Home – Home – Jornals – Russian Geology and Geophysics 2002 number 7

Under consideration are empirical aspects of the mode of hydrocarbon gases in the Caspian Sea. This paper reports concentrations of gas hydrocarbons in the sea water and bottom sediments of the Caspian Sea and describes patterns of their distribution in the water and sedimentary bodies of the region under study. The revealed regularities served as a base for development of methodology, equipment, and approaches to interpretation of data on gas geochemistry in searching for oil and gas in water areas. In addition to solving the problems of search for petroleum, the experimental study provided a possibility to use the results obtained during gas surveys to solve engineering, ecological, and other problems of national economy. The use of gas survey in industry has been outlined in detail.