Petroleum potential and development
Article # 42_2021 submitted on 10/01/2021 displayed on website on 12/27/2021
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pdf International research project "GIS - geological atlas of the Caspian region": results and prospects for petroleum exploration
The current state of the oil and gas geological research of the international Caspian project is summarized. The current results and prospects of oil and gas exploration in the petroleum provinces and basins of the Caspian-Aral-Amu Darya region are evaluated.

Keywords: oil and gas province, oil and gas exploration prospects, international Caspian research project, Caspian-Aral-Amu Darya region.
article citation Melikhov V.N., Larichev A.I., Zolotov A.P. Mezhdunarodnyy nauchno-issledovatel'skiy proekt «GIS-atlas kart geologicheskogo soderzhaniya Kaspiyskogo regiona»: rezul'taty i perspektivy razvedki na neft' i gaz [International research project "GIS - geological atlas of the Caspian region": results and prospects for petroleum exploration]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2021, vol. 16, no. 4, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/2021/42_2021.html
DOI https://doi.org/10.17353/2070-5379/42_2021
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