Earth and Planetary Science

Results of the Application of Direct-search Mobile Technology in the Exploration Blocks of Shakal and Halabja (Kurdistan)

Mykola Yakymchuk

Institute for Applied Problems of Ecology, Geophysics and Geochemistry, Laboratory Lane, 1, Kyiv, 01133, Ukraine

Arzu Javadova

MicroPro GMBH, st. Magdeburg 26, b, Gommern, 39245, Germany

Ignat Korchagin

Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the NAS of Ukraine, Palladin Ave., 32, Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36956/eps.v2i2.857

Received: 12 May 2023; Revised: 16 August 2023; Accepted: 21 August 2023; Published Online: 8 September 2023

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Abstract

Using experimental studies of mobile exploration technology, which includes modified methods of frequency-resonance processing, decoding of satellite and photographic images, vertical electron resonant scanning of the geological section, and the method of integral assessment of oil and gas content, the authors identified the potential of large prospecting blocks and licensed areas within the Shakal and Halabja blocks in Kurdistan. In the Shakal exploration area, the authors received oil responses from 3 intervals: 1) 2771–2794 m, 2) 2795.3–2815.45 m, and 3) 2834.40–2854 m in limestone sections. In Halabja exploration area, oil responses were obtained from 12 intervals: 1) 297–311.5 m, 2) 328–330 m, 3) 1190–1260 m, 4) 2018–2020 m, 5) 2059–2061 m, 6) 2132–2133 m, 7) 2192–2201 m, 8) 2249–2276 m, 9) 2307–2310 m, 10) 2317–2321 m, 11) 2326–2329 m and 12) 3310–3340 m. These results suggest that the proposed alternative exploration model can provide a more direct means of assessing the hydrocarbon potential of large exploratory areas, even before other geophysical investigations provide detailed information on possible targets.

Keywords: Oil and gas; Exploration model; Breakthrough technology; Remote sensing; Mobile technology; Kurdistan

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