P.N. Melnikov, V.V. Shimansky, N.V. Taninskaya, T.V. Dmitrieva, A.A. Fedorova, N.N. Kolpenskaya
Improvement of stratigraphic framework of hydrocarbon plays in Russia on the basis of sedimentation modelling
DOI 10.47148/0016-7894-2025-1-7-30
Key words: stratigraphic chart; depositional model; paleogeographic map; facies zoning; Western Siberia; Timan-Pechora Petroleum Province; Caspian Petroleum Province; continental shelf of Russian Federation.
For citation: Mel’nikov P.N., Shimansky V.V., Taninskaya N.V., Dmitrieva T.V., Fedorova A.A., Kolpenskaya N.N. Improvement of stratigraphic framework of hydrocarbon plays in Russia on the basis of sedimentation modelling. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2025;(1):7–30. DOI: 10.47148/0016-7894-2025-1-7-30. In Russ.
The authors discuss topical problems of petroleum geology, which are related to stratification of oil and gas promising series, prediction of structurally complicated non-structural traps, and identification of objects containing difficult-to-recover resources. They analyse the priority areas of improvement of hydrocarbon play stratigraphic framework in Russia. The results of lithofacies studies of Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous deposits in the West-Siberian Basin, which made the basis for building sedimentation models and updating boundaries of stratigraphic units assigned to allowable categories are presented in the paper. Stratification of Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous deposits of the Zaozernaya-1 stratigraphic well is considered. An example of updating the Ordovician and Silurian stratigraphic charts for the Timan-Pechora Petroleum Province (Timan-Pechora Depositional Basin) by means of new structural and facies zoning is given. It is emphasized that creation and approval of regional offshore stratigraphic charts for sedimentary cover of Russian continental and intracontinental sea shelfs in the Interdepartmental Stratigraphic Committee is an important task, because in the absence of the necessary drilling, seismic survey and local survey line density, there are significant difficulties in stratigraphic scheme creation, which should account for the data of previous studies carried out by domestic and foreign scientists, should be based on geological, lithofacies, and stratigraphic data on islands, coastal areas, as well as deep drilling and seismic data. As an example, new lithofacies zoning and updated biostratigraphic schemes for the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous intervals of the Caspian Petroleum Province are presented.
Pavel N. Mel’nikov ORCiD Scopus
Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Director General
All-Russian Research
Geological Oil Institute,
36, Shosse Entuziastov, Moscow, 105118, Russia
e-mail: melnikov@vnigni.ru
Sergei V. Shimanskii ORCiD
Doctor of geological and mineralogical Sciences,
Professor
St. Petersburg branch
of the All-Russian research geological oil institute,
bld. 2, 11, ul. Smolyanaya, St. Petersburg, 192019, Russia
e-mail: sshimanskii@rosnedra.gov.ru
SPIN-код: 5537-2801
AuthorID: 837371
Nadezhda V. Taninskaya
Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Chief researcher
St. Petersburg branch
of the All-Russian research geological oil institute,
bld. 2, 11, ul. Smolyanaya, St. Petersburg, 192019, Russia
e-mail: taninskaiy@vnigni.ru
SPIN-код: 6539-2271
AuthorID: 63663
Tat’yana V. Dmitrieva
Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Leading researcher
St. Petersburg branch
of the All-Russian research geological oil institute,
bld. 2, 11, ul. Smolyanaya, St. Petersburg, 192019, Russia
e-mail: dmitrieva@vnigni.ru
SPIN-код: 1788-7886
AuthorID: 163307
Anna A. Fedorova ORCiD
Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Leading researcher
St. Petersburg branch
of the All-Russian research geological oil institute,
bld. 2, 11, ul. Smolyanaya, St. Petersburg, 192019, Russia
e-mail: fedorova@vnigni.ru
Natal’ya N. Kolpenskaya
Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Senior Researcher
St. Petersburg branch
of the All-Russian research geological oil institute,
bld. 2, 11, ul. Smolyanaya, St. Petersburg, 192019, Russia
e-mail: kolpenskay@vnigni.ru
SPIN-код: 7466-7750
AuthorID: 130934
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Section: Current problems of stratigraphy