A.I. Gresov, A.V. Yatsuk
Gas geochemical indicators of coal, oil and gas potential of sedimentary basins and geostructures in the central and western part of the East Siberian sea
DOI 10.31087/0016-7894-2023-1-95-110
Key words: seafloor sediments; hydrocarbon gases; gas geochemical parameters; coal, oil and gas content; East Siberian Sea.
For citation: Gresov A.I., Yatsuk A.V. Gas geochemical indicators of coal, oil and gas potential of sedimentary basins and geostructures in the central and western part of the East Siberian sea. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2023;(1):95–110. DOI: 10.31087/0016-7894-2023-1-95-110. In Russ.
Funding: Gas geochemical studies were carried out within the framework of the State Assignment POI FEB RAS №. 0211-2021-0006 (121021500055-0).
Acknowledgments: The authors are grateful to A.S. Astakhov, R.B. Shakirov, A.A. Bosin, and Yu.P. Vasilenko for their support in the marine field research, and to V.V. Kalinchuk and D.A. Shvalov for their assistance in seafloor sediment sampling.
According to the data of gas sampling of well cores and seafloor sediments in the central and western parts of the East Siberian Sea shelf, it was found that different gas geochemical parameters (weight concentrations, molecular weight, moisture coefficients, maturity of hydrocarbon fraction and isotope composition of methane carbon) are typical of hydrocarbon gases of the studied lithotypes. Biochemical gases of recent sediments in bottom sediments are represented by syngenetic, epigenetic and heterogeneous gases; magmatic — igneous formations; metamorphogenic — coal and gas formations, gas deposits, solid bitumen, condensate-gas, condensate, oil and gas, gas-oil deposits and gas hydrates. Eleven genetic groups of hydrocarbon gases have been identified that are quite close to analogues in the Lena-Vilyuisky, Irkutsky Verkhne-Bureinsky, Anadyrsky, Sakhalinsky, and Okhotsky coal and oil-gas basins of the Russian East. Based on the data obtained, the predicted areas of oil and gas formations occurrence were outlined, and a gas geochemical assessment of the oil and gas prospects was carried out in the study area.
Alexander I. Gresov ORCiD Scopus
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Chief researcher
V.I.Il’ichev Pacific
Oceanological Institute,
43, Baltiiskaya, Vladivostok, 690041, Russia
e-mail: gresov@poi.dvo.ru
Andrey V. Yatsuk ORCiD Scopus
Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Senior Researcher
V.I.Il’ichev Pacific
Oceanological Institute,
43, Baltiiskaya, Vladivostok, 690041, Russia
e-mail: yatsuk@poi.dvo.ru
1. Kontorovich A.E. Sedimentary-migration theory of naphthide genesis: state between XX and XXI century, ways of further development. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 1998;(10):8–16. In Russ.
2. Starobinets I.S., Petukhov A.V., Zubayrayev S.L. et. al. Osnovy teorii geokhimicheskikh poley uglevodorodnykh skopleniy [Fundamentals of the theory of geochemical fields of hydrocarbon accumulations]. Moscow: Nedra; 1993. 332 p. In Russ.
3. Abrams M.A. Significance of hydrocarbon seepage to petroleum generation and entrapment. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 2005;(22):457–477. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.08.003.
4. Yashin D.S., Kim B.I. Geochemical features of oil and gas potential of Eastern arctic shelf of Russia. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2007;(4):24–35. In Russ.
5. Shakirov R.B., Sorochinskaya A.V., Obzhirov A.I., Zarubina N.V. Gazogeokhimicheskie osobennosti osadkov Vostochno-Sibirskogo morya [Gas-geochemical features of sediments of the East Siberian Sea]. Vestnik DVO RAN. 2010;(6):101–108. In Russ.
6. Gresov A.I., Shakhova N.E., Sergiyenko V.I., Yatsuk A.V., Semiletov I.P. Isotope and Geochemical Parameters of Hydrocarbon Gases in Bottom Sediments of the Shelf of the East Siberian Sea. Doklady Akademii nauk. 2016;469(2):864–866. DOI: 10.1134/S1028334X16080225. In Russ.
