelling boundary conditions.Results. The studied hydrocarbon systems of the Bering Sea differ in the area and size of the generation source, and consequently, in the volumes of generated hydrocarbons. The maximum specific (per unit area of the generation-accumulation hydrocarbon system (GAHS)) volumes of generated hydrocarbons are predicted in the Mainitsko-Sobolkovskaya GAHS of the East Anadyr depression, the Nikolaevskaya Mainitsko-Sobolkovskaya and Mainitsko-Sobolkovskaya of the Lagoon trough. However, even the most promising areas are attributed to the V category due to the low quality of kerogen and a low accumulation coefficient.Conclusion. In the water area of the Anadyr trough, prospective areas were identified. Two promising levels of oil and gas potential were determined. A quantitative assessment of the hydrocarbon potential of the GAHS was carried out.

scholarly journals Formation conditions and evolution of oil and gas source strata of the Laptev sea shelf ore and gas province

2021 ◽  
pp. 46-59
Author(s):  
V. Yu. Kerimov ◽  
Yu. V. Shcherbina ◽  
A. A. Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Gas Content ◽  
Laptev Sea ◽  
Hydrocarbon Generation ◽  
Gas Source ◽  
The Laptev Sea

Introduction. To date, no unified well-established concepts have been developed regarding the oil and gas geological zoning of the Laptev Sea shelf, as well as other seas of the Eastern Arctic. Different groups of researchers define this region either as an independently promising oil and gas region [7, 8], or as a potential oil and gas basin [1].Aim. To construct spatio-temporal digital models of sedimentary basins and hydrocarbon systems for the main horizons of oil and gas source rocks. A detailed analysis of information on oil and gas content, the gas chemical study of sediments, the characteristics of the component composition and thermal regime of the Laptev sea shelf water area raises the question on the conditions for the formation and evolution of oil and gas source strata within the studied promising oil and gas province. The conducted research made it possible to study the regional trends in oil and gas content, the features of the sedimentary cover formation and the development of hydrocarbon systems in the area under study.Materials and methods. The materials of production reports obtained for individual large objects in the water area were the source of initial information. The basin analysis was based on a model developed by Equinor specialists (Somme et al., 2018) [14—17], covering the time period from the Triassic to Paleogene inclusive and taking into account the plate-tectonic reconstructions. The resulting model included four main sedimentary complexes: pre-Aptian, Apt-Upper Cretaceous, Paleogene, and Neogene-Quaternary.Results. The calculation of numerical models was carried out in two versions with different types of kerogen from the oil and gas source strata corresponding to humic and sapropel organic matter. The results obtained indicated that the key factor controlling the development of hydrocarbon systems was the sinking rate of the basins and the thickness of formed overburden complexes, as well as the geothermal field of the Laptev Sea.Conclusion. The analysis of the results obtained allowed the most promising research objects to be identified. The main foci of hydrocarbon generation in the Paleogene and Neogene complexes and the areas of the most probable accumulation were determined. Significant hydrocarbon potential is expected in the Paleogene clinoforms of the Eastern Arctic.

scholarly journals The tectonic evolution and new exploration results onhydrocarbon potential, cased study in the NE-Eastern part, Cuu Long basin,Vietnam continental shelf

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-189
Author(s):  
Huy Nhu Tran ◽  
Xuan Van Tran ◽  
San Thuong Ngo ◽  
Huong Thi Mai Tran
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Hydrocarbon Potential ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Early Oligocene ◽  
Regional Tectonic ◽  
High Investment ◽  
In The Beginning

