V.I. Bogoyavlensky, A.D. Dzyublo, V.L. Shuster, I.V. Bogoyavlensky, R.A. Nikonov
Petroleum potential of deep-seated horizons in the West Siberian Arctic region
DOI 10.47148/0016-7894-2025-5-5-16
Key words: Krasnoyarsk Region; Siberian Platform; Baikitsky Petroleum Area; Taimbinsky promising area; traps; resources; reserves; oil; gas; condensate; plays.
For citation: Bogoyavlensky V.I., Dzyublo A.D., Shuster V.L., Bogoyavlensky I.V., Nikonov R.A. Petroleum potential of deep-seated horizons in the West Siberian Arctic region. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2025;(5):5–6. DOI: 10.47148/0016-7894-2025-5-5-16. In Russ.
Funding: The paper is prepared within the framework of the State Assignments of RAS Institute of Oil and Gas Problems: “Improving the efficiency and environmental safety of hydrocarbon resource development on the shelf and adjacent onshore areas of the Russian Arctic and subarctic regions in a changing climate” (№ 125020501403-7) and “Fundamental basis of innovative digital technologies for forecasting, exploration, prospecting, and developing petroleum resources (fundamental, applied, economic, and interdisciplinary research until 2030) (№ 125021302095-2).
In order to replenish Russia’s mineral resource base, it is necessary to assess hydrocarbon potential of the deposits of deep-seated horizons in regions with well-developed transportation infrastructure, including the northern part of the West Siberian megabasin. The authors have created cartographic diagrams of catagenesis for the rocks composing the sedimentary cover and Jurassic Top in the Arctic region of the West Siberian megabasin. The research conducted has confirmed the high potential of discovering hydrocarbon accumulations large in terms of HC reserves in Jurassic and pre-Jurassic deep-seated deposits in the Arctic region of Western Siberia – both onshore and in the Kara Sea waters. The reservoirs revealed in the Mesozoic-Palaeozoic series are characterized by the presence of reliable impermeable beds and abnormally high reservoir pressure, which contribute to the preservation of sufficiently high reservoir quality and inhibit the thermal destruction of liquid hydrocarbons. To improve the efficiency of exploration and prospecting activities and develop offshore oil and gas fields in future, it is necessary to study and take into account the distribution of permafrost rocks, gas hydrates, and shallow gas accumulations, which can seriously distort the structural imaging of oil and gas promising objects based on seismic data and pose high risks for drilling exploratory and development wells.
Vasily I. Bogoyavlensky ORCiD Scopus
Doctor of Technical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences,
Deputy Director
Oil and Gas Research Institute Russian Academy of Sciences (OGRI RAS),
3, ul. Gubkina, Moscow, 119333, Russia
e-mail: vib@ipng.ru
WOS Research ID AAB-6711-202
РИНЦ Author ID 276872
Aleksandr D. Dzyublo ORCiD Scopus
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Chief Researcher
Oil and Gas Research Institute Russian Academy of Sciences (OGRI RAS),
3, ul. Gubkina, Moscow, 119333, Russia
e-mail: dzyublo.a@gubkin.ru
РИНЦ Author ID 752159
Vladimir L. Shuster ORCiD Scopus
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Chief Researcher
Oil and Gas Research Institute Russian Academy of Sciences (OGRI RAS),
3, ul. Gubkina, Moscow, 119333, Russia
e-mail: tshuster@mail.ru
WOS Research ID J-4956-2018
РИНЦ Author ID 484931
Igor’ V. Bogoyavlensky ORCiD Scopus
Researcher
Oil and Gas Research Institute Russian Academy of Sciences (OGRI RAS),
3, ul. Gubkina, Moscow, 119333, Russia
e-mail: ivb@ipng.ru
WOS Research ID AAC-9042-2021
РИНЦ Author ID 819136
Roman A. Nikonov ORCiD Scopus
Researcher
Oil and Gas Research Institute Russian Academy of Sciences (OGRI RAS),
3, ul. Gubkina, Moscow, 119333, Russia
e-mail: rnikonov@ipng.ru
WOS Research ID AAB-6706-2021
РИНЦ Author ID 811069
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