E.S. Yaroslavtseva, T.M.Parfenova, A.E. Kontorovich, L.M. Burshtein
Organic carbon distribution in the Kuonamka Formation (Cambrian series of Siberian Platform)
DOI 10.47148/0016-7894-2024-4-69-78
Key words: organic carbon; Kuonamka formation; Cambrian; Siberian platform.
For citation: Yaroslavtseva E.S., Parfenova T.M., Kontorovich A.E., Burshtein L.M. Organic carbon distribution in the Kuonamka formation (Cambrian series of Siberian platform). Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2024;(4):69–78. DOI: 10.47148/0016-7894-2024-4-69-78. In Russ.
Source rock characteristics such as Organic Carbon content and distribution play the key role in petroleum potential prediction. One of the main source rocks of Siberian platform is Lower and Middle Cambrian Kuonamka Formation. The paper is a review of geological, geochemical exploration maturity on Kuonamka source rock including organic carbon distribution. Traditionally, these parameters are presented in the form of averaged organic carbon content maps of over the source rock. In case of the lack of analytical data or the high level of organic matter maturity, the alternative is to construct a set of organic-rich deposits thickness maps with fixed ranges of total organic carbon. The aim is to form the organic-rich deposits distribution schemes for Kuonamka formation using all available geological and geophysical information, paleogeography reconstruction as well as common theoretical models of organic matter deposition. The reconstruction was performed based on the analysis of direct measurement data (sections of 22 outcrops and 11 wells) and the results of interpretation of radioactive logging (13 wells). Received schemes and corresponding quantitative models may be used as a basement for hydrocarbon generation volume and dynamics and subsequent estimation of hydrocarbon resources in Lena-Tunguska and Leno-Viluy petroleum regions.
Funding: The work was carried out within the framework of FWZZ-2022-0011 and FWZZ-2022-0012 projects of the Government Program of Scientific Research Foundation.
Ekaterina S. Yaroslavtseva ORCiD
Researcher
The Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics,
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
3, prospekt Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
e-mail: yaroslavtsevaes@ipgg.sbras.ru
Tatyana M. Parfenova Scopus
Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Leading researcher
The Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics,
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
3, prospekt Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
e-mail: parfenovatm@ipgg.sbras.ru
Aleksei E. Kontorovich ORCiD
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Head of Department
The Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics,
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
3, prospekt Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Lev M. Burshtein ORCiD Scopus
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
Chief researcher, Head of laboratory
The Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics,
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
3, prospekt Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
e-mail: levi@ipgg.sbras.ru
1. Kontorovich A.E. Quantitative prediction of oil and gas potential: geochemical methods. SNIIGGiMS proceedings. Moscow: Nedra; 1976. Issue 229. 250 p. In Russ.
2. Bakhturov S.F., Evtushenko V.M., Pereladov V.S. Kuonamskaya bituminoznaya karbonatno-slantsevaya formatsiya [Kuonama bituminous carbonate shale formation]. Novosibirsk: Nauka; 1988. 160 p. In Russ.
3. Antsiferov A.S., Bakin V.E., Varlamov I.P. et al. Geologiya nefti i gaza Sibirskoi platformy [Oil and gas geology of the Siberian Platform]. In: A.E. Kontorovich, V.S. Surkov, A.A. Trofimuk, eds. Moscow: Nedra; 1981. 552 p. In Russ.
4. Bazhenova T.K., Dakhnova M.V, Zheglova T.P., Lebedev V.S., Mozhegova S.V., Larkin V.N., Nazarova E.S., Nechitailo G.S., Graizer E.M., Kiselev S.M., Kiseleva Yu.A., Goryunova E.A., Borisova L.B. Neftematerinskie formatsii, nefti i gazy dokembriya i nizhnego – srednego kembriya Sibirskoi platformy [Oil and gas source formations of the Precambrian and Lower – Middle Cambrian of the Siberian Platform]. In: A.I. Varlamov, A.P. Afanasenkov, eds. Moscow: Iz-vo VNIGNI; 2014. 128 p. In Russ.
