Fomina V.V.
valery.fomina17@gmail.com
Graduated from the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University) (2022), Department of General and Oil and Gas Field Geology, Faculty of Geology and Geophysics of Oil and Gas.Researcher of the Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Area of scientific interests: geological interpretation of seismic data; geology and tectonics of the Caspian Depression; comprehensive geological and geophysical analysis of the structure of sedimentary basins; Permian salt‑bearing and Triassic deposits of the Caspian Depression; seismostratigraphy.
Author of 19 publications.
Regional petroleum geology
| Article # 21_2026 | submitted on 07/17/2026 displayed on website on 08/14/2026 |
| 33 p. | Bykadorov V.A., Antipov M.P., Kurina E.E., Tretyakov A.A., Fomina V.V. |
| Upper Paleozoic strata of the Kazakhstan paleocontinent and their petroleum potential | |
| This study examines the structural architecture of the Upper Paleozoic, demonstrating that late Paleozoic geodynamic processes drove orogeny, folding, magmatism, and extensive denudation, which likely resulted in the destruction of earlier hydrocarbon accumulations. Favorable conditions for the formation and preservation of gas accumulations are restricted to the central paleocontinent, specifically within the Teniz and Chu-Sarysu depressions. By analogy with the Zaisan depression, minor hydrocarbon accumulations are predicted in the Pavlodar Irtysh region, specifically within synclinal depocenters filled with Middle Carboniferous-Lower Permian coal-bearing strata and sealed by a Triassic-Jurassic sedimentary cover. Keywords: Famennian-Permian strata, geodynamic processes, Kazakhstan paleocontinent, hydrocarbon prospectivity. |
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| article citation | Bykadorov V.A., Antipov M.P., Kurina E.E., Tretyakov A.A., Fomina V.V. Upper Paleozoic strata of the Kazakhstan paleocontinent and their petroleum potential. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2026, vol. 21, no. 3, available at: https://www.ngtp.ru/rub/2026/21_2026.html EDN: SOQDKG |
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Akchulakov U.A., Bigarayev A.B. Features of the geological structure and oil and gas potential of the Teniz rift basin. Geologiya i okhrana nedr, 2014, no. 2, pp. 2-8. (In Russ.). EDN: YNHRZZ
Akchulakov U.A., Bigarayev A.B. Geological structure, state of study, and oil and gas potential prospects of the Pavlodar Irtysh region. Neft′ i gaz, 2015, no. 5, pp. 25-36. (In Russ.).
Akchulakov U.A., Bigarayev A.B., Kuanyshev M.A., Ozdoyev S.M., Paragulgov T.Kh., Fazylov E.M. Aral basin - features of the structure and oil and gas potential. Izvestiya NAN RK. Seriya geologii i tekhnicheskikh nauk, 2013, no. 5, pp. 48-56. (In Russ.).
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Antipov M.P., Bykadorov V.A., Volozh Yu.A., Kuandykov B.M. Structural features of pre-Jurassic strata of the South Turgay depression. Oil and gas basins of Kazakhstan and prospects for their development. Almaty: "CONG", 2015, pp. 375-384. (In Russ.).
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Atlas of oil and gas bearing and prospective sedimentary basins of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Ed. by U.A. Akchulakov, G.G. Zholtayev, B.M. Kuandykov, K.O. Iskaziyev, P.N. Kovrizhnykh, E.K. Ogay. Astana: JSC NC "KazMunayGas", 2014, 97 p. (In Russ.).
Bigarayev A.B. Features of the geological structure and oil and gas potential of the Syr Darya sedimentary basin. Oil and gas basins of Kazakhstan and prospects for their development. Almaty: "KONG", 2015, pp. 419-428. (In Russ.).