New exploration results proved the presence of Tertiary sedimentary basins with hydrocarbon potential in the boundaries of Vietnam continental shelf. These basins were perhaps formed in the Early Oligocene on the Mesozoic basement of continental crust and were filled with mainly deltaic clastic sediments. Since very early Miocene these basins have linked together and extended wider. Sediments of marine and prograding delta facies accumulated and widespreaded on the whole continental shelf. At the Middle Miocene to present-day the opening of the Bien Dong Sea (Vietnam East Sea), the regional tectonic subsidence and the eustatic fluctuation had created sedimentary formations of open and deep marine facies with turbidite shale, platform carbonate including reef build-up. Andesite and basalt extrusion occurred in form of dykes resulting from tectonic inversions in Late Oligocene, in the beginning of Middle Miocene, particularly in Late Miocene-Pliocene. These Tertiary sedimentary basins are expected to have hydrocarbon potential and need to be investigated and explored adequately. The main risk is the drilling technology, the exploitation in the deep sea and high investment cost. The recently exploration results in illustrated a better potential in Lower Oligocene reservoir in South East margin of Cuu Long basin and many new signs. These signs need to be highlight researched for predicting accumulation distribution in study area, in purpose of oil and gas exploration for next stages.

scholarly journals Geological structure and petroleum potential of the Kara Sea shelf

2019 ◽  
Vol 489 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-276
Author(s):  
V. A. Kontorovich ◽  
A. E. Kontorovich
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Geological Structure ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Kara Sea ◽  
Gas Content ◽  
Liquid Hydrocarbons ◽  
The South ◽  
Petroleum Potential ◽  
The North

On the Kara Sea shelf, there are two sedimentary basins separated by the North-Siberian sill. Tectonically the southern part of the Kara Sea covers the South Kara regional depression, which is the northern end of the West Siberian geosyncline. This part of the water area is identified as part of the South Kara oil and gas region, within which the Aptian-Albian-Senomanian sedimentary complex is of greatest interest in terms of gas content, in terms of liquid hydrocarbons - Neocomian and Jurassic deposits. The northern part of the Kara Sea is an independent North Kara province, for the most part of which the prospects of petroleum potential are associated with Paleozoic sedimentary complexes. Oil and gas perspective objects of this basin may be associated with anticlinal, non-structural traps and reef structures.

Hydrocarbon potential and prospects for exploration of Eastern Arctic oil and gas deposits

2021 ◽  
pp. 85-92
Author(s):  
V. Yu. Kerimov ◽  
◽  
E. A. Lavrenova ◽  
R. N. Mustaev ◽  
Yu. V. Shcherbina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Hydrocarbon Potential ◽  
Basin Modeling ◽  
Single Model ◽  
Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Oil Hydrocarbons ◽  
Potential Traps

Conditions for the formation of hydrocarbon systems and prospects for searching for accumulations of oil and gas in the waters of the Eastern Arctic are considered. Significant hydrocarbon potential is predicted in the sedimentary basins of this region. All known manifestations of oil hydrocarbons are installed on land adjacent to the south, as well as on the east of the shelf. The East Arctic waters are included in a single model in order to perform an adequate comparative analysis of the evolution of hydrocarbon systems. The purpose of the research was to build space-time digital models of sedimentary basins and hydrocarbon systems, and to quantify the volume of generation, migration, and accumulation of hydrocarbons for the main horizons of source rocks. To achieve this goal, a spatiotemporal numerical basin simulation was carried out, based on which the distribution of probable hydrocarbon systems was determined and further analyzed. Following to the data obtained the most probable HC accumulation zones and types of fluids contained in potential traps were predicted. Keywords: numerical space-time basin modeling; modeling of hydrocarbon systems; evidence of oil and gas presence; Eastern Arctic; elements of hydrocarbon systems; oil and gas reservoirs; migration; accumulation; perspective objects

scholarly journals RAW MATERIAL SOURCE OF HYDROCARBONS OF THE ARCTIC ZONE OF RUSSIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (36) ◽  
pp. 506-526
Author(s):  
Oleg M PRISCHEPA ◽  
Yuri V NEFEDOV ◽  
Aydar Kh IBATULLIN
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Material Base ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Gas Generation ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
Material Source ◽  
Genetic Method

