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LITHOLOGICAL-PETROPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF NEOGENE DEPOSITS OF TRANSCARPATHIAN OIL- AND GAS-BEARING AREA

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Geology & Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals No. 1–2 (197–198) 2025, 34–42

https://doi.org/10.15407/ggcm2025.197-198.034

Ihor KUROVETS, Ihor HRYTSYK, Zoriana KUCHER, Roman-Danyil KUCHER, Yulia LYSAK, Svitlana MELNYCHUK, Stepan MYKHALCHUK, Liudmyla PETELKO, Oleksandr PRYKHODKO, Pavlo CHEPUSENKO

Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine, e-mail: i.kurovets@gmail.com

Abstract

While searching and prospecting for hydrocarbon deposits, the efficiency of geological-prospecting works, exactly selection of optimal technologies of deposits discovering and their extraction, to a considerable extent depends on the availability of reliable information on probable types of reservoir rocks and their petrophysical properties. Here the results of researches of Neogene deposits of Transcarpathian deep of the Carpathian oil- and gas-bearing province were stated. Methods of researches contained an analysis of available geological-petrophysical information on lithological-petrographical, structural-textural peculiarities and petrophysical properties of deposits, laboratory investigations of core, mathematical-statistical processing of data, study of correlation ties between capacity-filtration and industrial-geophysical parameters, studies of the influence of geological factors upon the formation of different types of reservoir rocks.

In the Transcarpathian deep, industrial accumulation of gas were reveald in deposits of Badenian, Sarmatian and Pannonian and fractured ones. In the Badenian complex, gravelites, sandstones, aleurolites and at least tuffs and tuffites are reservoir rocks. Open porosity of sand resevoirs is from 8 to 22 per cent mainly, and permeability: (0.1–20.2) ∙ 10−3 μm2, open porosity of tuffaceous rocks varies from 3.7 to 24.4 per cent, and permeability from 0.1 ∙ 10−3 to 31.5 ∙ 10−3 μm2. Main role in improvement of capacity-filtration properties of reservoir rocks in undersalt thickness belongs to fracturing. In the Sarmatian deposits, sandstones and tuff rocks are reservoir rocks. Porosity of terrigenous reservoirs is from 10 to 20 per cent and permeability reaches 5 ∙ 10−3 μm2, porosity of tuffs and tuffites varies from 7.1 to 9 per cent, and permeability: (0.1–176) ∙ 10−3 μm2. Sand rocks that are characterizes by high capacity-filtration properties are known to be reservoir rocks in Pontian-Pannonian deposits. Open porosity is from 9.5 to 27 per cent, and permeability: (0.02–140) ∙ 10−3 μm2.

Thus, executed researches have indicated that in the sedimentary complex, reservoir rocks of different type from low-porous consolidated granular to composite-structured porous-fractured-cavernous were present that was caused by the influence of sedimentary, geotectonic, thermobaric, geothermical and other geological factors that rocks underwent in the course of their forming.

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Transcarpathian oil- and gas-bearing area, Neogene deposits, types of hydrocarbon reservoir rocks, lithological-petrophysical properties

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HYDROGEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE GENESIS, MIGRATION AND FORMING OF HYDROCARBON FIELDS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PRE-BLACK SEA AQUIFEROUS BASIN

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Geology & Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals No. 1–2 (197–198) 2025, 26–33

https://doi.org/10.15407/ggcm2025.197-198.026

Ivanna KOLODIY1, Olena ANIKEYEVA2

Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine, e-mail: 1ivannakolodiy@gmail.com; 2geolena@ukr.net

