V.A. Baldin, N.Z. Munasypov
Northern and north-eastern neighbourhood of Siberian Platform: geopetroleum zoning of foreland basins
DOI 10.47148/0016-7894-2025-2-37-56
Key words: Siberian Platform; foreland basin; Palaeozoic-Mesozoic series; seismic exploration; drilling; geopetroleum zoning; petroleum province; petroleum area; petroleum potential; north-eastern part of Krasnoyarsk Region; north-western part of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
For citation: Baldin V.A., Munasypov N.Z. Northern and north-eastern neighbourhood of Siberian Platform: geopetroleum zoning of foreland basins. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2025;(2):37–56. DOI: 10.47148/0016-7894-2025-2-37-56. In Russ.
Foreland basins of northern and north-eastern neighbourhood of Siberian Platform situated in north-eastern part of Krasnoyarsk Region and north-western part of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) are frontier although highly promising areas for oil and gas exploration. The authors present a brief analysis of structural and tectonic, and geopetroleum zoning in the northern territories of Krasnoyarsk Region and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) conducted starting from 1930-s to the present. The paper considers the ideas of researchers on identification of major structural and tectonic elements and petroleum zoning, which existed in different periods. Information on numerous versions of geopetroleum zoning of northern and north-eastern neighbourhood of the Siberian Platform is provided, where various petroleum provinces and regions were determined. Based on a comprehensive interpretation of new and legacy geological and geophysical data, the structural features and petroleum potential of underexplored Palaeozoic-Mesozoic foreland basins of the northern and north-eastern margins of the Siberian Platform are updated. The author’s version of geopetroleum zoning of the northern and north-eastern neighbourhood of Siberian Platform is substantiated that comprises the major structural and tectonic elements into the Khatanga-Vilyuisky Petroleum Province; they are: Khatangsky trench and Anabar-Khatangsky saddle (Anabar-Khatangsky petroleum area), Lena-Anabarsky trough (Lena-Anabarsky petroleum area), Predverkhoyansky trough (Predverkhoyansky petroleum area), and Vilyuisky syneclise (Vilyuisky petroleum area).
Viktor A. Baldin ORCiD
Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences
Geostra Research and Production Center LLC,
12, ul. 8 Marta, Ufa, 450005, Russia
e-mail: baldin@bngf.ru
Nail’ Z. Munasypov ORCiD
Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Chief Geologist
Bashneftegeofizika Joint Stock Company,
13, Lenina ul., Ufa, 450077, Russia
e-mail: nail@bngf.ru
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