Chapter 18 Geology and petroleum potential of the Timan–Pechora Basin Province, Russia

Abstract

The Timan–Pechora Basin Province represents the northeastern-most cratonic block of Eastern European Russia. More than 16 billion barrels of oil (BBO) and 40 trillion cubic feet of gas (TCFG) have been discovered in this basin. Three geological assessment units (AU) were defined for assessing the potential for undiscovered oil and gas resources. The NW Izhma Depression AU encompasses all potential structures and reservoirs in the northwestern part of the Izhma–Pechora Depression, but this part of the basin contains little source and reservoir rocks and so was not assessed quantitatively. The Main Basin Platform AU includes all structures and reservoirs that developed in the central part of the basin where the tectonic evolution and development of petroleum systems were complex. The Foredeep Basins AU includes all potential reservoirs within the thick sedimentary section of the foredeep basins developed during the Permo-Triassic Uralian Orogeny. For the Timan–Pechora Basin Province, the estimated means of undiscovered resources are 3.3 BBO, 17 TCFG and 0.3 billion barrels of natural gas liquids (BBNGL). For the areas of the AUs north of the Arctic Circle in the Timan–Pechora Basin Province, the estimated means of undiscovered resources are 1.7 BBO, 9.0 TCFG and 0.2 BBNGL. The Pechora Sea was assessed with the South Barents Sea Province and is not included in this assessment.Supplementary material:Supplementary Appendices 1–3 are available at http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/SUP18474.

Fold belts and sedimentary basins of the Eurasian Arctic

“…These basins are much better studied due to an easier access and longer exploration history. Significant geological and geophysical data are presented by Johansen et al [60], Shipilov and Tarasov [146], Fossum et al [32], Belonin et al [5], Henriksen et al [52], Prishchepa [126], Prishchepa et al [127], Schenk [141], and Stoupakova et al [155].…”

Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of the Volga-Ural Basin and Timan-Pechora Basin Provinces of Russia, 2020

“…The USGS defined a Paleozoic Composite Total Petroleum System (TPS) encompassing the areas of the Volga-Ural Basin Province and the Timan-Pechora Basin Province. The Paleozoic Composite TPS was defined because several potential petroleum source rocks have been identified in the Paleozoic section, including organic-rich marine shales of the Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian (Klimenko and others, 2011;Schenk, 2011). The major source rock in both basins is organic-rich shale of the Devonian Domanik Formation.…”

Chapter 8 US Geological Survey Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal (CARA): introduction and summary of organization and methods

“…In his second paper in the volume, Moore et al (2011b) carries his analysis beyond the Lomonosov Ridge to the Siberian side of the Arctic basin. Schenk (2011b) presents his approach to assessment in a relatively well-explored part of the Russian Arctic. in their discussion of the East Barents Basins, Novaya Zemlya and the Admiralty Arch, illustrate the great contrasts of the Russian basins.…”