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Oil and Gas Potential of Deep- and Ultradeep-Water Zones of Continental Margins

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Oil- and gas-bearing basins of the World Ocean spreading to the continental shelf and foothill are considered. Large hydrocarbon resources, including oil pools have been discovered in the deep-water basins. The basins are confined to passive continental margins and characterized by the common mechanism of formation. Oil and gas (hereafter, petroleum) generation and accumulation are dictated by the optimum specifics of source and reservoir rocks accumulated under favorable conditions of rifts and deep-sea fans. Halokinesis played an important role in the formation of traps and migration of hydrocarbons. The global experience shows that the northern, eastern, and southern shelves of the Russian seas, as well as their continental slopes and foothills, have a big petroleum potential.

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    V. E. Khain & I. D. Polyakova

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Khain, V.E., Polyakova, I.D. Oil and Gas Potential of Deep- and Ultradeep-Water Zones of Continental Margins. Lithology and Mineral Resources 39, 530–540 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:LIMI.0000046956.08736.e4

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