5. Geokhimiya neftegazonosnykh tolshch kembriya Sibirskoi platformy [Geochemistry of Cambrian oil and gas bearing strata of the Siberian platform]. Tr. SNIIGGiMS. V. 139. 1972. 111 p. In Russ.
6. Kontorovich A.E., Evtushenko V.M., Ivlev N.F., Larichev A.I. Zakonomernosti nakopleniya organicheskogo veshchestva na territorii Sibirskoi platformy v dokembrii i kembrii [Patterns of organic matter accumulation on the territory of the Siberian Platform in the Precambrian and Cambrian]. Litologiya i geokhimiya neftegazonosnykh tolshch Sibirskoi platformy: sb. nauch. tr. Moscow: Nauka; 1981. pp.19–42. In Russ.
7. Parfenova T.M., Bakhturov S.F., Shabanov Yu.Ya. Organic geochemistry of oil-producing rocks of the Cambrian Kuonama formation (eastern Siberian Platform). Geologiya i geofizika. 2004;45(7):911–923. In Russ.
8. Parfenova T.M., Kontorovich A.E., Borisova L.S., Melenevskii V.N. Kerogen from the Cambrian deposits of the Kuonamka Formation (northeastern Siberian Platform). Russian Geology and Geophysics. 2010;51(3):353–363. DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2010.02.004.
9. Sukhov S.S., Fomin A.M., Moiseev S.A. Paleogeografiya kak instrument rekonstruktsii kembriiskogo rifoobrazovaniya na vostoke Severo-Tungusskoi neftegazonosnoi oblasti: ot istorii issledovanii k perspektivam [Paleogeography as a tool for reconstruction of Cambrian reef formation in the east of North Tungussky oil and gas bearing area: from exploration history to potential]. Neftegazovaya geologiya. Teoriya i praktika. 2018;13(3). Available at: http://www.ipgg.sbras.ru/ru/files/publications/ibc/ngtp-2018-13-3-4.pdf?action=download (accesed: 20.12.2023). DOI: 10.17353/2070-5379/28_2018. In Russ.
10. Stratigrafiya neftegazonosnykh basseinov Sibiri. Kembrii Sibirskoi platformy. V. 1. Stratigrafiya [Stratigraphy of the Siberian oil and gas bearing basins. Siberian Platform: Cambrian. VOL. 1. Stratigraphy]. In: Yu.Ya. Shabanov, ed. Novosibirsk: INGG SO RAN; 2016. 485 p. In Russ.
11. Varlamov A.I., Mel’nikov P.N., Efimov A.S., Krinin V.A., Migurskii F.A., Poroskun V.I., Kravchenko M.N., Smirnov M.Yu., Ukhlova G.D., Gogonenkov G.N., Parasyna V.S., Vitsenovskii M.Yu., Komlev D.A. Methodology, working results and potential for oil and gas fields discovery in Lena-Tungussky Petroleum Province. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2023;(4):21–67. DOI: 10.41748/0016-7894-2023-4-21-67. In Russ.
12. Starosel’tsev V.S. Efimov A.S., Sobolev P.N. Hydrocarbons of bituminous rocks of the siberian platform. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2013;(5):73–80. In Russ.
13. Kontorovich A.E., Bakhturov S.F., Basharin A.K., Belyaev S.Yu., Burshtein L.M., Kontorovich A.A., Krinin V.A., Larichev A.I., Goudu L., Melenevskii V.N., Timoshina I.D., Fradkin G.S., Khomenko A.V. Heterochronus centers of naphthide formation and accumulation in the North-Asian Craton. Geologiya i geofizika. 1999;40(11):1676–1693. In Russ.
14. Yaroslavtseva E.S., Burshteyn L.M. Modelirovanie istorii generatsii uglevodorodov v kuonamskoy svite Kureyskoy sineklizy [Modeling of hydrocarbon generation history in Kuonamka Formation of Kureyka syneclise]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika. 2022;17(4). Available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/2022/38_2022.html (accessed on 20.12.2023). DOI: 10.17353/2070-5379/38_2022. In Russ.