Abstract

The model of forming of hydrocarbon deposits in the aquatic part of the Pre-Black Sea aquiferous basin substantiates by the set of hydrogeochemical, gas-geochemical, geotemperature, and hydrodynamic data. The model is based on modern views on the geodynamic history of development and makes it possible to state that the formation of gas-vapour systems occurred in the lower reaches of the sedimentary stratum of the riftogen at high pressures and temperatures and the presence of water. The basis of gas-vapour systems was both thermocatalytic and subcrustal (mantle) gases. Active heat and mass transfer of fluids during Alpine tectonogenesis continues to this day, which is confirmed by geothermal anomalies caused by the upward discharge of groundwater, endogenous gases – methane, helium, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, etc. The probable migration paths are sublatitudinal disjunctive dislocations and decompression zones in areas where tensile forces were manifested against the background of regional compression, for example, in places where faults of different directions intersect. As a result of gas migration, especially through clayey rocks, sorption of heavy hydrocarbons occurred, which determined gas-geochemical zoning. Gas migration was realized in a free high-temperature gas-vapour phase, which filled the traps, displacing or compressing the formation water. Active heat and mass transfer affects to the hydro- and gas-hydrogeochemical zoning and the filling of existing traps with hydrocarbons.

Practical significance. Hydrogeochemical features such as water-dissolved gases and condensation water are the direct indicators of oil and gas potential. Hydrogeological model can be used to forecast deposits in other oil and gas-bearing regions (in particular, the Carpathian Foredeep).

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Pre-Black Sea aquiferous basin, Karkinit-Northern Crimean trough, hydrogeological peculiarities, water-dissolved gases, condensate waters, hydrocarbons, vertical migration

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HYDROGEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF OIL-BEARING PROPERTIES OF THE HVIZDETS OIL FIELD (Boryslav-Pokuttia oil and gas region)

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Geology & Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals No. 1–2 (197–198) 2025, 14–25

https://doi.org/10.15407/ggcm2025.197-198.014

Vasyl HARASYMCHUK¹, Halyna MEDVID¹, Olha TELEHUZ¹, Ivanna KOLODIY¹, Myroslav SPRYNSKYI²

1 Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine, e-mail: igggk@mail.lviv.ua
2 Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Republic of Poland, e-mail: kontakt@umk.pl

Abstract

The hydrogeological characteristics of the structures of the Hvizdets oil field have been studied. Specific features of the underground waters of the field, which determine the presence of hydrocarbon accumulations, have been identified for potential application in other areas of the investigated region when searching for new deposits.

It has been found that in all aquifers of the field, the reservoir pressure exceeds the hydrostatic pressure by a magnitude of 3 to 13 MPa. The highest pressure values are recorded both within the oil- and gas-bearing contour and near the oil-water contact. It has been established that high values of the reservoir water overpressure reflect the dense hydrodynamic isolation of individual aquifers and sections of the Hvizdets oil field and directly indicate their high hydrogeological favourability for preserving deposits. The spatial distribution of hydrodynamic vectors points to potential migration paths of fluids towards both the Bilche-Volytsia zone of the Precarpathian foredeep and the Skyba zone of the Carpathians.

The macro-component composition, contents of trace elements, and the component ratios of reservoir waters of the Hvizdets oil field reflect quasi-stagnant hydrogeological conditions, favourable for preserving hydrocarbon deposits here. The presence of bicarbonate-sodium waters of the Menilite sediments with reduced total dissolved solids and increased bicarbonate ion content is considered a direct hydrogeological criterion resulting from the reduction of sulfur from sulfates when underground waters interact with hydrocarbons in the dispersion halo of the oil deposit.

The gas-hydrogeochemical features of oil presence include the increase in water gas saturation when approaching the deposit and the increase in the relative proportion of methane homologues in the composition of dissolved gases.

