New seismic better defines North Ustyurt basin potential

摘要

The North Ustyurt basin occupies the area adjacent to the southeastern part of the Pre-Caspian basin. Its tectonic activity was initiated by counter-clockwise movement of the Kazakhstan shield during Carboniferous and Permian time and compression from the northeast caused by the collision with the Central Karakums tectonic subcontinent in Jurassic and Cretaceous time (Fig. 1).