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Identification of Zones and Areal Extent of Weathered Crystalline Basement in the Archean-Lower Proterozoic Crust of the South Tatar Arch

N.B. Amelchenko1, R.Kh. Masagutov2, R.V. Akhmetzyanov1, K.S. Kurbangaleeva1

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DOI https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.19.3.18

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Based on the data of geophysical surveys and deep drilling the depth to the crystalline basement and its weathered upper layer at the eastern flank of the South Tartar Arch varies from 1650 to 2500 m. Against the ongoing depletion of hydrocarbon reserves in the Paleozoic reservoirs of the region the basement becomes a promising exploration target. However the study of its architecture, composition and areal extent is largely hindered by so far very limited coring in this interval. In previous research correlation of core data and wireline logs was used for petrophysical characterization and identification of zones in a vertical profile of the upper weathered layer of the basement in the deep parametric test wells 50 Novournyak and 2000 Tyimazy with most complete core recovery. These characterization criteria have been utilized for analysis of 750 deep wells drilled in Bashkortostan within the South Tatar Arch which is bounded in the south by the Serafimovsko-Baltaevskiy Graben. In 340 wells based on wireline and production logs the upper weathered layer of the basement revealed certain distinct features of vertical zonation. The analysis resulted in thickness maps for Zone B and combined thickness maps for Zones B + C where the weathered basement is characterized by two morphological types – linear-areal and linear-fractured. The findings support the initial assumption that the obtained petrophysical characteristics may be applied to identify the weathered crystalline basement in wells with no core.

basement, crystalline rocks, hypergenesis, weathered layer, zone, core, areal extent

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1BashNIPIneft LLC, Ufa, Russia
2Bashneft PJSC, Ufa, Russia

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Amelchenko N.B., Masagutov R.Kh., Akhmetzyanov R.V., Kurbangaleeva K.S. Identification of Zones and Areal Extent of Weathered Crystalline Basement in the Archean-Lower Proterozoic Crust of the South Tatar Arch. Georesursy = Georesources. 2017. V. 19. No. 3. Part 2. Pp. 264-271. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.19.3.18

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