| Abstract: | Summary: The Siberian platform is located between the Yenisey River on the west and the Lena River on the south and east. The Siberian platform is vast in size and inhospitable in its climate. This report is concerned principally with the setting, formation, and potential volumes of natural bitumen. In this report the volumes of maltha and asphalt referred to in the Russian literature are combined to represent natural bitumen. The generation of hydrocarbons and formation of hydrocarbon accumulations are discussed. The sedimentary basins of the Platform are described in terms of the Klemme basin classification system and the conditions controlling formation of natural bitumen. Estimates of in-place bitumen resources are reviewed and evaluated. If the bitumen volume estimate is confined to parts of identified deposits where field observations have verified rock and bitumen grades values, the bitumen resource amounts to about 62 billion barrels of oil in-place. However, estimates of an order of magnitude larger can be obtained if additional speculative and unverified rock volumes and grade measures are included. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 79279 |
| Citation Author: | Meyer, Richard F.; Freeman, Philip A. |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 25 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | i, 24 p. |
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| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2006-1316 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Siberian Platform: Geology and Natural Bitumen Resources; 2006; OFR; 2006-1316; Meyer, Richard F.; Freeman, Philip A. |
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| Text: | Siberian Platform: Geology and Natural Bitumen Resources; 2006; OFR; 2006-1316; Meyer, Richard F.; Freeman, Philip A. |
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| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1316/ |
| Date Other: | Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00 -0600 |
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