The Cabinet of Ministers Expanded the List of Hard-to-Recover Reserves
Oil deposits of the Kuma-Kerestin formation in the North Caucasus and Paleozoic deposits of Western Siberia were brought there
The Russian government has included oil deposits of the Kuma-Kerestin formation in the North Caucasus and Paleozoic deposits of Western Siberia in the list of hard-to-recover reserves, the ministry reported. The corresponding decree was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on December 2.
Now subsoil users will have the opportunity to take subsoil plots on these deposits to develop technologies for geological study, exploration and production of unconventionals. Hard-to-recover reserves also include oil from hydrocarbon deposits from the Bazhenov, Abalak, Khadum and Domanik productive deposits, super-viscous oil, as well as low-permeability Achimov oil deposits.
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, the state balance contains 7.9 million tons of recoverable oil reserves in the sediments of the Kuma-Kerestin formation. According to expert estimates, the geological resources of category D1 oil here are about 6.5 billion tons.
In Paleozoic deposits in Western Siberia, 105 oil and gas-oil deposits and 7 gas deposits were discovered in 53 fields. The total recoverable oil reserves of the Paleozoic deposits of the region are 77 million tons, and the geological resources of category D0 are 438.5 million tons of oil.
