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About “Paleozoic roots” of the oils of the Eastern Ciscaucasia

N.Sh. Yandarbiev, R.F. Sachsenhofer, A.N. Stepanov, D.N. Yandarbieva

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DOI https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.2022.2.17

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The paper considers geochemical data on the biomarker composition of oils from the fields of the Terek-Caspian oil and gas basin. Samples of oils from the fields of the main oil and gas bearing regions of the Eastern Ciscaucasia – Terek-Sunzha zone, Prikumsky swell, Piedmont Dagestan and the Middle Caspian Sea were studied. To determine the “geochemical” age of oils, the ratios of regular steranes in saturated oil fractions were analyzed. It was found that the value of the biomarker parameter St28/St29, which determines the geological age of the original organic matter for oils, varies widely – 0.36–1.47. The most “ancient” age (Devonian-Carboniferous) was determined for the oils of the Prikumsky swell and the water area of the Middle Caspian; in the Terek-Sunzha zone and Piedmont Dagestan, an increase in the proportion of St28 sterane is recorded in oils, which indicates a younger generation age (up to the Paleogene). The data obtained can be used to clarify the history of the formation of hydrocarbon accumulations in this region.
 
Terek-Caspian oil and gas basin, Terek-Sunzha zone, Piedmont Dagestan, Prikumsky swell, middle Caspian, geochemistry, oil fields, biomarkers, oil age, steranes
 
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Nurdin Sh. Yandarbiev – PhD (Geology and Mineralogy), Associate Professor, Petroleum Geology Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University
60/2, Leninsky ave., Moscow, 119234, Russian Federation
 
Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer – Professor, Head of Petroleum Geology, Montanuniversitaet Leoben
5, Peter-Tunner st., Leoben, 8700, Austria
 
Andrey N. Stepanov – PhD (Geology and Mineralogy), Chairman of the Board, Gubkin Scientific and Technical Society of Oil and Gas Workers in Volgograd
of. 220, 6, Kanunnikov st., Volgograd, 400001, Russian Federation
 
Diana N. Yandarbieva – Graduate student, Petroleum Geology Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
60/2, Leninsky ave., Moscow, 119234, Russian Federation
 

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Yandarbiev N.Sh., Sachsenhofer R.F., Stepanov A.N., Yandarbieva D.N. (2022). About «Paleozoic roots» of the oils of the Eastern Ciscaucasia. Georesursy = Georesources, 24(2), pp. 186–191. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.2022.2.17

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