Chapter 29 The potential for hydrocarbon resource development on the Russian Arctic Ocean Shelf

Abstract

The dramatic rise in the world oil and gas demand has led to concerns about the energy future for mankind. In the twenty-first century the sedimentary basins of the Arctic Ocean will play a leading role as petroleum provinces, including its Russian shelf areas. This article deals with the characteristics and assessment of resources in the Russian sector of the Arctic Ocean offshore areas. One can predict with 0.90 probability that the Arctic Ocean initial in-place hydrocarbon resources exceed 90 billion tons oil equivalent (toe). The assessments lead to the conclusion that during these years a petroleum production industry will develop on the Arctic Ocean Shelf.

Comparative analysis of the East Barents and Sverdrup sedimentary basins

“…Если кратко коснуться проблемы стратиграфического распределения месторождений углеводородов, то в Свердрупском бассейне [27] основные месторождения связаны с нижней юрой и верхней юрой -нижним мелом, а в Восточно-Баренцевском бассейне главные месторождения находятся в верхнепермском-триасовом рифтовом комплексе и в нижнесреднеюрском синеклизовом комплексе [31]. При этом, как хорошо известно, запасы углеводородов в Свердрупском нефтегазоносном бассейне намного ниже, чем в Восточно-Баренцевском бассейне.…”

Ways of developing oil and gas resources in the Russian sector of the Arctic

“…These studies allowed the scientists of RAS aca demic establishments (IPGG, RAS Oil and Gas Research Institute (OGRI), and the Institute of Oil and Gas Problems, RAS Siberian Branch), Moscow State University, industrial research institutes and exploration organizations subordinate to the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources (VNIIOkeangeologiya, All Russia Petroleum Research Exploration Institute (VNIGRI), and others), OAO Gazprom, OAO Gaz promneft, OAO Rosneft, and OAO Novatek to build state of the art models of the geological structure of sedimentary basins on the entire territory and in water basins of the Russian Arctic, and to implement and update, as new information comes in, the quantitative evaluation of prospects for oil and gas content [16][17][18][19][20][21].…”