Otmas A.A.





Graduated from Leningrad Mining Institute (1976).
PhD in geology and mineralogy.
Head of Department forecast petroleum bearing areas and waters north of the European part of Russia of VNIGRI.
Key fields of scientific research: petroleum geology, local structures.
Author of 120 publications.
Petroleum potential and development
Section editor – PhD in geology and mineralogy Zharkov A.M.
Article # 29_2018 submitted on 08/01/2018 displayed on website on 09/23/2018
12 p.
pdf Southern-eastern part of Kaliningrad region - new openings and oil prospect perspectives
For a long time (until the mid-1980s), the territory of the eastern part of the Kaliningrad region was not considered among the promising directions for increasing the region's raw resource quantity. It was believed that the geological prerequisites of this region (low thickness of the sedimentary cover, remoteness from the axial most submerged part of the Kursh Depression with the optimum depth of burial of source rocks and other factors) do not contribute enough to the formation of oil accumulations. However, the subsequent discoveries of a number of oil fields made it possible to reconsider the views on the prospects of this area of the Russian Baltic Syneclise. The results of geological exploration work of recent years are considered. The example of the Ryazan accumulation (Kursh Depression Baltic Syneclise) gives a geological description of typical objects of oil prospecting, promising local uplifts and future research directions.

Keywords: geological prospecting, oil accumulation, oil-bearing prospects, Baltic syneclise.
article citation Otmas A.A. (Senior), Pakhunov A.M., Romanov V.V., Grigor'ev G.A. Yugo-vostochnaya chast' Kaliningradskogo regiona – novye otkrytiya i perspektivy neftepoiskovykh rabot [Southern-eastern part of Kaliningrad region - new openings and oil prospect perspectives]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2018, vol. 13, no. 3, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/6/29_2018.pdf
DOI https://doi.org/10.17353/2070-5379/29_2018
References
  Desyatkov V.M., Otmas A.A., Siryk S.I. Neftegazonosnost' Kaliningradskogo regiona [Petroleum potential of the Kaliningrad region]. Geologiya, geofizika i razrabotka neftyanykh i gazovykh mestorozhdeniy, 2006, no. 8, p. 24-29.
   Geologiya i neftegazonosnost' zapada Vostochno-Evropeyskoy platformy: K 70-letiyu Belorusskogo nauchno-issledovatel'skogo geologo-razvedochnogo instituta [Geology and petroleum potential of the west of the East European Platform]. Editor A.M. Sinichka. Minsk: Bel. navuka, 1997, 692 p.
   Makarevich V.N., Otmas A.A., Meshcherskiy A.A. Perspektivy poiskov zalezhey nefti na vostoke Kaliningradskoy oblasti [Prospects for oil accumulation search in the eastern of the Kaliningrad region]. Tezisy dokladov 2 Mezhdunarodnoy konferentsii. St. Petersburg: VNIGRI, 2000, p.65-66.
   Otmas A.A. K voprosu o dostovernosti otsenok i geologicheskikh riskakh pri provedenii geologorazvedochnykh rabot (na primere Kaliningradskoy oblasti) [On the issue of the reliability of estimates and geological risks during geological exploration (for example, the Kaliningrad region)]. Geologiya, geofizika i razrabotka neftyanykh i gazovykh mestorozhdeniy, 2006, no. 8, p. 35-41.
   Otmas Al.A., Zytner Yu.I., Otmas An.A., Chibisova V.S. Pereotsenka nachal'nykh summarnykh resursov UVS Kaliningradskoy oblasti - osnova vybora perspektivnykh napravleniy GRR na blizhne-srednesrochnuyu perspektivu [Revaluation of total initial reserves of Kaliningrad region - the basis of selecting promising areas of exploration in the short-medium term]. Sbornik materialov nauchno-prakticheskoy konferentsii. St. Petersburg: VNIGRI, 2012, p. 65-72.
Offshore hydrocarbon deposits
Section editor – PhD in geology and mineralogy Suprunenko О.I.
Article # 47_2017 submitted on 09/12/2017 displayed on website on 12/27/2017
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pdf  Prospects of oil and gas in the Kursh Gulf (Kaliningrad Region)
Recently, due to an objective reduction in the fund of oil-prospecting facilities on the onshore of the Kaliningrad Region, more and more attention has been paid to the study of the Baltic Sea, including the sea bays. The state is also helping to build up the oil potential of the Russian part of the Kaliningrad Region and to attract additional investors to it, initiating geological exploration in difficult-to-reach but certainly attractive regions of the Baltic oil-bearing region. One of these areas was the Kursh Gulf, whose prospects are confirmed by the opening of a number of oil fields in adjacent areas of land and sea, both in Russia and in neighboring Lithuania. The results of seismic survey conducted in 2016-2017 are presented in the Kursh Gulf, and the quantification of localized resources in the investigated part of the offshore area, areas for further licensing are offered.

