Setting prospects for research and extraction of gas hydrates in the Black sea

Abstract

The prospects of identification of gas hydrate deposits within the Black Sea are considered in the work. The areas are described that contain gene-fluids structures which are associated the methane-hydrated deposits. The promising areas for the searches for gas-hydrates deposits within the Black Sea are grounded. We consider the theory of their formation and existence under certain thermodynamic conditions. Attention is drawn to the area located on the continental slope in the north-western Black Sea. It is suggested that the relationship of mud volcanoes and gas hydrates with thermal diapir has paragenetic nature, and their relationship with the thermal diapir is genetic.

Keywords

• gas hydrates
• heat flow
• tectonic movements
• field oil and gas
• black sea