Russian Journal of Earth Sciences Russian Journal of Earth Sciences Russian Journal of Earth Sciences 1681-1208 95386 10.2205/2025ES001033 vmizlk ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ СТАТЬИ ORIGINAL ARTICLES ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ СТАТЬИ Criteria for Predicting the Hydrocarbon Potential of Riphean-Vendian Deposits in the Mezen Syneclise Criteria for Predicting the Hydrocarbon Potential of Riphean-Vendian Deposits in the Mezen Syneclise https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8905-5519 Песков Дмитрий Владимирович Peskov Dmitriy Vladimirovich peskov-dima1999@mail.ru

аспирант геолого-минералогических наук;

graduate student of geological and mineralogical sciences;

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7326-1664 Жарков Александр Михайлович Zharkov Alexander Mikhailovich https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0597-263X Калинин Дмитрий Федорович Kalinin Dmitriy Fedorovich Санкт-Петербургский государственный горный институт St Petersburg RU Saint Petersburg Mining University St Petersburg RU 10 09 2025 10 09 2025 25 5 ES5004 09 03 2025 29 06 2025 https://rjes.ru/en/nauka/article/95386/view

The East European Platform is one of the most extensively studied regions of Russia in terms of geological exploration. However, certain areas remain relatively underexplored from a geological and geophysical perspective. One such region in the European part of Russia is the Mezen syneclise and the adjacent shelf of the White Sea. This area is characterized by complex and poorly studied geological structures. No hydrocarbon inflows have been obtained from the sedimentary cover deposits of the Mezen syneclise. The oil and gas potential of the region can only be inferred from hydrocarbon shows and elevated hydrocarbon concentrations detected in the underground waters of the Riphean and Vendian formations during drilling. Based on a conceptual geological model and an evolutionary-genetic analysis of the region’s development, an assessment of the specific resource density of the Precambrian section of the sedimentary cover was conducted. A key factor that influenced the region’s hydrocarbon potential was the Vendian collision of the East European Craton with the Pechora Plate. The prospects for discovering oil and gas accumulations are associated with the platform slopes of the most subsided structures, including the Safonovsky, East Safonovsky, and Leshukonsky depressions. The primary exploration targets are structural-lithological hydrocarbon traps located along these slopes, which have been minimally affected by tectonic transformations and may have preserved their hydrocarbon potential.

The East European Platform is one of the most extensively studied regions of Russia in terms of geological exploration. However, certain areas remain relatively underexplored from a geological and geophysical perspective. One such region in the European part of Russia is the Mezen syneclise and the adjacent shelf of the White Sea. This area is characterized by complex and poorly studied geological structures. No hydrocarbon inflows have been obtained from the sedimentary cover deposits of the Mezen syneclise. The oil and gas potential of the region can only be inferred from hydrocarbon shows and elevated hydrocarbon concentrations detected in the underground waters of the Riphean and Vendian formations during drilling. Based on a conceptual geological model and an evolutionary-genetic analysis of the region’s development, an assessment of the specific resource density of the Precambrian section of the sedimentary cover was conducted. A key factor that influenced the region’s hydrocarbon potential was the Vendian collision of the East European Craton with the Pechora Plate. The prospects for discovering oil and gas accumulations are associated with the platform slopes of the most subsided structures, including the Safonovsky, East Safonovsky, and Leshukonsky depressions. The primary exploration targets are structural-lithological hydrocarbon traps located along these slopes, which have been minimally affected by tectonic transformations and may have preserved their hydrocarbon potential.

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