Keywords: oil and gas potential, geological exploration, Baltic petroleum area, Kursh Gulf, Kaliningrad Region.
article citation Otmas A.A. (Senior), Druzhinina E.A., Otmas A.A. Perspektivy neftegazonosnosti Kurshskogo zaliva Kaliningradskogo regiona [Prospects of oil and gas in the Kursh Gulf (Kaliningrad Region)]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2017, vol. 12, no. 4, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/5/47_2017.pdf
DOI https://doi.org/10.17353/2070-5379/47_2017
References

   Desyatkov V.M., Otmas A.A., Meshcherskiy A.A. Neftegazonosnost' Kaliningradskogo regiona [Petroleum potential of the Kaliningrad region]. Gornyy zhurnal, 2010, no. 3, p. 25-28.
   Geologiya i neftegazonosnost' zapada Vostochno-Evropeyskoy platform [Geology and petroleum potential of the East European Platform western part]. K 70-letiyu Belorus. nauch.-issled. geol.-razved. in-ta / A.M. Sinichka (otv. red.) i dr. - Minsk: Bel. navuka, 1997, 692 p.
   Neftyanye mestorozhdeniya Pribaltiki [Petroleum accumulations of the Pre-Baltic region]. Pod. red. G. Vosilyusa. Vil'nyus: Mokslas, 1987, 148 p.
   Otmas A.A. (Senior), Margulis L.S., Otmas A.A. Perspektivy neftegazonosnosti shel'fa Baltiyskogo morya [Petroleum potential prospects of the Baltic Sea shelf]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2017, vol. 12, no. 1, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/5/4_2017.pdf. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17353/2070-5379/4_2017
   Otmas A.A. K voprosu o dostovernosti otsenok i geologicheskikh riskakh pri provedenii geologorazvedochnykh rabot (na primere Kaliningradskoy oblasti) [On the issue of the reliability of estimates and geological risks during geological exploration (for example, the Kaliningrad region)]. Geologiya, geofizika i razrabotka neftyanykh i gazovykh mestorozhdeniy, 2006, no. 8, p. 35-41.
   Otmas An.A. Zakonomernosti formirovaniya i razmeshcheniya lokal'nykh struktur Kaliningradskogo regiona v svyazi s neftegazonosnost'yu [Regularities in the formation and location of local structures in the Kaliningrad region related with petroleum potential]. Avtoreferat dissertatsii kandidata geologo-mineralogicheskikh nauk. St. Petersburg: FGUP «VNIGRI», 2011, 24 p.



Offshore hydrocarbon deposits
Section editor – PhD in geology and mineralogy Margulis L.S.
Article # 4_2017 submitted on 12/07/2016 displayed on website on 02/22/2017
14 p.
pdf  Petroleum potential prospects of the Baltic Sea shelf
The interest in the study of petroleum potential prospects of the Baltic Sea shelf and the choice of priority exploration objects in this part of the region, including the offshore zones of Lithuania and Latvia, has been recently growing. Especially this evolution is connected with the recent successes of the LUKOIL oil company in the Russian sector of the Baltic, and the discovery of several oil fields in the recent years. The information on the current state of geological and geophysical study of the region (primarily within the former Baltic Sea Soviet sector) is given on the basis of data analysis of the last years. The main results of shelf oil exploration in recent years are provided; the geological structure and petroleum potential are characterized; and the promising directions of work are proposed.

