Middle Caspian Petroleum Systems Study

A collaborative study between Biomarker Technology, GGRG, and OilTracers. 38 oils from the Middle Caspian/Dagestan area have been analyzed to assess: oil types and genetic relationships, oil source lithofacies, oil source maturity, oil alteration/ charge history ,and the age of the source rocks from which the oils were derived.

Figure 1: Sample Locations (Sample numbers are shown next to locations)

Sample Information

No.	Location	Field	Depth	Age/Horizon	Latitude	Longitude
1	Dagestan	Inchke-Sea 5	1637-1612	Chokrak	42.45	48.00
2	Dagestan	Makhachkala-Tarki 223	3424-3452	U.Cret	42.97	47.52
3	Dagestan	Izerbash 247	3630-3800	U.Cret	42.55	47.40
4	Dagestan	Dmitrovskoye 14	3595-3603	U.Cret	42.85	47.50
5	Dagestan	Shamkal-Bulak 18	2940-2945	L.Cret	43.13	46.93
6	Dagestan	Novolak 1	5324-5370	U.Cret	44.15	46.53
8	Dagestan	Martovskoye 13	3682-3675	J2Vi+VII	44.67	45.70
9	Dagestan	Solomchakovskoye 55	4288-429	T2	44.68	46.00
10	Dagestan	Centralnoye 3	4480-4487	T1 nf	44.67	46.08
11	Dagestan	Sukhokumskoye 55	4288-4293	T2	44.70	45.75
12	Dagestan	Maiskoye 27	3498-3505	L.Cret-Jur	44.57	45.63
13	Dagestan	Tubinskoye 12	3881-3890	M.Jur	44.38	45.53
14	Dagestan	Uzhno-Sukhokumskoye 56	3630-3660	M.Jur	44.70	45.63
15	Dagestan	Ravninskoye 12	4240-4263	T1 nf	44.60	45.87
16	Dagestan	Jubileinoye 13	4412-4433	T1 nf	44.62	46.08
17	Dagestan	Ozernoye 9	4410-4446	T1 nf	44.95	46.47
18	Dagestan	Kapievskoye 8	3640-3645	K1 IX	44.45	45.55
20	Dagestan	Voskhod 8	3816-3820	T1	44.80	45.63
21	Dagestan	Vostochno-Sukhokumskoye 13	3350-3355	K1VIII2	44.70	45.90
22	Dagestan	Kumlskoye 1	4537-4562	T1 nf	44.65	46.18
23	Dagestan	Razdolnoye 1	4558-4568	T1 nf	44.65	46.13
24	Dagestan	Rifovoye 1	4484-4496	T1 nf	44.68	46.13
25	Pre Caucas	Kharbizin 16	5193-5260	J3t, U. Jur (Titon)	43.25	44.33
26	Pre Caucas	Sukhokumskoye 60	3750-3800	T2, M. Triass	44.72	45.75
27	Pre Caucas	Podsolnechnoye 68	2771-2773	K1, L. Cret	44.83	44.80
28	Pre Caucas	Zamankul 43	2080-2105	K2, U Cret	44.33	39.50
29	Caucas Plat	Kutaisskoye 92	986-1019	III-horizon	44.42	39.50
30	Caucas Plat	Sheptalskoye 266	990-1024	maikop	44.83	37.83
31	Caucas Plat	Dish 86	1982-2023	I-horizon	44.58	39.33
32	Caucas Plat	Shurovskiy Banka 176	1108-1117	III	44.35	39.37
33	Mangyshlak	Uzen 5636	XIII horizon	43.43	52.83
34	Mangyshlak	Karazhanbas 394/410	2278	Cret-Jur	45.10	51.45
35	Mangyshlak	Ashisor 5	3304-3325	Triass	43.25	51.58
36	Offshore Caspian	Shirotnoye-1	1462-1495	object 3	44.42	49.12
37	Offshore Caspian	Shirotnoye-1	1510-1528	object 2	44.42	49.12
38	Offshore Caspian	Shirotnoye-1	1544-1554	object 1	44.42	49.12
39	Offshore Caspian	Khvalynskoye-1	2978-2998	44.12	49.00
40	Offshore Caspian	Khvalynskoye-1	3212-3228		44.12	49.00

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