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I. A. Gubin
I. A. Gubin
G.V. Plekhanov Saint Petersburg Mining Institute
G.V. Plekhanov Saint Petersburg Mining Institute
St. Petersburg
Russia

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Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • Date submitted
    2024-04-16
  • Date accepted
    2024-09-24
  • Date published
    2024-11-12

Deep-buried Lower Paleozoic oil and gas systems in eastern Siberian Platform: geological and geophysical characteristics, estimation of hydrocarbon resources

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The study of deep-buried oil and gas systems is a promising trend in the preparation of hydrocarbon resources. The study of the factors determining oil and gas potential is extremely important. The Lena-Vilyui sedimentary basin in the eastern Siberian Platform has a potential for the discovery of large oil and gas fields in deep-buried Cambrian deposits. The use of original methodological approaches to the analysis of black shale and overlying deposits, generalization of the results of lithological, biostratigraphic and geochemical studies of Cambrian deposits in territories adjoining the study area, modern interpretation of geophysical data showed that siliceous, carbonate, mixed rocks (kerogen-mixtite) of the Kuonamka complex and clastic clinoform-built Mayan deposits are most interesting in terms of oil and gas potential. Oil and gas producing rocks of the Lower and Middle Cambrian Kuonamka complex subsided to the depths of 14 km. The interpretation of modern seismic surveying data confirms the hypothesis of a limited occurrence of the Upper Devonian Vilyui rift system. Based on generalization of geological, geophysical and geochemical archival and new materials on the Lower Paleozoic deposits of the eastern Siberian Platform, a probabilistic estimation of geological hydrocarbon resources of the Cambrian and younger Paleozoic complexes in the Lena-Vilyui sedimentary basin was performed. Based on basin modelling results it was concluded that the resources were mainly represented by gas. It is presumed that oil resources can be discovered in traps of the barrier reef system as well as on the Anabar and Aldan slopes of the Vilyui Hemisyneclise. With a confidence probability of 0.9, it can be stated that total initial resources of oil and gas (within the boundaries of the Vilyui Hemisyneclise) exceed 5 billion t of conventional hydrocarbons. The recommended extremely cautious estimate of resources of the pre-Permian complexes is 2.2 billion t of conventional hydrocarbons. In the study area, it is necessary to implement a program of deep and super-deep parametric drilling without which it is impossible to determine the oil and gas potential of the Lower Paleozoic.

How to cite: Kontorovich A.E., Burshtein L.M., Gubin I.A., Parfenova T.M., Safronov P.I. Deep-buried Lower Paleozoic oil and gas systems in eastern Siberian Platform: geological and geophysical characteristics, estimation of hydrocarbon resources // Journal of Mining Institute. 2024. Vol. 269. p. 721-737. EDN WDBEOS
Modern technologies of electrical prospecting for mineral deposits
  • Date submitted
    2007-09-21
  • Date accepted
    2007-11-08
  • Date published
    2008-03-01

Detection of geologic heterogeneities by MTS method data

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New data obtained with magnetotelluric method supplement a seismic and a geological section when oil and gas researches carry out. The magnetotelluric method is considered to be a regional method till recently but it becomes exploring method when new generation equipment had appeared. Magnetotelluric data and seismic data correspond to each other quite well. It allows judging about prospects of oil-and-gas content of reefs. A dispersion of resistivity field allows revealing some features of geoelectrical section.

How to cite: Gubin I.A. Detection of geologic heterogeneities by MTS method data // Journal of Mining Institute. 2008. Vol. 176. p. 168-171.
Geology
  • Date submitted
    2003-07-18
  • Date accepted
    2003-08-06
  • Date published
    2004-02-01

Assessment of filtration-volume properties of the reservoir in connection with epigenetic changes

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The reflection of epigenetic processes in the petrophysical equations used in assessing the filtration-volume properties of reservoir rocks was revealed, and a mechanism for taking these processes into account, which increases the reliability of hydrocarbon field reserves assessment was proposed.

How to cite: Gubin I.A. Assessment of filtration-volume properties of the reservoir in connection with epigenetic changes // Journal of Mining Institute. 2004. Vol. № 2 159. p. 7-10.