Applied aspects of study of volatile hydrocarbons in marine basins
Applied aspects of study of volatile hydrocarbons in marine basins (in Proceedings of the VI international conference on Gas in marine sediments, I. S. Gramberg (prefacer) and A. E. Kontorovich (prefacer))
Russian Geology and Geophysics (July 2002) 43 (7): 580-588
- aliphatic hydrocarbons
- alkanes
- Azerbaijan
- Baku Azerbaijan
- Caspian Sea
- chemical composition
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- condensates
- cores
- Europe
- gas seeps
- gaseous phase
- geochemical surveys
- hydrocarbons
- lakes
- methane
- mud volcanoes
- organic compounds
- petroleum
- petroleum exploration
- pollution
- sea water
- sediments
- solutes
- surveys
- water pollution
Empirical aspects of the hydrocarbon gases regime in the Caspian Sea are discussed in this paper, which also reports concentrations of hydrocarbon gases in the sea water and bottom sediments of the Caspian Sea and describes patterns of their distribution in the water and sedimentary bodies of the region under study. The revealed patterns provide a base for development of methodology, equipment, and approaches to interpretation of data on gas geochemistry on searching for oil and gas in water areas. In addition to solving the problems of search for petroleum, the experimental study provided a possibility to use the results obtained during gas surveys to solve engineering, ecological, and other problems of national economy. The use of gas survey in industry has been outlined in detail.