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Geological reservoir as a natural storage facility for helium reserves

https://doi.org/10.21285/2686-9993-2019-42-4-487-494

Abstract

With the start of the large helium-rich petroleum deposits exploitation in the Siberian platform south, a problem of long-term helium storage arises. Some researchers propose to use reliable underground storage facilities for this purpose. Geological bodies such as rock associations can be used as natural reservoirs for injecting and storing the helium reserves. The saliferous sediments within the natural reservoirs are of particular importance due to their capacity to keep helium for a long time. To determine the paleofacial conditions for the accumulation of the saliferous impermeable layers, the archive and published data on drilling and geophysical studies of the Eastern Siberia fields have been used. The article presents the research results on the cap rocks’ lithological composition and thickness, as well as on the conditions of their formation as areal impermeable beds within the natural reservoirs of the Siberian platform south. The Lower Cambrian deposits of the Usolie suite, a part of the Vendian-Cambrian oil-and-gas complex, can be considered as an areal impermeable bed of this kind.

About the Authors

L. A. Rapatskaya
Irkutsk National Research Technical University
Russian Federation

Cand. Sci. (Geol. & Mineral.), Docent, Professor, Department of Geology, Geophysics and Geoinformation Systems, Institute of Subsoil Use

83 Lermontov St., Irkutsk 664074, Russia



M. E. Tonkikh
Irkutsk National Research Technical University
Russian Federation

Cand. Sci. (Geol. & Mineral.), Docent, Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Geophysics and Geoinformation Systems, Institute of Subsoil Use

83 Lermontov St., Irkutsk 664074, Russia



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Rapatskaya L.A., Tonkikh M.E. Geological reservoir as a natural storage facility for helium reserves. Earth sciences and subsoil use. 2019;42(4):487-494. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21285/2686-9993-2019-42-4-487-494

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