Keywords: oil fields, offshore oil exploration, petroleum potential prospects, Baltic Sea shelf.
article citation Otmas A.A. (Senior), Margulis L.S., Otmas A.A. Perspektivy neftegazonosnosti shel'fa Baltiyskogo morya [Petroleum potential prospects of the Baltic Sea shelf]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2017, vol. 12, no. 1, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/5/4_2017.pdf
DOI https://doi.org/10.17353/2070-5379/4_2017
References
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   Ermolaeva N. Litva i Latviya porugalis' iz-za morskoy granitsy [Lithuania and Latvia had a row because of the marine boundary]. Rossiyskaya gazeta, 6th September 2016, available at: https://rg.ru/2016/09/06/litva-i-latviia-porugalis-iz-za-morskoj-granicy.html
   LUKOYL poluchil litsenziyu na razvedku i dobychu nefti na mestorozhdenii D33 v Baltiyskom more [LUKOIL has been issued a license for exploration and production of oil on the D33 field in the Baltic Sea]. Novosti Neftegaz.RU, available at: http://neftegaz.ru/news/view/147102-LUKOYL-poluchil-litsenziyu-na-razvedku-i-dobychu-nefti-na-mestor... (retrieved: 2016).
   Otmas A.A. K voprosu o dostovernosti otsenok i geologicheskikh riskakh pri provedenii geologorazvedochnykh rabot (na primere Kaliningradskoy oblasti) [On the question of the estimates of reliability and geological risk during exploration (on the example of Kaliningrad region)]. Geologiya, geofizika i razrabotka neftyanykh i gazovykh mestorozhdeniy, 2006, no. 8, p. 35-41.
   Otmas A.A. Zakonomernosti formirovaniya i razmeshcheniya lokal'nykh struktur Kaliningradskogo regiona v svyazi s neftegazonosnost'yu [Laws of formation and distribution of local structures of the Kaliningrad region in connection with petroleum potential]. Synopsis of the dissertation for the degree of PhD in Geological and Mineralogical Sciences. St. Petersburg: VNIGRI, 2011. – 20 s.
   Otmas A.A., Chegesov V.K., Arutyunov V.A. Tektonicheskoe rayonirovanie Kaliningradskoy oblasti i sopredel'nogo shel'fa [Tectonic zonation of the Kaliningrad region and the adjacent shelf]. Geologiya, geofizika i razrabotka neftyanykh i gazovykh mestorozhdeniy, 2006, no. 8, p. 13-23.
   Otmas A.A., Makarevich V.N., Siryk S.I., Desyatkov V.M. Kaliningradskaya oblast' - otsenka syr'evoy bazy sopredel'noy akvatorii kak osnova dlya vybora perspektivnykh napravleniy geologorazvedochnykh rabot [Kaliningrad region – assessment of the resource base of adjacent sea shelf area as the basis for the choice of perspective directions of prospecting]. Nastoyashchee i budushchee syr'evoy bazy morskoy neftegazovoy promyshlennosti Rossii: tezisy dokladov Mezhd. nauchno-praktich. konf. St. Petersburg: VNIGRI, 2004, p. 74.
   Otmas A.A., Meshcherskiy A.A., Desyatkov V.M. Neftegazonosnost' Kaliningradskogo regiona [Petroleum potential of the Kaliningrad region]. Gornyy zhurnal, 2010, no. 3, p. 25-28.
   Shvetsiya [Sweden]. Gornaya entsiklopediya, available at: http://www.mining-enc.ru/sh/shveciya (retrieved: 2016).
   U Liepai nachinayut iskat' neft' [We begin to search for oil in Liepaja]. Novosti pribalt.info, 11th May 2013, available at: https://pribalt.info/novosti/1592
Petroleum potential and development
Section editor – PhD in geology and mineralogy Zharkov A.M.
Article # 28_2016 submitted on 07/20/2016 displayed on website on 08/23/2016
20 p.
pdf  Study of fracturing in carbonate reservoirs of Timan-Pechora petroleum province using side-view seismic location
An overview of side-view seismic location technology carried out to study fracturing of the geological environment is presented. The results of special reprocessing of seismic data using this technology based on regional seismic profile within the studied region (Komi Republic territory) are given. This research allowed us to identify areas with different fracturing intensity in the sedimentary cover, mark local objects and assess their prospects in terms of distribution and extent of fracturing. The potential oil and gas resources were estimated in these objects; and the most attractive of them were selected for further study.

