“…To the north-west of the Yaregskaya area at the Vodniy Promysel field, the drilling of wells from the Upper Riphean shales yielded commercial flows of dry gas (10,000-15,000 m 3 /day) containing 95.80% methane. Abroad, Precambrian accumulations and intensive HC manifestations were recorded in Australia (McArthur [30,31] and Amadeus [32] Basins), China (North China [33,34], Sichuan [35][36][37] and Tirim [38] Basins), Oman (Persian Gulf Basin [39]), India (Bikaner-Nagaur Basin [40]), as well as on the African continent (Taoudeni and Voltaian Basins [41]).…”