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Russian Geology and Geophysics

2014 year, number 5-6

THE EFFECT OF MESO–CENOZOIC TECTONIC PROCESSES ON THE FORMATION OF UPPER JURASSIC AND CRETACEOUS HYDROCARBON POOLS IN THE NORTH OF THE ALEKSANDROV ARCH (West Siberia)

V.A. Kontorovich1,2, A.Yu. Kalinin1, L.M. Kalinina1,2, M.V. Solov’ev1
1A.A. Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Koptyuga 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
2Novosibirsk State University, ul. Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Keywords: Upper Jurassic, Cretaceous, seismogeologic megacomplex, fault, structure, hydrocarbons, reservoir, tectonics

Abstract

The effect of tectonic processes on the petroleum potential of the Upper Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments is estimated by the example of the deposits in the north of the Aleksandrov arch. The formation history of the structures bearing Upper Jurassic and Cretaceous hydrocarbon (HC) pools is discussed. The results obtained lead to the conclusion that anticlinal traps complicated by faults cutting the Meso-Cenozoic sedimentary cover are the most promising for the formation of large HC pools in Cretaceous sand reservoirs. These traps serve as channels for HC migration from the oil-producing rocks of the Bazhenovo Formation into the overlying reservoirs. In the Upper Jurassic sediments, anticlinal traps free from Cenozoic faults are the most promising for HC accumulation. These conclusions are confirmed by a number of examples.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rgg.2014.05.010