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hydrocarbon deposits, hydrogeological criteria of oil- and gas-bearing properties, aquifer, reservoir pressure, macro-components, micro-components

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ABOUT PATENT AND INVENTIVE WORK AT THE INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF COMBUSTIBLE MINERALS OF NAS OF UKRAINE IN 2024

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Geology & Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals No. 1–2 (197–198) 2025, 111–114

https://doi.org/10.15407/ggcm2025.197-198.111

Oleg GVOZDEVYCH

Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine, e-mail: senslviv@ukr.net

Abstract

The results of inventive work at the Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 2024 were considered:

– the method of obtaining thermal energy from mine workings includes pumping mine water and ventilation air to the day surface, extracting low-potential thermal energy using heat pumps, and supplying heated water to consumers;

– the method of thermal coal processing includes continuous sectional loading of coal, gradual heating, regulation of the speed of section movement, temperature control of the process, and production of gas, liquid, and solid products;

– the three-section unit for heat recovery from mine workings includes supply and storage pipelines for mine water and ventilation air, appropriate heat exchangers, heat pumps, and a heated water storage tank with a discharge pipeline;

– the energy complex for the processing of carbon-containing raw materials includes a raw material gasifier that produces a mixture of combustible gases, carbon dioxide CO2 and warm water as gasification products.; The complex additionally includes a bioreactor, which, after gasification, receives carbon dioxide and a portion of the waste heat water, which intensify the growth of algae in the bioreactor for processing in a separate module into as biofuel;

– the method of underground gasification of coal for synthesis gas and methane production were implemented at temperatures from 950 to 1 150 °C and a pressure of 0.5 to 1.0 MPa. We produce methane-containing coal gas from the coalcontaining thickness above the gasification layer;

– the method of combined conversion of non-conditional coal includes the production of synthesis gas of CO + H2 at gasification of a water coal pulp in a ratio of 1:1 in a coil reactor, simultaneous pyrolysis of lump coal in the reactor, exhaust of CO, H2, CH4, CO2 with the production of resin products;

– the method of predicting enriched horizons of metal-bearing deposits includes geological and structural processing and interpretation of the study area, allocation of promising areas in the search for elements, calculation of their density, construction of maps, diagrams, schemes and determination of the structure of objects, analysis of the relief and establishment of block and ring structures, which are used to predict promising objects in terms of mineral deposits in the study area.

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patent for invention of Ukraine in 2024, utility model, method

Referenses

Akimov, A. A., & Hvozdevych, O. V. (2024). Enerhetychnyi kompleks pererobky vuhletsevmisnoi syrovyny (Patent na vynakhid Ukrainy (korysna model) № 155353). Biuleten, 8. https://sis.nipo.gov.ua/uk/search/detail/1785052/ [in Ukrainian]

Hvozdevych, O. V., Kulchytska-Zhyhailo, L. Z., & Buchynska, I. V. (2024). Sposib pidzemnoi hazyfikatsii vuhillia dlia otrymannia syntez-hazu ta metanu (Patent na vynakhid Ukrainy (korysna model) № 157389). Biuleten, 41. https://sis.nipo.gov.ua/uk/search/detail/1822745/ [in Ukrainian]

Hvozdevych, O. V., Podolskyi, M. R., Kulchytska-Zhyhailo, L. Z., Poberezhskyi, A. V., & Buchynska, I. V. (2024). Sposib kombinovanoi konversii nekondytsiinoho vuhillia (Patent na vynakhid Ukrainy (korysna model) № 157772). Biuleten, 47. https://sis.nipo.gov.ua/uk/search/detail/1827871/ [in Ukrainian]

Naumko, I. M., Batsevych, N. V., Fedoryshyn, Yu. I., & Hvozdevych, O. V. (2024). Sposib prohnozuvannia zbahachenykh horyzontiv metalonosnykh rodovyshch (Patent na vynakhid Ukrainy (korysna model) № 157865). Biuleten, 49. https://sis.nipo.gov.ua/uk/search/detail/1831397/ [in Ukrainian]

Podolskyi, M. R., Hvozdevych, O. V., Bryk, D. V., Poberezhskyi, A. V., & Kulchytska-Zhyhailo, L. Z. (2024). Sposib otrymannia teplovoi enerhii z shakhtnoi vyrobky (Patent na vynakhid Ukrainy (korysna model) № 155176). Biuleten, 4. https://sis.nipo.gov.ua/uk/search/detail/1781315/ [in Ukrainian]

