Geoinformatika 2012; 1(41) : 5-16

METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE REMOTE SENSING DATA PROCESSING AND INTERPRETATION TECHNOLOGY IN OIL AND GAS PROSPECTING OF OFFSHORE

S.P. Levashov, N.A. Yakymchuk, I.N. Korchagin, A.I. Samsonov, D.N. Bozhezha

Given in the article are new results of oil and gas prospect assessment of the Kerch shelf shoals and the Pallas structure. They were obtained with the help of original technology of frequency-resonance processing and interpretation of remote sensing (RS) data for the purpose of “direct” searching and prospecting of hydrocarbons (HC), ore minerals, water-bearing reservoirs. This technology works within the framework of the “real” paradigm of geological and geophysical studies. The  essence is a “direct” searching for a concrete substance such as oil, gas, gold, silver, platinum, zinc, iron, water, etc. It allows to find and map operatively anomalous zones of “oil” and (or) “gas” accumulation types due to the large-scale and medium size HC deposits. As a result of experimental studies a significant amount of new (additional) and, most importantly, an independent information about oil and gas potential of the Kerch shelf shoals and the Pallas structure have been received. This information together with available geological and geophysical materials can be used for selecting priority sites for a detailed study and drilling. With the instrumentality of the technology of frequency-resonance processing and interpretation of remote sensing data a rapid assessment of hydrocarbon potential of all sites and structures in the Ukrainian sector of the Black and Azov Seas can be carried out.

Keywords: Azov and Black Sea region, Kerch shelf, Pallas structure, oil, gas, deposit, satellite data, technology, direct prospecting, processing, interpretation.