Fact Sheet 2008-3051
 
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently assessed the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the Timan-Pechora Basin Province in Russia as part of the USGS Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal program. Geologically, the Timan-Pechora Basin Province is a triangular-shaped cratonic block bounded by the northeast-southwest trending Ural Mountains and the northwest-southeast trending Timan Ridge. The northern boundary is shared with the South Barents Sea Province (fig.1). The Timan-Pechora Basin Province has a long history of oil and gas exploration and production. The first field was discovered in 1930 and, after 75 years of exploration, more than 230 fields have been discovered and more than 5,400 wells have been drilled. This has resulted in the discovery of more than 16 billion barrels of oil and 40 trillion cubic feet of gas. |
Version 1.0 Posted June 2008 |
Schenk, C.J., Bird, K.J., Charpentier, R.R. Gautier, D.L., Houseknecht, D.W., Klett, T.R., Moore, T., Pawlewicz, M.J., Pittman, J., Tennyson, M.E., 2008, Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Timan-Pechora Basin Province, Russia, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2008–3051, 2 p.
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