Keywords: side-view seismic location, seismic section, fracturing, local structure, oil and gas reserves, the Timan-Pechora oil and gas province.
article citation Otmas A.A. (Senior), Faizullin I.S., Seregin A.V., Kuranov A.V. Izuchenie treshchinovatosti v karbonatnykh kollektorakh Timano-Pechorskoy neftegazonosnoy provintsii s ispol'zovaniem tekhnologii seysmicheskoy lokatsii bokovogo obzora [Study of fracturing in carbonate reservoirs of Timan-Pechora petroleum province using side-view seismic location]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2016, vol. 11, no. 3, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/6/28_2016.pdf
DOI https://doi.org/10.17353/2070-5379/28_2016
References
   Fayzullin I.S., Kutsenko N.V. O vozmozhnosti primeneniya rasseyannykh voln dlya izucheniya treshchinovatostigeosredy po dannym chislennogo modelirovaniya [On the possibility of the use of scattered waves to study treschinovatostigeosredy by numerical simulation data]. Geofizika, 2008, no. 6, p. 18-20.
   Neft' i gaz nizkopronitsaemykh slantsevykh tolshch – razrezov syr'evoy bazy uglevodorodov Rossii [Oil and gas in low-permeability shale strata - Russia cuts of raw hydrocarbon base]. O.M. Prishchepa, O.Yu. Aver'yanova, A.A. Il'inskiy, D. Morariu. Editor. O.M. Prishchepa. St. Petersburg: VNIGRI, 2014, 323. Trudy VNIGRI.
   Patent RF №2008697 "Method of seismic exploration of rock", 1991, authors: D'yakonov B.P., Kuznetsov O.L., Raevskiy Yu.G., Fayzullin I.S., Chirkin I.A. and Shlenkin S.I.
   Patent RF №2251717 "The method of seismic exploration of rock", 2004, authors: Fayzullin I.S., Kutsenko N.V.
   Shlenkin S.I., Busygin I.P. Postroenie seysmicheskogo izobrazheniya na osnove fokusiruyushchikh preobrazovaniy iskhodnykh seysmozapisey [Bulgakov Seismic imaging by focusing initial transformation seysmozapisey]. Mezhdunarodnyy geofizicheskiy simpozium: rezyume i doklady tekhnicheskoy programmy. Kiev, 1991, vol. 3, p. 53-58.

Regional petroleum geology
Section editor – PhD in geology and mineralogy Makarevich V.N.
Article # 12_2015 submitted on 10/09/2014 displayed on website on 03/30/2015
20 p.
pdf  Structure of the basement of Kaliningrad region and the evaluation petroleum potential prospects
The composition, structure and crust of the basement of the Kaliningrad region, as well as the level of study by deep drilling are characterized. The void space of the rocks in the composition of the basement and some signs that could indicate its possible petroleum potential are investigated.