15. Sobolev P.N., Sukhoruchko V.I., Antsiferova O.A. Analogi domanikoidnykh otlozhenii kuonamskoi svity na zapade Sibirskoi Platformy [Analogs of Domanikoid deposits of the Kuonam Formation in the west of the Siberian Platform]. In: Uspekhi organicheskoi geokhimii : mat-ly Vserossiiskoi nauch. konf-ii (Novosibirsk, 11–15 October 2010). Novosibirsk: INGG SO RAN; 2010. pp. 315–319. In Russ.
16. Maslennikov M.A., Sukhov S.S., Sobolev P.N., Naumova E.G., Protsko A.N., Rakitina I.V., Konstantinova O.L. Cambrian barrier reef systems of Siberian Platform: petroleum potential in light of new geological and geophysical data. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2021;(4):29–50. DOI: 10.31087/0016-7894-2021-4-29-50. In Russ.
17. Kontorovich A.E., Ponomareva E.V., Burshtein L.M., Glinskikh V.N., Kim N.S., Kostyreva E.A., Pavlova M.A., Rodchenko A.P., Yan P.A. Distribution of organic matter in rocks of the Bazhenov horizon (West Siberia). Russian Geology and Geophysics. 2018;59(3):357–371. DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2018.03.007. In Russ.
18. Pluman I.I. Uranonosnost’ chernykh argillitov volzhskogo yarusa Zapadno-Sibirskoi plity kak kriterii geokhimicheskikh uslovii osadkonakopleniya [Uranium content of black mudstones of the Volgian stage of the West Siberian Plate as a criterion of geochemical sedimentation conditions]. Geokhimiya. 1971;(9):1138–1143. In Russ.
19. Parfenova T.M., Melenevskii V.N., Zanin Yu.N. O vozmozhnosti ispol’zovaniya gamma-karotazha dlya kolichestvennogo opredeleniya organicheskogo ugleroda v bazhenovskoi svite [On the possibility of using gamma-ray logging for the quantitative determination of organic carbon in the Bazhenov formation]. Geologiya, geofizika i razrabotka neftyanykh i gazovykh mestorozhdenii. 1999(11):29–34. In Russ.
20. Varlamov A.I., Petersil’e V.I., Poroskun V.I., Fortunatova N.K., Komar N.V., Shvets-Teneta-Gurii A.G. Technique of oil reserves estimation in Domanik deposits. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2017;(5):51–65. In Russ.
21. Gurari F.G., Gavshin V.M., Matvienko N.I., Pereladov V.S., Bobrov V.A., Smertina L.N., Shestel’ S.T. Geokhimiya mikroelementov v morskikh planktonogennykh otlozheniyakh nizhnego – srednego kembriya Sibirskoi platformy [Geochemistry of trace elements in marine planktonogenic sediments of the Lower-Middle Cambrian of the Siberian Platform]. In: Assotsiatsiya mikroelementov s organicheskim veshchestvom v osadochnykh tolshchakh Sibiri : sb. nauch. tr. Novosibirsk: INGG SO RAN, 1984. pp. 41–69. In Russ.
22. Sobolev P.N., Popova M.V. Prokudin S.G Domanikoidnye otlozheniya inikanskoi svity nizhnego—srednego kembriya v skvazhine Ust’-Maiskaya-366 (yugo-vostok Sibirskoi platformy) [Domanikoid deposits of the Inikan Formation of the Lower – Middle Cambrian in the Ust-Mayskaya-366 well (southeast of the Siberian platform)]. In: Chernye slantsy. Geologiya, geokhimiya, znachenie dlya neftegazovogo kompleksa, perspektivy ispol’zovaniya kak al’ternativnogo uglevodorodnogo syr’ya: mat-ly Vserossiiskoi nauchn.-prakt. konf-ii. Yakutsk, 2015. pp. 81–84. In Russ.
