--> ABSTRACT: Geological and Geochemical Controls on the Formation and Distribution of Supergiant Gas Fields in the Russian Sedimentary Basins, by N. Lopatin; #91019 (1996)

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Geological and Geochemical Controls on the Formation and Distribution of Supergiant Gas Fields in the Russian Sedimentary Basins

N. Lopatin

The West Siberian, Barents Sea and Northern Caspian sedimentary basins are the most prolific Russian gas producing regions and include 15 supergiant gas fields each of them content identified gas reserves between 1×1012 m3 to 11×1012 m3. They are Urengoi, Yamburg, Bovanenkov, Zapoljarnoye, Medvezhie, Charasavey, Kruzenshtern, N.Urengoi, S.Tambey, S.Russkoye, Rusanov, Shtockmanov, Lunin, Astrachan and Orenburg. The gas reserves in these basins exceed 70×1012 m3 and about 65% of them concentrated in supergiant fields. Among the geological prerequisites for largest gas accumulations note big size of trap (Urengoi 40×300 km2; Astrachan 180×200 km2), anticline type f tectonic structure (swell, megaswell, dome, arch) with amplitude from 110 m to 800 m. These tectonic structure were active long time include the latest period.

The main gas productive reservoirs are slightly consulted non-marine sandstones of Cenomanian or Middle Jurassic ages (West Siberia and Barents Sea) or Middle Carboniferous reef carbonate buildups (Northern Caspian basin).

The next geochemical parameters controlled of the gas accumulation histories: (1) West Siberia and Barents Sea regions gas genetically connect with dispersed or concentrated non-marine coal type kerogen distributed into productive complex under lower maturity conditions (before or early oil window zone). This is dry gas almost pure methane with ^dgr13 C1 between -44,40 ^pmil. In this case we observe widely distributed mainly sandstones reservoirs at same time gas source rocks also; (2) the Northern Caspian basin found supergiant wet gas-condensate accumulations into local distributed reef carbonate build ups. Gas source rocks is marine kerogen type II, which has a low concentration in marlaceous facies. It is gas high maturity zone.

AAPG Search and Discover Article #91019©1996 AAPG Convention and Exhibition 19-22 May 1996, San Diego, California