Keywords: crystalline basement, structural and material composition, facies of metamorphism, petroleum potential, petrographic types of rock, pore space, Kaliningrad region.
article citation Otmas A.A. (Senior), Kokhanova A.N. Stroenie fundamenta Kaliningradskoy oblasti v svyazi s otsenkoy perspektiv neftegazonosnosti regiona [Structure of the basement of Kaliningrad region and the evaluation petroleum potential prospects]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2015, vol. 10, no. 1, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/4/12_2015.pdf
DOI https://doi.org/10.17353/2070-5379/12_2015
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   Meshcherskiy A.A., Kharin G.S., Chegesov V.K. Dokembriyskaya kora vyvetrivaniya kristallicheskogo fundamenta v Kaliningradskoy oblasti [Precambrian crust of weathering of the crystalline basement in the Kaliningrad region]. Litologiya i poleznye iskopaemye. RAN, 2003, no. 1, p. 58-65.
   Metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po litologo-petrograficheskomu i petrokhimicheskomu izucheniyu osadochnykh porod-kollektorov [Toolkit for lithological and petrographic and petrochemical study of sedimentary reservoir rocks]. L.P. Gmid, L.G. Belonovskaya, T.D. Shibina, N.S. Oknova, A.V. Ivanovskaya; Editor A.M. Zharkov. Saint Petersburg: VNIGRI, 2009, 160 p.
   Otmas A.A. (senior), Volchenkova T.B., Bogoslovskiy S.A. Glinistye tolshchi silura v Kaliningradskoy oblasti kak vozmozhnyy ob"ekt poiska uglevodorodnogo syr'ya [Silurian clayee strata in the Kaliningrad region as a possible object of search of hydrocarbons]. Neftegazovaya geologiya. Teoriya i praktika, 2013, vol. 8, no. 3, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/4/30_2013.pdf.
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   Trofimov V.A., Korchagin V.I. Neftepodvodyashchie kanaly: prostranstvennoe polozhenie, metody obnaruzheniya i sposoby ikh aktivizatsii [Oil flow channels: spatial position, detection methods and ways to activate]. Georesursy, 2002, no. 1.
   Zagorodnykh V.A., Dovbnya A.V., Zhamoyda V.A. Stratigrafiya Kaliningradskogo regiona [Stratigraphy of the Kaliningrad region]. MNR, Department of Natural Resources in the Northwest region. - Kaliningrad, 2001, 226 p.



Economy, information technology, resource management
Section editor – PhD in economics Krasnov O.S.
Article # 45_2014 submitted on 10/03/2014 displayed on website on 10/29/2014
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pdf  Unlicensed area of Timan-Pechora province: evaluation of investment attractiveness of local objects
On the basis of the results of geological and economic evaluation of subsoil blocks within the Timan-Pechora province the most significant determinants of commercial interest of subsoil users and perspectives of involving oil resources in the study and subsequent development are investigated, i.e. structure of the resource base from geological point of view (size and depth of occurrence of the projected objects, productivity of host deposits), the availability of transport and production infrastructure, and the level of the tax burden. The influence of some of these factors is subject to regulation. The possible ways of increasing the investment attractiveness of oil assets that can stimulate licensing process in the region are described.

