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Russian Geology and Geophysics

2011 year, number 9

THE LITHOLOGY AND ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE VENDIAN DEPOSITS IN THE CIS-YENISEI SUBPROVINCE ( from the results of the well Vostok-3)

A.E. Kontorovich, E.A. Kostyreva, S.V. Saraev, V.N. Melenevskii, and A.N. Fomin
A.A. Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Koptyuga 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Keywords: Petroleum potential, organic matter, catagenesis, bitumens, biomarker hydrocarbons, Vendian.
Pages: 955-962

Abstract

We have studied for the first time the organic geochemistry of the Vendian thick section stripped by the parametric well Vostok-3 in the depth range 5002-3870 m in southeastern West Siberia. The results point to the aquagene-plankton-derived and bacterial nature of the buried organic matter (OM). At some depth levels, the deposits are enriched in OM (up to 0.7-9.6%). The study of kerogens has shown that the OM is transformed to the apocatagenesis stage. The composition of biomarker hydrocarbons in bitumens has been studied, and the geochemical criteria for the petroleum presence prediction are considered.