Russian Arctic petroleum provinces

Conference · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1970 · Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5964832

Meyerhoff, A A; Mamantov, I A; Shabad, T

Major hydrocarbon reserves have been discovered and developed during the last 20 yr in the Russian Arctic. Productive basins include the W. Siberian, Pechora, and Vilyuy. In the W. Siberian Basin, as of Jan. 1, 1970, more than 40 oil fields and 50 gas fields had been found. Production is from Cretaceous and Jurassic paralic to nonmarine strata. At least 9 oil fields had reserves greater than 500 million bbl; 20 gas fields had reserves greater than 3.5 trillion cu ft. Samotlor is the largest oil field with 15.1 billion bbl; Urengoy, the world's largest gas field, had 210 trillion cu ft. Deepest production was from about 10,500 ft, but most production was shallower than 8,150 ft. The Pechora Basin contained about 62 oil and gas fields productive from Devonian through Permian marine strata. Of these, one oil field contained more than 500 million bbl and 2 gas fields, more than 3.5 trillion cu ft. Deepet production was from about 11,155 ft. The Vilyuy Basin contained about 41 gas fields, of which 2 gas fields contained more than 3.5 trillion cu ft each in Triassic and Jurassic paralic strata.

• Research Organization: Southern Methodist Univ.
• OSTI ID: 5964832
• Report Number(s): CONF-710236-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull.; (United States) Journal Volume: 54:12
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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