Bykadorov V.A., Antipov M.P., Fomina V.V. Comparative characteristics of the geological structure and oil and gas potential of the depressions of southeastern Kazakhstan and Dzungaria. Geologiya nefti i gaza, 2026, no. 1, pp. 33-47. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.47148/0016-7894-2026-1-33-47
Bykadorov V.A., Antipov M.P., Tkacheva A.A. Structure and oil and gas potential of the Famennian-Lower Carboniferous strata of the Southern Trans-Urals (Kostanay saddle). Geologiya nefti i gaza, 2024, no. 5, pp. 89-104. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.47148/0016-7894-2024-5-89-104
Bykadorov V.A., Sapozhnikov R.B., Antipov M.P. Paleozoic strata of the Syr Darya depression: structure, geodynamics, assessment of oil and gas potential. Geologiya nefti i gaza, 2016, no. 3, pp. 28-37. (In Russ.). EDN: WCFSLB
Bykadorov V.A., Volozh Yu.A., Antipov M.P. Salt-dome structures of the Chu-Sarysu depression (Central Kazakhstan). Litosfera, 2015, no. 4, pp. 14-23. (In Russ.). EDN: UNASIZ
Davydov N.G. Geological and geophysical modeling and oil and gas potential of the Syr Darya basin of Kazakhstan. Geologiya i okhrana nedr, 2004, no. 3, pp. 21-25.
Deep structure and mineral resources of Kazakhstan. Ed. by S.Zh. Daukeev, B.S. Uzhkenov, V.N. Lyubetsky, L.A. Miroshnichenko, E.S. Votsalevsky. Vol. 1. Deep structure and geodynamics. Almaty: NAS of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2002a, 216 p. (In Russ.).
Deep structure and mineral resources of Kazakhstan. Ed. S.Zh. Daukeev. Vol. 3. Oil and gas. Almaty: NAS of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2002b, 248 p. (In Russ.).
Ditmar V.I. Tectonics and oil and gas potential prospects of the Chu-Sarysu and adjacent depressions of Kazakhstan. Moscow: Nauka, 1966, 174 p. (In Russ.).
Geology of the USSR. Vol. XX. Useful Fossils. Book 1. Moscow: Nedra, 1989, 539 p. (In Russ.).
Ibragimov F.M., Bogatyrev O.S., Ignatyuk O.V. Hercynian magmatism of the Northwestern End of the Karatau ridge. Izvestiya AN Kazakhskoy SSR. Seriya geologicheskikh nauk, 1974, no. 3, pp. 81-86. (In Russ.).
Musagaliev M.Z., Bykadorov V.A., Fedorenko O.A. Assessment of oil and gas prospects of the Petropavlovsk region and Northern Torgay. Karotazhnik, 2005, no. 12-13, pp. 58-62. (In Russ.). EDN: KWMHNZ
Ozdoev B.S., Medisheva R.K., Seilkhanov T.M., Portnov V.S., Isaev V.I. On the oil and gas potential of the weathering crust of the basement of the Aryskum trough of the South Torgai basin. Neft′ i gaz, 2020, no. 1 (115), pp. 17-32. (In Russ.).
Stupakova A.V., Sokolov A.V., Soboleva E.V., Kiryukhina T.A., Kurasov I.A., Bordyuk E.V. Geological study and oil and gas potential of Paleozoic strata of Western Siberia. Georesursy, 2015, no. 2 (61), pp. 53-75. (In Russ.). EDN: UAPZAT
Uzhkenov B.S., Mazurov A.K., Bykadorov V.A., Smirnov A.V., Fedorenko O.A. Paleogeography and geodynamics of Kazakhstan and adjacent territories. Geosciences in Kazakhstan: reports of Kazakhstan geologists at MGK-32. Almaty: "KazGEO", 2004, pp. 39-54. (In Russ.). EDN: VHRBJT
Volozh Yu.A., Bykadorov V.A., Antipov M.P., Sapozhnikov R.B. Paleozoic sections of Turgai-Syrdarya and Ustyurt region - structural features (related to the petroleum potential of the cover’s deep layers). Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2016, vol. 11, no. 4, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/4/41_2016.pdf (In Russ.). DOI: 10.17353/2070-5379/41_2016
Zhu X., Shen C., Zhao B., Hu S., Ge X., Wang L. Multi-stage hydrocarbon migration and accumulation of Permian petroleum system in the Zaysan Basin, NE Kazakhstan. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2022, vol. 208, part A. DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109291
Zorin A.E., Zhemchuzhnikov V.G., Elnikov D.N., Buvtyshkin V.M. First discovery of hydrocarbons in the Greater Karatau mountains in the Turkestan region. Geologiya i okhrana nedr, 2020, no. 1, pp. 4-10. (In Russ.). EDN: CSBVQA