Petroleum Potential of Paleozoic and Mesozoic Strata of Barents – North Kara Region Based on The Arctic Island Outcrops’ Studies

Fieldtrips, outcrops’ studies and further rock sample analyses are the cheapest and more effective way to get additional geological information about stratigraphy, lithology, petroleum potential and tectonic features of rocks of the Arctic region. In a period of 2013-2015 VSEGEI provides three fieldtrips for Rosneft Oil Company on Severnaya Zemlya, Novaya Zemlya and Franz Joseph Land islands. The same geological structure and age model of the onshore and offshore areas allow us to forecast lithological model, source rocks and reservoirs units and their distribution within the Arctic shelf area. So based on analytical data of rock samples main petroleum systems’ elements (source rocks, reservoirs, seals, possible migration pathways) and their geochemical and petrophysical characteristics were identified for North Kara and North Barents provinces