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J. Golonka and F. J. Picha, eds., 2006, The Carpathians and their foreland: Geology and hydrocarbon resources: AAPG Memoir #84, p. 443-454.

DOI:10.1306/985615M843075

Copyright copy2006. The American Association of Petroleum Geologist.

The Petroleum Geology of the Ukrainian Carpathian Foredeep

I. Popadyuk,1 M. Vul,2 G. Ladyzhensky,3 P. Shpak4

1Ukrainian State Geological Research Institute, L'viv, Ukraine
2Ukrainian State Geological Research Institute, L'viv, Ukraine
3Institute of Geological Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine
4Institute of Geological Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank the Ukrainian State Geological Research Institute for permission to publish this work and Jagiellonian University for the financial support in the preparation of this chapter. I am also grateful to Victor Antonyshyn who made the artwork for this publication and to Svetlana Shchelkunova for her kind assistance in preparation of the manuscript.

ABSTRACT

The aim of this chapter is to describe the key elements of the petroleum systems responsible for the accumulation of hydrocarbons as well as the most significant discoveries in the Ukrainian Carpathian Foredeep. The petroleum potential of the foredeep is contained in the Jurassic to Miocene sedimentary rocks. A total of 40 gas fields, 4 gas-condensate fields, and 2 oil fields have been discovered in the foredeep to date. Several of the most typical fields have been described in this chapter. These fields produce from the Upper Jurassic to middle Miocene reservoir rocks, sealed by the rocks occurring throughout the Mesozoic–Cenozoic sedimentary column. The traps can be summarized as follows: stratigraphic trapping beneath unconformity; stratigraphic trapping above unconformity; thrust-related trapping; and normal-fault-related trapping. Recently, the basin is at a mature stage of exploration, but new exploration opportunities continue to exist.

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