Features of the geological structure and oil and gas content of the shelves of the Far Eastern Seas

Russian shelf is one of the most important areas for hydrocarbon forecast and mineral resources development. The main features of the geological structure of the shelves of the Far Eastern seas are discussed in the paper. The most promising basins on the Okhotsk shelf are located around Sakhalin isl...

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Published in:Georesursy
Main Authors: Antonina V. Stoupakova, Anna A. Suslova, Andrey A. Knipper, Evgeniya E. Karnyushina, Oleg V. Krylov, Egor S. Shelkov, Sergey B. Korotkov, Sergey M. Karnaukhov, Olga N. Osipova
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Published: Georesursy Ltd. 2021
Subjects:
far eastern region
sea of okhotsk
bering sea
japan sea
sakhalin
kamchatka
hydrocarbon zoning
tectonic structure
oil and gas potential
Geology
QE1-996.5
Bering Sea
Okhotsk
Kamchatka
Sakhalin
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.2021.2.2
https://doaj.org/article/bd3573f16e324f92bb67423bc6d90474
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Summary:Russian shelf is one of the most important areas for hydrocarbon forecast and mineral resources development. The main features of the geological structure of the shelves of the Far Eastern seas are discussed in the paper. The most promising basins on the Okhotsk shelf are located around Sakhalin island where the majority of the hydrocarbon fields have been discovered. The Bering and the Japan shelf has not been sufficiently studied by now but nevertheless has high oil and gas potential. The main focus is made on the geological and geophysical data, licensing, lithological and stratigraphic structure, seismic interpretation, oil and gas fields distribution. The structural-tectonic zoning of the entire Far Eastern region has been done in order to identify zones of deep troughs with thick sedimentary cover to predict the sources of hydrocarbon generation.

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