South-Orshansky oil-bearing area
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus
153338
Concession agreement on services provision (works execution)
Tender
766900
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General characteristics
Subsoil plot, located in Orsha and Dubrovensky districts of Vitebsk region, Goretsk district of Mogilev region.
General description of concession object Analysis of the distribution of organic matter (Corg) showed that the deposits of Riphean (Pinsk and Orsha Formation) are characterized by a low content of (Corg) (0.02-0.24%). An analogous characteristic is the Vilchan series of Vendian, where the content of (Corg) is 0.12-0.24%. The Vendian formations, especially the Valdai series, are enriched with organic matter to a greater extent than the Riphean and Lower Vendian, the content of (Corg) varies from fractions of a percent to 1.65%.
In the Middle Devonian sediments, the (Corg) content in some horizons reaches 0.99%.
In the submerged part of the Vitebsk trough, the values of (Corg) reach 4%, and in the individual samples of the Vilchanskaya suite of the Lower Vendian exceed 5.5%.