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This report was prepared as part of the World Energy Project of the U.S. Geological Survey. In the project, the world was divided into eight regions and 937 geologic provinces. The provinces have been ranked according to the discovered oil and gas volumes within each (Klett and others, 1997). Then, 76 "priority" provinces (exclusive of the U.S. and chosen for their high ranking) and 26 "boutique" provinces (exclusive of the U.S. and chosen for their anticipated petroleum richness or special regional economic importance) were selected for appraisal of oil and gas resources. The petroleum geology of these priority and boutique provinces is described in this series of reports. The Timan-Pechora Basin Province ranks 22 nd in the world, exclusive of the U.S. Oil and gas reserves quoted in this report are derived from the Petroleum Exploration and Production database (Petroconsultants, 1996) and other reports from Petroconsultants, Inc., unless otherwise noted. Figure(s) in this report that show boundaries of the total petroleum system(s), assessment units, and pods of active source rocks were compiled using geographic information system (GIS) software. Political boundaries and cartographic representations were taken, with permission, from Environmental Systems Research Institute's ArcWorld 1:3 million digital coverage (1992), have no political significance, and are displayed for general reference only. Oil and gas field centerpoints, shown on this(these) figure(s), are reproduced, with permission, from Petroconsultants, 1996.

FOREWORDThis report is a product of the World Energy Project of the U.S. Geological Survey, in which the world has been divided into 8 regions and 937 geologic provinces for purposes of assessment of global oil and gas resources (Klett and others, 1997). These provinces have been ranked according to the discovered petroleum volumes within each; highranking provinces (76 "priority" provinces exclusive of the U.S.) and others with varying types and degrees of intrigue (26 "boutique" provinces exclusive of the U.S.) were chosen for appraisal of oil and gas resources. The petroleum geology of these non-U.S. priority and boutique provinces are described in this series of reports. A detailed report containing the assessment results for all provinces will be available separately.The Total Petroleum System concept is the basis for this assessment. A total petroleum system includes the essential elements and processes, as well as all genetically related hydrocarbons that occur in petroleum shows, seeps and accumulations (discovered and undiscovered), whose provenance is a pod or related pods of mature source rock (concept modified from Magoon and Dow, 1994). The minimum petroleum system is that portion of the total petroleum system for which the presence of essential elements and processes has been proved. The assessment unit is a mappable volume of rock within the total petroleum system, sufficiently homogeneous in terms of geology, exploration strategy and risk characteristics to constitute a single population with respect to criteria used for the chosen methodology of resource assessment. Assessment units are considered established if they contain more than 13 fields, frontier if they contain 1-13 fields and hypothetical if they contain no fields.A unique, eight-digit numeric code identifies each assessment unit with respect to region, province, and petroleum system. The first digit is the region number, the next three digits the province number, the next two digits the total petroleum system number, and the final two digits the assessment unit number. The codes for the regions and provinces were established, listed and mapped in

The Jurassic/Triassic Age Nugget sandstone of the southwestern Wyoming overthrust belt is a texturally heterogeneous reservoir with anisotropic properties that have been inherited primarily from the depositional environment but also have been modified by diagenesis and overprinted by tectonism.Predominantly eolian processes deposited crossbedded, low-angle to horizontally bedded and rippled, veryfine-to coarse-grained sand in dunes, interdune areas, and associated environments. Original reservoir quality has been somewhat modified by compaction, cementation, dissolution, clay mineralization, and the precipitation or emplacement of hydrocarbon asphaltenes or residues. Low-permeability gouge-and carbonate-filled fractures potentially restrict hydrocarbon distribution and negatively affect producibility, whereas discontinuous open fractures enhance permeability in some intervals. Contrast in air permeability between dune and interdune deposits ranges over four to five orders of magnitude. Dune and interdune intervals are correlatable locally with the aid of core log, conventional log, and stratigraphic dipmeter data. Stratigraphic correlations then can be utilized to model the lateral and vertical extent of directional properties in the reservoir.

This report was prepared as part of the World Energy Project of the U.S. Geological Survey. For this project, the world was divided into eight regions and 937 geologic provinces, which were then ranked according to the discovered oil and gas volumes within each (Klett and others, 1997). Next, 76 "priority" provinces (exclusive of the U.S. and chosen for their high ranking) and numerous "boutique" provinces (exclusive of the U.S. and chosen for their anticipated petroleum richness or special regional economic importance) were selected for appraisal of oil and gas resources. The petroleum geology of these priority and boutique provinces is described in this series of reports. The North Sakalin Basin Province ranked 50th in the world, exclusive of the U.S.