23. Korovnikov I.V., Varaksina I.V., Kontorovich A.E., Parfenova T.M. Biostratigraphy, Lithology and Geochemistry of the Lower and Middle Cambrian Rocks in the Kyulenke River Basin: First Results of Borehole Core Study. Geologiya i geofizika. 2024;65(1):126–136. DOI: 10.2113/RGG20234630. In Russ.
24. Romankevich E.A., Vetrov A.A., Peresypkin V.I. Organic matter of the world ocean. Russian Geology and Geophysics. 2009;50(4):299–307. In Russ.
25. Strakhov N.M. Tipy litogeneza i ikh evolyutsiya v istorii Zemli [Types of lithogenesis and their evolution in Earth’s history]. Moscow: Gosgeoltekhizdat; 1963. 530 p. In Russ.
26. Moiseev S.A., Fomin A.M., Gubin I.A. Features of the formation of the Lower-middle cambrian deposits in connection with the assessment of oil and gas potential in the territory of the North-Tunguska OGA. Interekspo Geo-Sibir’. 2021;2(1):130–136. DOI: 10.33764/2618-981X-2021-2-1-130-136. In Russ.
27. Astashkin V.A., Varlamov A.I, Gubina N.K., Ekhanin A.E., Pereladov V.S., Romenko V.I., Sukhov S.S., Umperovich N.V., Fedorov A.B., Fedyanin A.P., Khobnya E.I., Shishkin B.B. Geologiya i perspektivy neftegazonosnosti rifovykh sistem kembriya Sibirskoi platform [Geology and petroleum potential of Cambrian reef systems of the Siberian Platform]. Moscow : Nedra; 1984. 181 p. In Russ.
28. Mel’nikov N.V. Vend-kembriiskii solenosnyi bassein Sibirskoi platformy (stratigrafiya, istoriya razvitiya). Izd. 2-e, dop. [Vendian-Cambrian salt basin of the Siberian platform (stratigraphy, history of development)]. Novosibirsk: SNIIGGIMS; 2018. 177 p. In Russ.
29. Filiptsov Yu.A., Mel’nikov N.V., Efimov A.S., Val’chak V.I., Goryunov N.A., Evgrafov A.A., Smirnov E.V., Shcherbakov V.A., Kultyshev V.Yu. Nizhne-srednekembriiskii rifogennyi bar’er na severe Sibirskoi platform — ob’ekt pervoocherednykh neftegazopoiskovykh rabot [Lower-Middle Cambrian reef barrier in the northern Siberian platform as a target of primary exploration for oil and gas]. Geologiya i mineral’no-syr’evye resursy Sibiri. 2014:(2):25–35. In Russ.
30. Gubin I.A., Kontorovich A.E., Moiseev S.A., Fomin A.M., Yaroslavtseva E.S. Vydelenie ochagov generatsii uglevodorodov v kuonamskoi svite v severo-Tungusskoi NGO s ispol’zovaniem seismicheskikh dannykh [Identification of hydrocarbon generation sources in the Kuonamsky formation in the North Tunguska oil and gas region using seismic data]. In: Nedropol’zovanie. Gornoe delo. Napravleniya i tekhnologii poiska, razvedki i razrabotki mestorozhdenii poleznykh iskopaemykh. Ekonomika. Geoekologiya. Interekspo GEO-Sibir’ : mat-ly XIV Mezhdunarodnogo nauchnogo kongressa (Novosibirsk, 23–27 April 2018). Novosibirsk; 2018. pp. 47–55.
In Russ.
31. Kontorovich A.E., Kostyreva E.A. Cambrian naphthydes of Enisei subprovince. Geologiya nefti i gaza. 2011;(5):73–77. In Russ.
32. Divina T.A., Egorova L.I., Splikhov A.A., Staroseltsev V.S., Beloborodova G.V. New materials on pre-Cambrian and Cambrian stratigraphy of the north-west of the Tungussky Syneclise. Geologiya i geofizika. 1996;37(7):23–33. In Russ.
Section: Geochemical surveys