%0 Journal Article
%T Oil and Gas Potential of Eurasian Western Arctic Shelf/Exploration in the Nearshore Area of Northeastern Baltic Shield
%A Sanghee Shin
%A George V. Chilingar
%A Oleg Sorokhtin
%A Nikolai O. Sorokhtin
%J Open Journal of Geology
%P 262-271
%@ 2161-7589
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojg.2013.33030
%X <p class=\"MsoNormal\">
	<span lang=\"EN-US\">A number of large and unique</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\">oil and
gas fields were discovered over the western Arctic shelf of <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Eurasia</st1:place>.</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Some of
them were partially apprai</span><span lang=\"EN-US\">s</span><span lang=\"EN-US\">ed. Also, there are three potentially
hydrocarbon-rich but insufficiently studied areas in the region. The discovery
of commercial accumulations there would substantially increase the petroleum
potential of the entire region. These areas are northern Murmansk Oblast, on
the <st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Rybachy</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">Peninsula</st1:placetype>,
the <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Franz-Joseph</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">Land</st1:placetype></st1:place> area, and&nbsp;the
North Kara Shelf. It is suggested that oil and gas field discoveries in the
former two areas are most expedient under current conditions. The oil and gas
potential of the northwestern Kola Peninsula is reviewed in more detail.</span> 
</p>
%K Arctic Shelf
%K Geodynamic Evolution
%K Baltic Shield
%K Oil Potential
%K Gas Potential
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=34350