Megareservoirs of hydrocarbons are accumulation of giant by oil and gas deposits

Abstract

The priority direction for the development of the oil and gas complex of Russia is the search for and development of giant oil and gas fields in terms of reserves, confined to natural megareservoirs of sedimentary strata. The article considers: conventional megareservoirs of oil and gas bearing basins (OGB), in which giant and unique oil and gas deposits are accumulated (on the example of the Pokur suite of Western Siberia); megareservoirs associated with commercial vanadium-bearing heavy oils and natural bitumen in unconventional reservoirs: bituminous sands in the province of Alberta (Western Canadian OGB), Permian natural bitumen in the Volga-Ural (Republic of Tatarstan) OGB, Cambrian bitumen in Eastern Siberia; megareservoirs of unconventional low-pore shale reservoirs. These accumulations of hydrocarbons (HC) can be considered megareservoirs: due to their vast areas and high saturation with kerogen. It is shown that accumulations of hydrocarbons in megareservoirs of shale formations, high-viscosity oils and natural bitumens accumulate ore concentrations of industrially valuable metals; an integrated approach to field development is economically in demand in the present conditions. Keywords: megareservoirs; collector; gigantic accumulations; oil and gas bearing basins; trace elements; natural bitumen; shale formations.