Oil potential of Domanic productive formations in territory of Leninogorskneft activities

Authors: R.S. Khisamov (Tatneft PJSC, RF, Almetyevsk), V.G. Bazarevskaya, A.F. Yartiev Ph.D., T.I. Tarasova, O.G. Gibadullina, O.V. Mikhailova (TatNIPIneft, RF, Bugulma)

Key words: shale oil, oil-source rock, domanikites, domanikoids, tight reservoirs, organic matter.

Review of US shale plays has demonstrated that the Republic of Tatarstan possesses similar resources in the Sargaevskian-Tournaisian domanic deposits. The paper presents detailed description of the depositional environment, lithological composition, and state of exploration of such deposits, as well as petroleum resource potential of oil-generating strata within rock matrix.