Geology, geography and global energy

Scientific and Technical Journal

The main stages of geological development of the Caspian shelf

2021. №4, pp. 7-14

Bystrova Inna V. - Astrakhan State University

Smirnova Tatyana S. - Astrakhan State University

The article gives a brief overview of the shelf zone of the northern part of the Caspian Sea and presents general physical and geographical information of the study region. The general history of oil production in the Caspian Sea is given, as well as new hydrocarbon deposits on the shelf of the northern Caspian are listed. A modern characteristic of oil and gas fields in the northern Caspian (Russian sector) is given. The issues of the ecological situation that have developed at the present time in the shelf zone are considered. The role of environmental safety at the present stage of solving the problem has been substantiated.

Key words: shelf, Caspian Sea, field, hydrocarbons, environmental safety

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