Keywords: oil resources, licensing, geological and economic evaluation, investment attractiveness, Timan-Pechora province.
article citation Grigor'ev G.A., Prishchepa O.M., Otmas A.A. (Senior) Otsenka investitsionnoy privlekatel'nosti lokal'nykh ob"ektov neraspredelennogo fonda nedr Timano-Pechorskoy provintsii [Unlicensed area of Timan-Pechora province: evaluation of investment attractiveness of local objects]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2014, vol. 9, no. 4, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/3/45_2014.pdf
DOI https://doi.org/10.17353/2070-5379/45_2014
References
   Grigor'ev G.A. Investitsionnaya privlekatel'nost' resursnoy bazy uglevodorodnogo syr'ya [Investment attractiveness of the hydrocarbon resource base]. Neftegazovaya geologiya. Teoriya i praktika, 2010, vol. 5, no. 4 available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/3/44_2010.pdf
   Kimel'man S., Podol'skiy Yu. Nizhe optimizma, vyshe pessimizma. Vozmozhnoe razvitie neftyanogo kompleksa Rossii do 2030 goda [Low optimism, high pessimism. Possible development of the oil industry of Russia until 2030]. Neftegazovaya vertikal', 2010, no. 6, p. 22-30.
   Prishchepa O.M. Metodologiya i praktika vosproizvodstva zapasov nefti i gaza (Severo-Zapadnyy region) v sovremennykh usloviyakh [Methodology and practice of oil and gas reserves renewing (Northwest region) in modern conditions]. Saint Petersburg: Nedra, 2005, 492 p.
   Prishchepa O.M., Bogatskiy V.I. Perspektivy maloizuchennykh rayonov i neotsenennykh gorizontov Timano-Pechorskoy provintsii kak rezul'tat utochneniya skhemy tektonicheskogo rayonirovaniya [Prospects of poorly studied areas and non evaluated strata of Timan-Pechora province as a result of tectonic zonation schemes clarification]. Geologiya, geofizika i razrabotka neftyanykh i gazovykh mestorozhdeniy, 2012, no. 2, p. 4-12.
   Prishchepa O.M., Podol'skiy Yu.V. Perspektivy neftedobychi v Rossii [Prospects for oil production in Russia]. Kompleksnoe izuchenie i osvoenie syr'evoy bazy nefti i gaza severa evropeyskoy chasti Rossii [Comprehensive study and development of the resource base of oil and gas of north of the European part of Russia]: Proceedings of scientific-practical conference (St. Petersburg, June 4-7, 2012). Saint Petersburg: VNIGRI, 2012, p. 82-99.
   Prishchepa O.M., Zhitnikov V.A., Bogatskiy V.I., Ogorodnik Ya.Ya., Orlova L.A., Otmas Al.A., Chumakova O.V. Perspektivy rasshireniya syr'evoy bazy nefti i gaza v maloizuchennykh rayonakh Severo-Zapadnogo FO [Enlargement perspective of the resource base of oil and gas in the poorly studied areas of the North-West Federal District]. Kompleksnoe izuchenie i osvoenie syr'evoy bazy nefti i gaza severa evropeyskoy chasti Rossii [Comprehensive study and development of the resource base of oil and gas of north of the European part of Russia]: Proceedings of scientific-practical conference (St. Petersburg, June 4-7, 2012). Saint Petersburg: VNIGRI, 2012, p. 72-82.
   Teplov E.L., Kuranov A.V., Nikonov N.I., Tarbaev M.B., Khabarov A.B. Mineral'no-syr'evaya baza uglevodorodnogo syr'ya Respubliki Komi: sovremennoe sostoyanie, perspektivy [Hydrocarbon resources of Komi Republic: current state, perspectives]. Kompleksnoe izuchenie i osvoenie syr'evoy bazy nefti i gaza severa evropeyskoy chasti Rossii [Comprehensive study and development of the resource base of oil and gas of north of the European part of Russia]: Proceedings of scientific-practical conference (St. Petersburg, June 4-7, 2012). Saint Petersburg: VNIGRI, 2012, p. 106-116.
Petroleum potential and development
Section editor – PhD in geology and mineralogy Podol'skiy Yu.V.
Article # 23_2014 submitted on 03/18/2014 displayed on website on 05/06/2014
22 p.
pdf  The oil recovery factors and the dynamics of their changes in various petroleum complexes in Nenets Autonomous District
The oil recovery factors in the Nenets Autonomous District (Timan-Pechora petroleum province) and the dynamics of their changes as a whole on the region and for petroleum complexes separately are analyzed. The dynamics of opening deposits by number and size is tracked. Variability of values of oil recovery factors for proven (category АВС1) and inferred resources (category С2) is shown.

Keywords: oil recovery factor, deposit, resources, field, petroleum complex, Nenets Autonomous District.
article citation Otmas A.A. (Senior), Otmas A.A. Kojefficienty izvlechenija nefti i dinamika ih izmenenija v razlichnyh neftegazonosnyh kompleksah na territorii Neneckogo avtonomnogo okruga [The oil recovery factors and the dynamics of their changes in various petroleum complexes in Nenets Autonomous District]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2014, vol. 9, no. 2, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/6/23_2014.pdf
DOI https://doi.org/10.17353/2070-5379/23_2014
References
   Rudenko M.N., Pis'mennikov D.N. Tehniko-jekonomicheskoe obosnovanie kojefficienta izvlechenija nefti (TJeO KIN) kak osnova ocenki investicionnoj privlekatel'nosti neftjanoj otrasli [Feasibility study on the oil recovery factor - the basis of assessment of investment attractiveness of the petroleum industry] Rossijskoe predprinimatel'stvo, 2012, no. 7 (205), p. 91-96.
   Trebovanija k sostavu i pravilam oformlenija predstavljaemyh na gosudarstvennuju jekspertizu materialov po tehniko-jekonomicheskomu obosnovaniju kojefficientov izvlechenija nefti [Requirements to structure and rules of registration of materials represented for the state examination according to the feasibility study on the oil recovery factor]. Ministerstvo prirodnyh resursov Rossijskoj Federacii. – M., 2007, 58 p.



