Prospects of oil and gas potential of the Pripyat trough carbonate complex

Abstract

Oil-geological work in the Pripyat oil and gas basin has been going on for over 70 years; to date, more then 80 oil and gas fields have been discovered there, but due to the ever-growing need for energy consumption, work on the identification of new resources is constantly continuing. Geochemical studies of oil deposits, as well as 3D modeling of the processes of generation, emigration and accumulation of hydrocarbons, taking into account all risk factors, made it possible to identify promising objects for oil and gas exploration in the subsalt and intersalt carbonate complexes. The calculated scales of generation, emigration and accumulation of hydrocarbons, carried out as a result of geochemical and basin modeling, turned out to be comparable and showed that the oil and gas source potential of the Devonian sediments of the Pripyat trough was realized by no more than one third.