Prediction of oil and gas potential and the distribution area of reservoirs in the Zardab-Shikhbaghy-Kishlyak area of the muradkhanli oil and gas region

The comprehensive analysis and generalization of the result of geophysical exploration works conducted in the Yevlakh-Agjabedin depression also covered the Zardab, Shikhbaghy, Eastern Shikhbaghy and Kishlak structures. The geological cross-section and stratigraphy of the work area were studied through deep wells drilled in the Zardab, Shikhbaghy areas as well as in the neighboring Soyudlu and Muradkhanli areas. The geological structure of the area includes Cretaceous-Quaternary deposits. In the work area, it is observed that the thicknesses of the Neogene-Paleogene sediment complex decrease and some horizons completely wedge out indicating favorable conditions for the formation of lithological-stratigraphic traps. The prospects of the work area are associated with the carbonate and effusive sediments of the upper Cretaceous and the fractured and clastic reservoirs of the Eocene and Maykop. As a result of seismic and drilling works in the work area, three structural levels were identified: Mesozoic, Paleogene and Neogene-Anthropogene. Dynamic and kinematic interpretation works were carried out in the research area structural maps were drawn up relevant parameters were selected and attribute analyses were calculated. Natural oil and gas manifestations were observed in the area. RMS, Variance, Generalized Spectral Decomposition and Sweetness attributes enable the identification of areas distinguished by the variable properties of the wave field. According to the calculated RMS attribute map high amplitude values in the Upper Eocene sediments are locally observed around fractures in the northern and northeastern parts of the area. Keywords: seismic exploration; deposit; attribute analysis; kinematic and dynamic parameters; RMS attribute; instantaneous amplitude; variance attribute; high amplitude values; sweetness attributes.