Bezruchko K.А, Pymonenko L.I., Karhapolov A.A., Baranovskyi V.H. The hypothesis about the origin of non-conventional deposits of hydrocarbons on the basis of the tectonic mobility concept of tectonics

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Parent Category: Geo-Technical Mechanics, 2023

Category: Geo-Technical Mechanics, 2023, Issue 166

Geoteh. meh. 2023, 166, 62-74

https://doi.org/10.15407/geotm2023.166.062 

 

THE HYPOTHESIS ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF NON-CONVENTIONAL DEPOSITS OF HYDROCARBONS ON THE BASIS OF THE TECTONIC MOBILITYCONCEPT OF TECTONICS

Bezruchko K.А, Pymonenko L.I., Karhapolov A.A., Baranovskyi V.H.

M.S. Poliakov Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

UDC 553.98.001.5:551.24.01/.02

Language: English

Abstract. Given the significant depletion of classical oil and gas fields, which include most hydrocarbon resources of Ukraine, the search for additional alternative energy deposits is relevant. In connection with the development and improvement of technologies for drilling wells to great depths, one of the promising potential sources of oil and gas in Ukraine, within the Dnipro-Donetsk Structure (DDS), can be crystalline basement rocks, volcanic-sedimentary strata of the Devonian and Lower Carboniferous. The purpose of the study is to assess the prospects for the search and exploration potential sources of unconventional hydrocarbons in the Donbas and DDS from the standpoint of the tectonic mobility concept of tectonics. It is supposed that the periodic replacement of the African plate under the East-European Platform (Phanerozoe), contributed to the formation of various by the degree disturbances and composition of the lithosphere areas under DDS, lifting, and multiple fluctuations of fluids (H₂O, CO₂, CH₄, etc.), which migrated in a free or water-dissolved state along raptures and cracks in the Palaeozoic volcanogenic rocks and the basement layers to the overlying sediments and accumulated in reservoirs, in the presence of fluid seal. Within DDS, zones adjacent (adjoining) to deep faults (or decompacted areas) could be the paths of migration of deep fluids, can be considered the most promising areas of hydrocarbon accumulations. In order to solve the problem of searching for nonconventional hydrocarbons in Ukraine, it is advisable to carry out preliminary scientific-research projects to evaluate the prospects in the detection of industrial accumulations in DDS. At the first stage, projects should be aimed at selecting promising areas that may contain natural reservoirs with improved filtration-capacitive properties under impermeable cap rock that are capable of preventing the upward stream of deep gases. In particular, powerful deposits of the Devonian salt can be such cap rocks. At the next stage, it is expedient to carry out geophysical works to confirm the presence of potential reservoirs at large depths. In the case of positive results, the final stage should include the drilling of deep exploration wells in the decompression zone.
Keywords: hydrocarbons, nonconventional fields, Dniprovsko-Donetsk Structure, mobilist tectonic concept, crystalline rocks, volcanic-sedimentary rocks.

 

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About the authors:

Bezruchko Kostiantyn Andriovych, Doctor of Geology Sciences (D.Sc.), Senior Researcher, Head of Department of Geology of Coal Beds at Great Depths, M.S. Poliakov Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IGTM of the NAS of Ukraine), Dnipro, Ukraine, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Pymonenko Liudmyla Ivanivna, Doctor of Geology Science (D.Sc.), Senior Researcher, Principal Researcher in the Department of Geology of Coal Beds at Great Depths, M.S. Poliakov Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IGTM of the NAS of Ukraine), Dnipro, Ukraine, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Karhapolov Andrii Anatoliiovych, Candidate of Techical Sciences (Ph.D.), Researcher in the Department of Geology of Coal Beds at Great Depths, M.S. Poliakov Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IGTM of the NAS of Ukraine), Dnipro, Ukraine, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Baranovskyi Volodymyr Hnatovich, Engineer, Junior Researcher in the Department of Geology of Coal Beds at Great Depths, M.S. Poliakov Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IGTM of the NAS of Ukraine), Dnipro, Ukraine, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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