Email this article FORECAST OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATIONS BY SIZE. STATUS AND ISSUES
- Authors: Burshteyn L.1, Livshits V.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics
- Novosibirsk State University
- Issue: Vol 25, No 2 (2025)
- Pages: ES2003
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1681-1208/article/view/337448
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.2205/2025ES000962
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/ouyfaz
- ID: 337448
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Abstract
The most important element of the structure of hydrocarbon resources is their distribution by accumulations of different sizes. The formalism of this direction is developed in detail. Estimates of the resource structure of the largest oil and gas provinces of Russia are carried out. However, the lack of a substantiated theoretical model for the formation of the distribution of accumulations by size gives rise to a number of problems, including practical ones. This concerns the forecast of the number of small accumulations and hydrocarbon resources concentrated in them in well-studied oil and gas systems, the forecast of distribution for poorly studied systems, and the identification of the relationship between distribution parameters and the geological characteristics of the oil and gas system. The explanation of some empirically established regularities, in particular, the stable nature of the value of the λ ~ 2 distribution parameter, is of independent theoretical interest. The paper presents the current state of this complex of problems and some possible directions for their solution.
About the authors
L. Burshteyn
Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics
Email: levi@ipgg.sbras.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9865-5288
corresponding member Russian Academy of Sciences 2022, doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences 2012
V. Livshits
Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics; Novosibirsk State University
Email: livshicvr@ipgg.sbras.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0006-6577-9790
docent 2008, doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences 2009
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