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Geology and petroleum resources of basins in the Asian Arctic and offshore East Greenland

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7127126
The region discussed contains 15 or 16 almost unexplored sedimentary basins. This report considers the tectonic framework and history of development of the basins, the stratigraphy and facies of their sedimentary filling, and their petroleum geology. Emphasis is put on the main factors controlling oil and gas productivity, such as the quality and maturity of potential source rocks, the presence and quality of reservoir rocks and regional seals, and the availability and expected structural style of traps. As many as nine sedimentary basins are distinguished on the shelf of East Siberia. Two of the basins, South Laptev and Novosibirsk, are filled with Paleozoic-Mesozoic rocks. Others are filled with Cretaceous and Tetiary sediments. The most probable amounts of undiscovered petroleum resources in all these offshore basins are estimated at 5.8 x 10/sup 9/ bbl of oil and 70.9 x 10/sup 12/ ft/sup 3/ of gas. The onshore Yenisey-Lena basin possesses good potential (most probably 7.4 x 10/sup 9/ bbl of oil and 95.1 x 10/sup 12/ ft/sup 3/ of gas), whereas the Indigirka-Zyryanka basin is estimated to be rather poor (0.5 x 10/sup 9/ bbl and 9.5 x 10/sup 12/ ft/sup 3/). The offshore South Kara subbasin is a continuation of the West Siberian basin. It is potentially very rich, with most probable undiscovered resources of 5.7 x 10/sup 9/ bbl of oil and 163.8 x 10/sup 12/ ft/sup 3/ of gas. Basins of the East Greenland shelf probably contain undiscovered resources of 4.3 x 10/sup 9/ bbl of oil and 24.1 x 10/sup 12/ ft/sup 3/ of gas. 107 references, 21 figures, 6 tables.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
7127126
Report Number(s):
ANL/EES-TM-247; ON: DE84012114
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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02 PETROLEUM
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03 NATURAL GAS
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ARCTIC REGIONS
ASIA
DATA
EASTERN EUROPE
EUROPE
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GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
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MINERAL RESOURCES
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NUMERICAL DATA
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PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
POLAR REGIONS
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RESOURCES
SEDIMENTARY BASINS
SIBERIA
STRATIGRAPHY
TECTONICS
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