7. Gresov A.I., Yatsuk A.V., Obzhirov A.I., Mazurov A.V., Ruban A.S. Gas content of Bottom Sediments and Geochemical Indicators of Oil and Gas on the Shelf of the East Siberian Sea. Russian Journal of Pacific Geology. 2017;11(4): 308–314. DOI: 10.1134/S1819714017040030. In Russ.
8. Gresov A.I., Yatsuk A.V. Gas geochemical indicators of oil and gas occurrence in south-eastern part of East Siberian Sea. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2020;(4):83–96. DOI: 10.31087/0016-7894-2020-4-83-96. In Russ.
9. Gresov A.I., Sergienko V.I., Yatsuk A.V., Zarubina N.V., Kalinchuk V.V. Gas-Geochemical Parameters of Bottom Sediments in the Northern Part of the East Siberian Sea and Podvodnikov Basin of the Arctic Ocean. Doklady Akademii nauk. 2020;492(1):382–386. DOI: 10.1134/S1028334X20050074. In Russ.
10. Gresov A.I., Yatsuk A.V., Syrbu N.S., Okulov A.K. Gas-geochemical zoning of seafloor formations of sedimentary basins and geostructures of East Siberian Sea and Arctic Ocean outer shelf. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2021;(5):107–122. DOI: 10.31087/0016-7894-2021-5-107-122. In Russ.
11. Yatsuk A.V., Gresov A.I., Snyder G.T. Hydrocarbon gases in seafloor sediments of the edge shelf zone of the East Siberian Sea and adjacent part of the Arctic Ocean. Frontiers in Earth Science. 2022;(10). DOI: 10.3389/feart.2022.85649.
12. Gresov A.I., Yatsuk A.V., Aksentov K.I., Sattarova V.V., Shvalov D.A. Geochemical studies of the Pleistocene deposits of the marginal shelf zone of the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean. Geokhimiya. 2022;67(10):961–977. DOI: 10.31857/S001675252210003X. In Russ.
13. Gresov A.I. Metanoresursnaya baza ugol’nykh basseinov Dal’nego Vostoka i perspektivy ee promyshlennogo osvoeniya [Methane resources of coal basins in the Far East Russia and their perspective industrial development perspectives]. T. 2. Uglemetanovye basseiny Respubliki Sakha (Yakutiya) i Severo-Vostoka Rossii. Vladivostok: Dal’nauka; 2012. 468 p. In Russ.
14. Gosudarstvennaya geologicheskaya karta Rossiyskoy Federatsii. Masshtab 1:1000 000. List S 53-54 (Novosibirskiye ostrova). Ob’yasnitel’naya zapiska. [State geological map of the Russian Federation. Scale 1:1000 000. Sheet S 53-54 (Novosibirsk Islands)].
St. Petersburg: VSEGEI; 2006. – 208 p. In Russ.
15. Gosudarstvennaya geologicheskaya karta Rossii i prilegayushchikh akvatorii. Masshtab 1: 2 500 000 [State geological map of Russia and surrounding water areas. Scale 1: 2 500 000]. St. Petersburg: VSEGEI; 2016. In Russ.
16. Thornton B.F., Prytherch J., Andersson K., Brooks I.M., Salisbury D., Tjernström M., Crill P.M. Shipborne eddy covariance observations of methane fluxes constrain Arctic Sea emissions. Science Advances. 2022;6(5). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay7934.
17. Rukovodstvo po opredeleniyu i prognozu gazonosnosti vmeshchayushchikh porod pri geologorazvedochnykh rabotakh [Guidelines for determining and forecasting the gas content of host rocks during exploration]. Rostov-on-Don: VNIIGRIugol; 1985. 96 p. In Russ.
