ISSN : 0970 - 020X, ONLINE ISSN : 2231-5039
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Abstract

Environment for the Formation of Shale oil and Gas Accumulations in Low-Permeability Sequences of the Maikop Series, Fore-Caucasus.

V.Yu. Kerimov1, R. N. Mustaev1, N. Sh. Yandarbiev2 and E. M. Movsumzade3

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/330237


Abstract:

The article is devoted to a study of the generative potential of the Maikop series in the Fore-Caucasus. The series is among the promising for the discovery of «shale» hydrocarbons in the Russian territory. For its evaluation have been conducted laboratory studies including chemico-bituminological, pyrolitic and coal petrography analyses of the organic matter. The article analyzes the issues of zoning the Khadum and Batalpashin Formations in the Central and Eastern Fore-Caucasus by geochemical criteria. Conclusions are made that a significant part of the Khadum and Batalpashin sediments in the study region is both at the approach to and within the «oil window». For the first time for this region was conducted a quantitative evaluation of the generative hydrocarbon potential of the Khadum and Batalpashin sediments.

Keywords:

Khadum Formation; Fore-Caucasus; geochemical studies; shale hydrocarbons; generative potential

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