Podolskyi, M. R., Hvozdevych, O. V., & Kulchytska-Zhyhailo, L. Z. (2024a). Sposib termichnoho pereroblennia vuhillia (Patent na vynakhid Ukrainy (korysna model) № 155394). Biuleten, 8. https://sis.nipo.gov.ua/uk/search/detail/1785062/ [in Ukrainian]

Podolskyi, M. R., Hvozdevych, O. V., & Kulchytska-Zhyhailo, L. Z. (2024b). Trysektsiina ustanovka dlia otrymannia teplovoi enerhii z shakhtnoi vyrobky (Patent na vynakhid Ukrainy (korysna model) № 156243). Biuleten, 22. https://sis.nipo.gov.ua/uk/search/detail/1801143/ [in Ukrainian]

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GENERATION POTENTIAL OF THE DEVONIAN ROCKS OF THE VOLYN-PODILLYA PLATE

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Geology & Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals No. 1–2 (197–198) 2025, 5–13

https://doi.org/10.15407/ggcm2025.197-198.005

Natalia RADKOVETS1, 2, Yuriy KOLTUN1, Ihor SHAYNOHA2

1 Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine, e-mail: radkov_n@ukr.net
2 Ivan Franko Lviv National University, Lviv, Ukraine

Abstract

Since the 1960s, two gas fields (Lokachi and Velyki Mosty) have been discovered in the Devonian sequence of the Volyn-Podillya Plate, and numerous gas shows have been observed in the Lokachi, Olesko, Horokhiv, and Oglyadiv areas. Organic-rich rocks within the Volyn-Podillya Plate are widespread in the Lower, Middle and Upper Devonian strata. They are represented by terrigenous, clayey and carbonate layers.

The objective of this study is to investigate the generation potential of the Devonian rocks of the Volyn-Podillya Plate and the possibility of their participation in the petroleum system of the region. Geochemical studies covered the entire territory of the Volyn-Podillya Plate as well as the entire chronological interval of the Devonian strata.

Rock-Eval pyrolysis studies showed that the content of total organic carbon in the Lower Devonian organic-rich rocks ranges from 0.01 to 0.45 % (average values 0.12 %). The organic matter in these rocks contains mainly kerogen of marine origin type II, and has undergone primary and/or secondary oxidation processes.

The content of total organic carbon in Middle Devonian sediments varies: in rocks of the Eifelian Stage from 0.02 to 0.64 % (average values 0.08 %), in Givetian from 0.01 to 2.35 % (average values 0.19 %), in Frasnian from 0.04 to 1.43 % (average values 0.08 %), in Famennian from 0.07 to 0.10 % (average values 0.09 %).

The thermal maturity level of the Lower (Lochkovian Stage), Middle (Eifelian, Givetian Stages) and Upper (Frasnian, Famennian Stages) Devonian ranges from immature to overmature rocks.

The Middle and Upper Devonian rocks are dominated by type II marine kerogen, which underwent primary oxidation during sedimentation and/or secondary hydrothermal oxidation of dispersed organic matter during dolomitization. The pyrolysis temperature Tmax varies from 422 to 527 °C, demonstrating that the degree of thermal transformation of kerogen ranges from immature to overmature, with a significant part of the sediments being within the zones of generation of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, which indicates the significant role of Devonian sediments in the formation of the petroleum system of the region.

Geochemical studies of the generation properties of the Middle and Upper Devonian sediments within the Volyn-Podillya Plate showed that they can be considered as oil and gas source rocks in the Upper Paleozoic sequence.

