RING STRUCTURES IN THE SOUTH TORGAI BASIN AND THE FORECAST FIELDS OF HYDROCARBONS

A new technology for forecasting hydrocarbon deposits is proposed, which is based on the principles of shock and explosive tectonics (ShET) and the use of Earth remote sensing data.The shock-explosive tectonics (ShET) paradigm has been advanced in Kazakhstan and developed over 40 years. The new technology is fundamentally different from traditional prognostic constructions due to the indispensable and constant use of the latest space information. Data from scanner, photo and radar space surveys reveal a wide distribution of previously not studied ring and linear structures. A study of ring structures, carried out in Kazakhstan for half a century, indicates a clear predominance of cosmogenic, asteroid-meteorite and cometary structures among them. The data of deciphering satellite images, taking into account the spatial position of known oil and gas fields, make it possible to identify concentric zones of tension and compression of the earth’s crust that accompany cosmogenic ring structures. An analysis of long-term data revealed the confinement of most hydrocarbon deposits and their geological reserves to concentric zones of extensiondeconsolidation of the earth’s crust. Concentric extension zones alternate with the compression zones separating them, in which a small number of mineral deposits are found. The proposed new technology for forecasting hydrocarbon deposits can be applied in many sedimentary basins of the World. Specifically, on the basis of the new technology, a forecast of new hydrocarbon deposits in the South Tоrgai oil and gas basin was based on two cometary ring structures: Chelkar-Aral and Baikonur