Petroleum potential and development
Section editor – PhD in geology and mineralogy Podol'skiy Yu.V.
Article # 8_2014 submitted on 01/17/2014 displayed on website on 03/06/2014
8 p.
pdf  Evaluation of development-well success ratio and approving factor of local structures’ resources in Nenets Autonomous District
The development-well success ratio is used for quantifying of hydrocarbon resources and planning for oil and gas exploration, which is determined as the ratio of the number of discovered fields to the total number of promising areas drilled in the region. The accuracy of estimates of success ratio depends on the past experience. However, in practice, the success ratio is assumed to be evaluated correctly that leads to fatal errors in calculations. The new approach to the assessment of development-well success ratio and its applying for practical purposes, based on the "game theory" (part of the theory of probability) is offered.

Key words: development-well success ratio, oil and gas fields, hydrocarbon resources, local structures, Nenets Autonomous District.
article citation Otmas A.A. (Senior), Podol’skiy Yu.V. Otsenka koeffitsientov udachi bureniya i podtverzhdaemosti resursov lokal'nykh struktur v Nenetskom avtonomnom okruge [Evaluation of development-well success ratio and approving factor of local structures’ resources in Nenets Autonomous District]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2014, vol. 9, no. 1, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/6/8_2014.pdf
DOI https://doi.org/10.17353/2070-5379/8_2014
References
   Orlova L.A., Kuranov A.V., Otmas A.A. (Junior), Zeger N.A. Analiz dostovernosti resursnykh otsenok lokal'nykh ob"ektov Severo-zapada Rossiyskoy federatsii pri podgotovke ikh k poiskovomu bureniyu [Analysis of the reliability of resource estimates of local objects before exploration]. Neftegazovaya geologiya. Teoriya i praktika, 2010, vol. 5, no. 4, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/6/48_2010.pdf
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Regional petroleum geology
Section editor – PhD in geology and mineralogy Makarevich V.N.
Article # 30_2013 submitted on 07/19/2013 displayed on website on 08/14/2013
11 p.
pdf  Silurian pelitic layers in Kaliningrad region - a possible target for hydrocarbon prospecting
The oil source layers of the Silurian deposits in the Kaliningrad region, allocated due to geochemical data based on the distribution of dispersed organic matter, were studied. The catagenesis grade of these layers was examined using different methods. It was supposed that oil will be the main type of fluid during their possible development. The scope of generation and the residual potential of shale layers of the region were determined; perspective areas for research were outlined.

Key words: hydrocarbons, oil source layers, Silurian, catagenesis of organic matter, Kaliningrad region.
article citation Otmas A.A. (Senior), Volchenkova T.B., Bogoslovskiy S.A. Glinistye tolshchi silura v Kaliningradskoy oblasti kak vozmozhnyy ob"ekt poiska uglevodorodnogo syr'ya [Silurian pelitic layers in Kaliningrad region - a possible target for hydrocarbon prospecting]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2013, vol. 8, no. 3, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/4/30_2013.pdf
DOI https://doi.org/10.17353/2070-5379/30_2013
References
   Bazhenova T.K., Shapiro A.I., Vasil'eva V.F., Otmas A.A. (Senior) Geokhimiya organicheskogo veshchestva i generatsiya uglevodorodov v nizhnesiluriyskikh otlozheniyakh Kaliningradskoy oblasti [Geochemistry of organic matter and hydrocarbon generation in the Lower Silurian deposits of the Kaliningrad region ]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2012, vol. 7, no. 2, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/1/18_2012.pdf
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   Makarova I.R., Otmas A.A., Sukhanov A.A. Novye dannye o sostave organicheskogo veshchestva domanikoidnykh otlozheniy silura kaliningradskoy oblasti [New data on the composition of organic matter of Domanikoid Silurian sediments of the Kaliningrad region]. Vestnik IG KNTs UrO RAN, 2012, no. 12, p. 14-16.
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Petroleum potential and development
Section editor – PhD in geology and mineralogy Podol'skiy Yu.V.
Article # 29_2013 submitted on 06/10/2013 displayed on website on 07/22/2013
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pdf  Current and future development of the hydrocarbons resources prospects in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug
The dynamics of official hydrocarbon resources in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug showes on the one and steady increase in initial total hydrocarbons resources and on the other hand a sharp reduction in the size of new discoveries and prospects. Most likely the reason is the other estimation of the initial total hydrocarbon resources, fact confirmed by the results of the stimulation. Despite a marked reduction in the current industrial stocks, short-term prospects of oil and gas in the region should be associated primarily with reserves current inventory.