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organic carbon, Rock-Eval pyrolysis, kerogen type, thermal maturity, hydrocarbon potential

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CLAY MINERALS ASSOCIATIONS OF THE UPPER NEOPROTEROZOIC-LOWER CAMBRIAN MARLS OF THE SALT RANGE FORMATION, PAKISTAN

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Geology & Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals No. 1–2 (197–198) 2025, 91–110

https://doi.org/10.15407/ggcm2025.197-198.091

Yaroslava YAREMCHUK1, Fanwei MENG2, Sophiya HRYNIV1, Serhiy VOVNIUK1, Nadiya HORODECHNA1

1 Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine, e-mail: slava.yaremchuk@gmail.com
2 China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT), Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, e-mail: fwmeng@isl.ac.cn

Abstract

The peculiarities of the mineral composition of the pelitic fraction of marls of the Upper Neoproterozoic- Lower Cambrian Salt Range Formation are considered as a reflection of the influence of regional and global factors on the formation of clay minerals.

The pelitic fraction of 53 marl samples of Salt Range Formation taken in the Salt Range in the Khewra Gorge was studied: from the Sahwal Marl Member (48 samples), the Bhandar Kas Gypsum Member (2 samples), and the upper part of the Billianwala Salt Member (3 samples).

According to a set of analyzes (X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energydispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX)), the determined association of clay minerals is represented by illite, chlorite, corrensite, chlorite-corrensite, chlorite-smectite, smectite, illite-smectite and in some samples also defective chlorite and defective corrensite occurs. Smectite, chlorite, and mixed-layer chlorite-smectite are magnesian trioctahedral minerals, illite is ferruginous dioctahedral, indicating their authigenic origin. A significant amount of labile minerals and phases in the associations is caused by a combination of the effects of contemporary volcanism, low brine concentration of the evaporite basin, and the presence of organic matter, mainly bitumen. Volcanic activity together with low brine concentration contributed to the formation of labile clay minerals and mixed-layer phases, and their interaction with organic compounds slowed down the processes of aggradation transformation.

The increased magnesium content and the presence of magnesian clay minerals in the pelitic fraction of the studied deposits are characteristic of evaporite deposits formed from SO4-rich seawater type, which is consistent with the sulfate seawater type in the Neoproterozoic.

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Neoproterozoic, clay minerals, X-ray diffraction, marls, Salt Range Formation, Pakistan

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DETERMINATION AND DISTRIBUTION of Na, K, Li, Ca, and Ba MOBILE FORMS IN PEAT OF THE LVIV REGION BY FLAME SPECTROPHOTOMETRY

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Geology & Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals No. 1–2 (197–198) 2025, 75–90

https://doi.org/10.15407/ggcm2025.197-198.075

Myroslava YAKOVENKO1, Yurii KHOKHA2

Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine, e-mail: 1myroslavakoshil@ukr.net; 2khoha_yury@ukr.net

Abstract

The article presents the results of determining the quantitative content and geochemical features of the distribution (including depth distribution), accumulation, migration, and origin of Na, K, Li, Ca, and Ba mobile forms in peat from selected representative deposits and areas of the Lviv Region (Bilogorshcha, Honchary, Hamaliivka, Artyshchiv, Polonychna, Sknylivok), and identifying the main factors affecting the unevenness of their concentration. The analyses were performed using the flame spectrophotometry method with two low-temperature flame spectrophotometers: FP910 (PG Instruments) and FF-200 (Cole-Parmer, Jenway). This method is distinguished by its simplicity, speed, expressivity, high sensitivity, reliability, and relatively low equipment cost.

Mathematical and statistical processing of the quantitative characteristics of the distribution of Ca, Ba, Na, K, and Li mobile forms content in the studied peatlands of the Lviv Region was carried out using MS Excel 2019 and Statistica 12 software packages. Employing correlation (calculation and construction of correlation matrices and profiles), cluster, and factor (principal component method) analyses, the degree of dependence between variables and typomorphic geochemical associations of mobile forms of chemical elements in the researched environment were established. The values of the limits of local background fluctuations and the level of element content deviations were determined; the values of the concentration coefficients relative to the background (median) content were calculated.

