Merkulova A.N.
Graduated from the National Mineral Resources University (2013), specialization "applied geochemistry, petrology and mineralogy".Researcher at the St. Petersburg branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "All-Russian Research Geological Oil Institute".
Area of scientific interests: lithology, sedimentology, petrography, petroleum geology, natural reservoirs.
Regional petroleum geology
| Article # 21_2024 | submitted on 07/17/2024 displayed on website on 08/19/2024 |
| 19 p. | Merkulova A.N., Petrova Yu.E., Shimanskiy S.V. |
| Characteristics of petroleum systems of the Baltic oil-bearing region | |
| The information on the formation features of hydrocarbon systems of the Baltic oil-bearing region: Cambrian, Ordovician and Silurian are summarized and analysed. Based on the consideration of geochemical and filtration-capacity properties of rocks, the composition and distribution of dispersed organic matter in oil and gas source strata, as well as the results of 1D basin modelling, it was established that all three sections meet all critical conditions for the formation of hydrocarbon accumulations within the framework of the concept of petroleum systems. At the same time, the Cambrian and Ordovician petroleum systems contain accumulations of a conventional type, and in the Silurian, an unconventional reservoir dominates. The Silurian oil and gas source rocks are also characterized by the greatest enrichment in organic matter. Oil and gas source strata of all three petroleum systems in the eastern part of the Kaliningrad region did not enter the main phase of oil and gas generation, the transformation coefficient of the organic matter contained in them does not exceed 7%, therefore, traditional petroleum accumulations in this region could only be formed due to the migration of fluids from the western regions. Taking into account the features of the tectonic structure of the region and the nature of the distribution of petroleum systems in the section, it was determined that conventional oil accumulations in the reservoirs of all oil and gas structures were formed due to the flow of hydrocarbons from all three oil and gas source rocks. Keywords: oil and gas source rock, petroleum system, basin modelling, organic matter, transformation coefficient, Baltic oil-bearing region, Kaliningrad region. |
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| article citation | Merkulova A.N., Petrova Yu.E., Shimanskiy S.V. Kharakteristika uglevodorodnykh sistem Baltiyskoy samostoyatel'noy neftenosnoy oblasti [Characteristics of petroleum systems of the Baltic oil-bearing region]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2024, vol. 19, no. 3, available at: https://www.ngtp.ru/rub/2024/21_2024.html EDN: |
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