The study of the hydrocarbon potential of the Arctic is being considered in Russia as the most crucial direction of preparing a new raw material base of oil and gas, which will replace the extracted reserves in traditional areas of development during the second third of this century. The sharp fall in global hydrocarbon prices has led to a reduction in research and exploration costs, especially in hard-to-reach areas and hard-to-recover reserves as well as the need to determine the contribution to the country's fuel and energy balance from the hydrocarbons development of the Arctic zone, including the shelf, without which it is impossible to plan and develop new expensive projects. A fair assessment of oil and gas potential, based on a set of ideas about the processes of formation of sedimentary basins and oil and gas generation processes, contributed to obtaining new geophysical information on the results of seismic work executed in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation between 2010 and 2020. A quantitative assessment of oil and gas resources was performed using geological analogies (for wellstudied geological and geophysical areas) and the volume-genetic method (for less studied basins). It showed significant differences from the most well-known assessments of the Arctic, both in terms of the total volume of hydrocarbons and their phase composition. It was concluded that there is ambiguity in assessing the potential of deepwater zones of the Arctic seas. Because of that, it is important to study coastal and shallow areas, especially oil content.

scholarly journals TASKS OF MONITORING THE SAKHALIN SHELF ZONE BY DATA’S SATELLITE SURVEYS

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
Vyacheslav A. Melkiy ◽  
Vladimir M. Pishchalnik ◽  
Valery A. Romanyuk ◽  
Alexey A. Verkhoturov
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Shelf Zone ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
Ship Traffic ◽  
The North ◽  
Oil And Gas Resources ◽  
Far Eastern

The goal of the strategy of the Russian Federation in the development of the Far Eastern’s and Arctic seas is an active, qualitatively new industrial, infrastructural and social development of the North and the East. The Arctic shelf of Russia have the main reserve of oil and gas resources, which belongs to the number of unique areas of the world, in terms of hydrocarbon reserves. The objectives of the policy of mining enterprises aimed at increasing the reserves of offshore fields, introducing the latest equipment and technologies in their development, creating an infrastructure that can ensure the smooth and trouble-free operation of mining complexes and the transportation of products. It is necessary to create a digital platform for ensuring safe operation on the shelf, accumulating data from satellite surveys of transport infrastructure facilities, for monitoring the hydrometeorological, ice and navigation conditions in the waters of the Far Eastern Seas and the Northern Sea Route (NSR) for navigation and hydrographic support of ship traffic, as well as icebreaker assistances. The system should support the laying of ship navigation routes of transport vessels and icebreaking fleets, taking into account the navigation and ice conditions in the specified water area, the organization of search and rescue operations, elimination of the consequences of emergency spills, pollution from ships with harmful substances or garbage.

scholarly journals Forecast and assessment of hydrocarbon potential of cretaceous and jurassic deposits of the Kara Sea shelf based on the results of geological exploration

2021 ◽  
pp. 141-148
Author(s):  
A. D. Dzyublo ◽  
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V. V. Maslov ◽  
V. V. Sidorov ◽  
O. A. Shnip ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Water Area ◽  
Kara Sea ◽  
Gas Condensate ◽  
Hydrocarbon Potential ◽  
Geological Exploration ◽  
Gas Potential ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Gas Bearing

According to the oil and geological zoning, the water area of the Kara Sea, including the Ob and Taz Bays, is located on the border of three oil and gas-bearing regions: Yamal, Gydan and Nadym-Purskaya, having different characteristics of oil and gas potential by section and by area. As a result of geological exploration carried out in the water area and on the adjacent land, a wide age range of oil and gas potential was revealed. Seven fields have been discovered in the waters of the Yuzhno-Kara NGO: six gas condensate fields in Cretaceous Cenomanian-Albian deposits and one oil and gas condensate field in Cretaceous and Jurassic deposits. Large gas condensate fields have been explored in the Ob and Taz bays in the Cenomanian-Alb-Apt complex. The water area of the lips is one of the most important areas in terms of the growth of economically viable natural gas resources. According to the research results, it has been established that the UV potential of the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous complexes of the Ob and Taz Bays is characterized as highly promising. Keywords: Kara Sea; shelf; cretaceous and jurassic deposits.

Hydrocarbon potential of Domanic pay zones of Volga-Ural oil-and-gas basin

2017 ◽  
pp. 10-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.S. Khisamov ◽  
◽  
V.G. Bazarevskaya ◽  
T.I. Tarasova ◽  
N.A. Badurtdinova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Hydrocarbon Potential
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