Y. N. Grigorenko & G. V. Chilingar 
Petroleum Accumulation Zones on Continental Margins [EPUB ebook] 

Introduction 11
1. Methodological Support of the Zonal Forecasting 15
1.1 Zonal oil and gas potential forecast in an aquatory
environment 15
1.2 Study of the proved oil- and gas-accumulation zones 21
2. Some Specifics in Structure, Evolution and Oil and Gas
Occurrences of the Continental Margins 25
2.1 The doctrine of continental margins 25
2.2 Continental margin structure and evolution 28
2.3 Oil and gas occurrences of the continental margins 39
3. Zonal Hydrocarbon Accumulations on the Subsurface of the
Pacific Group Continental Margins 49
3.1 Oil- and gas-accumulation zones subsurface the island arc
margins 50
3.2 Oil- and gas-accumulation zones over the Pacific margins of
North and South America 101
4. Zonal Hydrocarbon Accumulation in the Subsurface of
Atlantic Group Continental Margins 163
4.1 Oil- and gas-accumulation zones at the rift (preceding)
stage of continental margin evolution 164
4.2 Early- and syn-oceanic continental margin evolution stage.
Oil- and gas-accumulation zones 175
4.3 Transitional (Mediterranean) continental margin evolution
state. Oil- and gas-accumulation zones 270
5. General Patterns in Formation and Distribution of Oil- and
Gas-Accumulation Zones in Subsurface the Continental Margins
327
5.1 Parameters and general characteristics of oil- and
gas-accumulation zones 327
5.2 Specifics of the spatial distribution 342
5.3 Hydrocarbon concentration zones phase specialization 347
5.4 Most important factors in the formation and distribution of
oil and gas accumulation zones 356
6. Zonal Oil and Gas Potential Forecast for the
Russia’s Offshore Areas. Initial Results 383
6.1 Offshore extension of the Timan-Pechora Province 383
6.2 Kara Sea 398
6.3 NE Sakhalin Shelf (North Sakhalin oil and gas basin) 409
Conclusions 415
Literature 417

Yu. N. Grigorenko, Ph D, after graduating in 1959 from the
Leningrad Mining Institute, became a well-known specialist in the
oil and gas industry and is currently the Chairman of the
Dissertation Council of the All-Russia Petroleum Research
Exploration Institute (VNIGRI). He has written over 200
publications, including six monographs, and has received many
honors, including the Honored Geologist of the Russian
Federation.
George V. Chilingar, Ph D, is an Emeritus Professor of
Engineering at the University of Southern California. He is one of
the most well-known petroleum geologists in the world and the
founder of several prestigious journals in the oil and gas
industry. He has published over 70 books and 500 articles and has
received over 100 awards over his career.
V. S. Sobolev, Ph D, is a well-known petroleum
geologist and is a professor at the Institute of Geology and
Minerology at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
T. A. Andiyeva, Ph D, and L. I. Zhukova,
Ph D, are both professors at the All-Russia Petroleum
Research Exploration Institute (VNIGRI), Ministry of Natural
Resources, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), in St. Petersburg,
Russia.