The vertical distribution of Ca, Ba, Na, K, and Li mobile forms along the peat deposit profiles showed that the content of K and Na decreases with depth for all researched deposits, as well as Ca, Ba, and Li (except Honchary deposit). It was established that the vertical distribution of the studied elementsʼ mobile forms in peat deposits is characterized by maxima in the upper peat horizon and contact layers with mineral soil (0–40 cm), which is mainly due to biological accumulation and aeolian input. An exception is the uneven distribution of Ca, Ba, and Li in the Honchary peat deposit, where a significant enrichment with freshwater mollusk shells is observed, particularly at a depth of 80–120 cm.

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peat, mobile forms, elemental analysis, flame spectrophotometry

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THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FLUID INCLUSIONS BRINE IN HALITE OF EVAPORITE DEPOSITS IN WENKOU DEPRESSION (PRC) IN THE CONTEXT OF SALT MINERALOGENESIS

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Geology & Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals No. 1–2 (197–198) 2025, 57–74

https://doi.org/10.15407/ggcm2025.197-198.057

Anatoliy GALAMAY1, Fanwei MENG2, Daria SYDOR1

1 Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine, e-mail: galamaytolik@ukr.net
2 China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT), Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, e-mail: fwmeng@isl.ac.cn

Abstract

The chemical composition of brines of fluid inclusions of different genesis has established the peculiarities of mineralogenesis of the Wenkou Depression of the Dawenkou Basin. The content of K+, Mg2+ and SO42− in sedimentary brines ranged from 27.6 to 32.9, 41.5 to 32.7, and 66.6 to 33.3 g/l, respectively. The obtained data on the chemical composition of sedimentary brines and the values of δ34S (+10.9…+35.7 ‰) and δ18O (+14.7…+19.4 ‰) of anhydrite do not exclude the influence of marine transgressions on the continental halogenation of the Dawenkou Basin. The main source of sulfate in the Basin was ancient evaporites in the Yi-Meng Mountains of Shandong Province, which were eroded by surface waters. At the post-sedimentation stage, the salt strata were heated to temperatures of about 45 and 63 ℃. Halite recrystallization occurred at elevated pressure, which was tens of times higher than normal atmospheric pressure.

Weakly mineralized waters enriched in Ca(HCO3)2, which entered the basin, led to the precipitation of gypsum or glauberite. Taking into account the high potassium content in the brines, which is close to the beginning of sylvite deposition, one can expect polyhalite (due to newly formed gypsum) mineralization to be found in the sediments.

The chemical composition of post-sedimentation brines is characterized by a wide fluctuation in the content of the main ions. In the salt-bearing stratum, brines of various compositions circulated: a) with a sharply increased (relative to the sedimentary) content of potassium, magnesium and sulfate; b) with an increased content of potassium, magnesium and a reduced content of sulfate; c) with a reduced content of potassium and an increased content of magnesium and sulfate; d) with a significantly reduced concentration of all ions.

In the XZK-101 well under investigation, no other salt minerals were found except halite, mirabilite, and glauberite. However, according to the data from the study of the chemical composition of brine inclusions in halite, in the immediate vicinity of its location in the Wenkou Depression, one should expect the detection of kieserite, langbeinite, and other salt minerals in salt deposits. The formation of langbeinite was facilitated by elevated temperatures and pressure. The brines found with an abnormally high magnesium content are apparently residual brines (reaction products) during the formation of langbeinite due to unstable sedimentary hexahydrite and sylvite.

According to the obtained data on the chemical composition of brines of inclusions in halite, the boundaries of both the halite and potassic facies on the existing facies maps of the basin are subject to revision.