Key words: hydrocarbons, the initial total resources, quantification of hydrocarbons, exploration, simulation, and the Nenets Autonomous District.
article citation Otmas A.A. (Senior), Podol'skiy Yu.V. Sostoyanie i perspektivy razvitiya syr'evoy bazy uglevodorodov na territorii Nenetskogo avtonomnogo okruga [Current and future development of the hydrocarbons resources prospects in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2013, vol. 8, no. 3, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/6/29_2013.pdf
DOI https://doi.org/10.17353/2070-5379/29_2013
References
   Belonin M.D., Podol'skiy Yu.V. Neftegazovyy potentsial Rossii i vozmozhnosti ego realizatsii [Oil and gas potential of Russia and the possibility of its development]. – SPb.: Nedra. – 2006. – 376 s.
   Prishchepa O.M., Bogatskiy V.I., Makarevich V.N., Chumakova O.V., Nikonov N.I., Kuranov A.V., Bogdanov M.M. Novye predstavleniya o tektonicheskom i neftegazogeologicheskom rayonirovanii Timano-Pechorskoy neftegazonosnoy provintsii [New ideas about tectonic and petroleum geological zoning of the of the Timan-Pechora petroleum province] // Neftegazovaya geologiya. Teoriya i praktika. – 2011. - T.6. - №4. - http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/4/40_2011.pdf
Regional petroleum geology
Section editor – PhD in geology and mineralogy Makarevich V.N.
Article # 42_2012 submitted on 07/19/2012 displayed on website on 08/13/2012
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pdf  Research of organic matter of domanic deposits – comparison of the results in view of petroleum potential evaluation of the Silurian deposits of Kaliningrad region
A comparative analysis of the results of the study of organic matter of the Silurian domanic deposits (the Kaliningrad region) is carried out by different methods used for evaluation of petroleum generation potential of rocks during regional geochemical research.
The reasonable estimate of the Silurian domanic deposits of the Kaliningrad region can be achieved in case of using of direct physical-chemical methods of organic matter research.

Key words: domanic deposits, insoluble organic matter, regional geochemical research, petroleum generation potential, optical methods of organic matter research.
article citation Sukhanov A.A., Otmas A.A. (senior), Makarova I.R. Sravnenie rezul'tatov issledovaniya organicheskogo veshchestva domanikoidnykh otlozheniy razlichnymi metodami v svyazi s diagnostikoy neftegazonosnosti siluriyskikh otlozheniy Kaliningradskoy oblasti [Research of organic matter of domanic deposits – comparison of the results in view of petroleum potential evaluation of the Silurian deposits of Kaliningrad region]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2012, vol. 7, no. 3, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/4/42_2012.pdf
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Geochemical research
Section editor – PhD in geology and mineralogy Bazhenova T.K.
Article # 18_2012 submitted on 02/14/2012 displayed on website on 04/20/2012
9 p.
pdf  Geochemistry of organic matter and hydrocarbon generation in the Lower Silurian deposits of the Kaliningrad region
For the first time the using of confocal fluorescent microscopy was undertaken for the study of sedimentary rocks from oil-and-gas bearing sequences. The first experience has shown that this device can be successfully used for the identification of bituminous components’ distribution in rocks, and for making their quality and quantitative estimation. The results showed wide opportunities for this method to be used in lithological research and petroleum exploration.
Key words: confocal fluorescent microscopy, sedimentary rocks, petroleum bearing rocks, bituminous components.
article citation Bazhenova T.K., Shapiro A.I., Vasil'eva V.F., Otmas A.A. (Senior) Geokhimiya organicheskogo veshchestva i generatsiya uglevodorodov v nizhnesiluriyskikh otlozheniyakh Kaliningradskoy oblasti [Geochemistry of organic matter and hydrocarbon generation in the Lower Silurian deposits of the Kaliningrad region ]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2012, vol. 7, no. 2, available at: http://www.ngtp.ru/rub/1/18_2012.pdf
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