O.A. Vazhenina, A.V. Trigub, V.V. Ogibenin, K.A. Gettinger, P.S. Rusakov, E.N. Khomitskii
Studies of West Siberia Petroleum Province margins: integrated geological exploration
DOI 10.47148/0016-7894-2025-3-31-49
Key words: pinching out; cluster; reservoir; trap; object; assessment; outlook; priority object; formation; province; forecast; program; resources.
For citation: Vazhenina O.A., Trigub A.V., Ogibenin V.V., Gettinger K.A., Rusakov P.S., Khomitskii E.N. Studies of West Siberia Petroleum Province margins: integrated geological exploration. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2025;(3):31–49. DOI: 10.47148/0016-7894-2025-3-31-49. In Russ.
History of West Siberian Petroleum Province investigations spans more than half a century, but there are still some underexplored regions. As is known, Gas flowing from the Berezovskaya-1 key well in 1953 proved the formidable potential of the province and gave start to large-scale resource development in Western Siberia. In subsequent years, the focus of research shifted to the central and northern regions of the province, where huge deposits of hydrocarbon raw materials were discovered. Today, most of the territory is licensed and belongs to the allocated subsoil fund, while the share of the unallocated subsoil fund is about 24% and is steadily decreasing every year. The situation is reversed in marginal zones with high share of unallocated subsoil fund (about 80–90 %), low exploration maturity. As a result, these territories are under-evaluated from the point of view of further exploration for hydrocarbon deposits. Because of considerable geological risks and uncertainties related to the zones, subsoil user companies are extremely cautious about expanding their assets in these territories. Therefore, the strategic objective is to implement a state program for the systematic geological exploration of peripheral areas that can subsequently be handed over to investors for further exploration and exploitation. The success of federally funded studies of such clusters is confirmed by the oil and gas promising areas recommended by Rosnedra, they are: Gydansky-Khatangsky, Karabashsky, and Yugano-Koltogorsky. Their territories are actively licensed over the past decade following regional seismic exploration work.
Ol’ga A. Vazhenina ORCiD
Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Head of Department
ZapSibNIIGG,
48/4a, ul. Respubliki, Tyumen, 625000, Russia
e-mail: VazheninaOA@zsniigg.ru
Aleksei V. Trigub
Head of Division
ZapSibNIIGG,
48/4a, ul. Respubliki, Tyumen, 625000, Russia
e-mail: TrigubAV@zsniigg.ru
AuthorID: 1019091
Valerii V. Ogibenin
Scientific adviser
ZapSibNIIGG,
48/4a, ul. Respubliki, Tyumen, 625000, Russia
e-mail: OgibeninVV@zsniigg.ru
Katarina A. Gettinger ORCiD
Head of Laboratory
ZapSibNIIGG,
48/4a, ul. Respubliki, Tyumen, 625000, Russia
e-mail: GetingerEA@zsniigg.ru
Pavel S. Rusakov Scopus
Head of Department
ZapSibNIIGG,
48/4a, ul. Respubliki, Tyumen, 625000, Russia
e-mail: RusakovPS@zsniigg.ru
Evgenii N. Khomitskii
Head of Department
ZapSibNIIGG,
48/4a, ul. Respubliki, Tyumen, 625000, Russia
e-mail: khomitskiyen@zsniigg.ru
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