Identification of prospective oil and gas prospecting areas based on the results of aerospace geological studies within the southeastern part of the Dnieper-Donetsk Depression and the junction zone with the Donetsk Folded Structure

The article presents the results obtained in 2020-2024 within the southeastern part of the Dnieper-Donetsk Depression (DDD) and the junction zone with the Donetsk Folded Structure (DFS) based on the results of a comprehensive interpretation of remote sensing and modern geological and geophysical data. The research included structural and geomorphological analysis of the modern relief, structural decoding of space images to identify prospective objects (PO), and interpretation of the scattered wave field from regional seismic profiles to identify priority prospective objects (PPO). Based on the results of structural and geomorphological, aerospace geological and neotectonic studies, a scheme of morphostructures was created, and a total of 66 morphostructures were identified. After interpreting the scattered wave field from seismic profiles, morphostructures were identified, which are presented as priority promising objects, taking into account promising segments on the profiles. 7 objects were recommended for further geological exploration. Author Contributions: Conceptualization – O. V. Titarenko; methodology and analysis – O. V. Titarenko, O. V. Sedlerova; systematization, visualization – T. A. Yefimenko, A. D. Bondarenko; preparation of the text of the article: the author's manuscript – O. V. Sedlerova; reviewing and editing – O. V. Titarenko, A. D. Bondarenko, T. A. Yefimenko. All authors read and agreed with the published version of the manuscript. Funding: This research was funded by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine within the framework of the departmental research project "Geodynamic zoning of territories promising for the search for hydrocarbon deposits using aerospace and geological methods" (2020-2024), state registration number 0120U100131. Data Availability Statement: Data available on reasonable request from the authors. Acknowledgments: The authors are grateful to the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for supporting this research. The authors would like to acknowledge Zinaida Tovstyuk, Candidate of Geological Sciences, for her qualified advice in preparing the materials of the article. The authors would like to acknowledge Zinaida Tovstyuk, Candidate of Geological Sciences, for her qualified advice in preparing the materials of the article. The authors are grateful to the reviewers and editors for their valuable comments, recommendations and attention to work. Conflicts of Interest: Authors declare no conflict of interest.