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fluid inclusions, halite, brines, homogenization temperature, salt strata

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EXTRACTION AND INNOVATIVE USE OF METHANE FROM COAL DEPOSIT OF THE LVIV-VOLYN COAL BASIN

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Geology & Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals No. 1–2 (197–198) 2025, 43–56

https://doi.org/10.15407/ggcm2025.197-198.043

Iryna BUCHYNSKA, Oleg GVOZDEVYCH, Myroslav PODOLSKY, Lesya KULCHYTSKA-ZHYHAYLO

Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine, e-mail: ibuchynska@ukr.net

Abstract

The European course towards decarbonization of the economy and energy systems is directly related to the reduction of the volume of extraction and use of fossil fuels. For Ukraine, large-scale restructuring of the coal industry, modernization of mining regions and thermal power are priority tasks. On the one hand, it is necessary to radically reduce the negative impact of extraction and use of fossil fuels on the environment, and on the other hand, we must ensure the effective involvement of the potential of mining systems in the sustainable development of territories, in particular by introducing modern innovative methods of using existing geological objects and mineral resources.

In the article, using the example of coal massif of the Lviv-Volyn Coal Basin, a geological analysis of the formation of methane-containing coal gas traps is carried out and the dependence of the volume of coal gas release on the methane content of coal deposits is shown; for the extraction of a methane-gas mixture from a coal massif, a technological scheme is proposed, which is characterized by the fact that it step by step selects an underground block, to which gas production wells are drilled from the surface and coal gas is extracted, in the next step an adjacent underground block is selected, additional gas production wells are drilled and coal gas is extracted from the adjacent block, by repeating the blocks selection and gas extraction methane-gas mixture from all coal massif is removed; the scheme of an innovative complex has been developed that uses a methane-gas mixture of coal massifs to simultaneously produce of hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol, such complexes can be recommended for the sustainable development of mining enterprise territories.

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coal bed methane, coal massif, Lviv-Volyn Basin, gas extraction, production of hydrogen, ammonia, methanol

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RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF STUDYING ALLUVIAL TITANIUM DEPOSITS (using the example of the Volyn titanium-bearing region, the slope of the Ukrainian shield)

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Geology & Geochemistry of Combustible Minerals No. 3–4 (195–196) 2024, 126–134

https://doi.org/10.15407/ggcm2024.195-196.126

Mariia MEREZHKO

Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, e-mail: geoinsgeo@gmail.com

Abstract

This article explores the historical progression of research into titanium-bearing alluvial deposits, focusing on the Volyn titanium-bearing region in Ukraine. The study highlights three primary stages of exploration: the early period, the Soviet era, and the contemporary period following Ukraine’s independence, each representing a unique phase in the understanding and utilization of titanium mineral resources.

During the early period, titanium minerals were occasionally mentioned in studies, mostly as incidental observations of titanium-bearing crystalline rocks, with limited systematic interest in their exploration. However, the Soviet era marked a transformative phase in the study of these resources. As demand for rare elements surged, comprehensive geological exploration efforts intensified. Geological expeditions and research groups were established, laying the groundwork for a more structured approach to titanium resource exploration. This era also saw the formation of the “Ukrainian Titanium School”, which brought together researchers and production teams for collaborative study and development of titanium deposits.

The contemporary period, beginning in 1991, is characterized by advancements in methodologies and technologies. Research on titan-zirconium placers in the Volyn region has continued, now emphasizing the role of modern techniques, including Geographic Information Systems. The ongoing collaboration between research institutions and production enterprises, exemplified by the Ukrainian Titanium School, has driven significant progress in the field, facilitating a foundation for further industry development.

Despite the considerable advancements in understanding titanium deposits, challenges persist, underscoring the need for continuous research and the integration of innovative methods. The article concludes by emphasizing the importance of the rational utilization of titanium resources in driving Ukraine’s economic growth, creating new employment opportunities, and attracting investments in titanium extraction and processing.

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titanium deposit, historical exploration, Volyn region, Ukraine, mineral resource

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