Study of the middle Caspian Neogene fluvial system prospects based on seismic survey and lithofacies analysis

UDK: УДК 553.98

Key words: water area of the Middle Caspian, seismic-facies analysis, lithofacies analysis, channel, paleochannel of the Volga

Authors: P.F. Popova, V.A. Tsygankova (VolgogradNIPImorneft Branch of LUKOIL-Engineering LLC in Volgograd, RF, Volgograd), S.V. Deliya (LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft LLC, Astrakhan)

Comprehensive studies of the Neogene thickness prospects for hydrocarbon search have been presented basing on the results of seismic and lithofacies analysis with regard to new wells drilling in the water area of the Middle Caspian. Such approach allowed identifying and specifying the geometry of the Neogene fluvial system with its main water artery – the Paleo-Volga, as well as studying the genesis of the deposits making the paleochannel and the conditions of sedimentation in the Miocene-Pliocene in the central part of the Middle Caspian.
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