18. Neizvestnov Ya.V., Voinov O.N., Postnov I.S. Solevoy i gazovyy sostav podzemnykh vod rayona Novosibirskikh ostrovov [Salt and gas composition of groundwater in the area of the Novosibirsk Islands.]. In: Geologiya shel’fa Vostochnosibirskikh morey. Leningrad; 1976. pp. 78–89. In Russ.
19. Malyshev N.A., Obmetko V.V., Borodulin A.A., Barinova E.M., Ikhsanov B.I. Tektonika osadochnykh basseinov rossiiskogo shel’fa Chukotskogo morya [Tectonics of sedimentary basins of the Russian shelf of the Chukchi Sea]. In: Tektonika i geodinamika skladchatykh poyasov i platform fanerozoya: materialy XXIII Tektonicheskogo soveshchaniya. Moscow: GIN RAN; 2010. Vol. 2. pp. 23–29. In Russ.
20. Sherwood K.W., Craig J.D., Cook L.W. et al. Undiscovered oil and gas resources. Alaska Federal Offshore. As of January 1995. U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS Monograph, MMS 980054; 1998. 531 p.
21. Stein R., Matthiessen J., Niessen F., Krylov A., Seung-il Nam, Bazhenova E. Towards a better (litho-) stratigraphy and reconstruction of Quaternary paleoenvironment in the Amerasian Basin (Arctic Ocean). Polarforschung. 2009;(79):97–121.
22. Astakhov A.S., Sattarova V.V., Shi Xuefa, Hu Limin, Aksentov K.I., Alatortsev A.V., Kolesnik O.N., Mariash A.A. Distribution and sources of rare earth elements in sediments of the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas. Polar Science. 2019;(20):148–159. DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2019.05.005.
23. Gusev E.A., Rekant P.V., Bol’shiyanov D.Yu., Lukashenko R.V., Popko A.O. Psevdoglyatsial’nye struktury podvodnykh gor podnyatiya Mendeleeva i kontinental’noi okrainy Vostochno-Sibirskogo morya [Pseudoglacial structures of Mendeleev Rise seamounts and East Siberian continental margin]. Problemy Arktiki i Antarktiki. 2013;98(4):43–55. In Russ.
24. Klubov B.A. Prirodnye bitumy Severa [Natural bitumen of the North]. Moscow: Nauka; 1983. 205 p. In Russ.
25. Flyuidogeodinamika i neftegazonosnost’ severo-vostochnoi okrainy Azii. Masshtab 1 : 2 500 000 [Fluid geodynamics and oil and gas potential of the North-Eastern of Asia Scale 1: 2 500 000]. In: Yu.A. Kosygin, ed. Khabarovsk: Dal’aehrogeodeziya GUGK; 1989. 102 p. In Russ.
26. Gresov A.I., Yatsuk A.V. Geological implications for gas saturation of bottom sediments in sedimentary basins in the southeastern sector of the East Siberian sea. Russian Geology and Geophysics. 2021;62(2):157–172. DOI: 10.2113/RGG20194075.
27. Fandyushkin G.A. Zakonomernosti ugleobrazovaniya na Severo-Vostoke Rossii [Patterns of coal formation in the North-East of Russia]. Gubkin: OAO «Gubkinskaya tipografiya»; 2006. 344 p. In Russ.
28. Degtyarenko Yu.P., Puminov A.P., Blagoveshchenskiy M.G. Beregovyye linii vostochno-arkticheskikh morey v pozdnem pleystotsene i golotsene. Kolebaniya urovnya morey i okeanov za 15 000 let [Coastlines of the East Arctic Seas in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. Fluctuations in the level of the seas and oceans for 15,000 years]. Moscow: Nauka; 1982. pp. 179–185. In Russ.
29. Yakushev V.S., Perlova Ye.V., Krivushin K.V. et al. Gazovyye gidraty v otlozheniyakh materikov i ostrovov [Gas hydrates in sediments of continents and islands]. Rossiyskii Khimicheskii Zhurnal. 2003;XLVII(3):80–90. In Russ.
Section: Geochemical surveys