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U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 97-470e
MAPS SHOWING GEOLOGY, OIL AND GAS FIELDS
AND GEOLOGIC PROVINCES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
by F.M. Persits, G.F.Ulmishek, D.W.Steinshouer
USGS Energy Team
Box 25046 MS939
Denver, CO 80225
1998
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BRUCE BABBIT, Secretary
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Charles G. Groat, Director
Distributed free of charge by:
USGS Information Services
Box 25286, Building 810
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225
Call: [phone]
For more information on the World Energy Project contact:
Tom Ahlbrandt
[e-mail]
phone: [phone]
Box 25046 MS 939
Denver Federal Center,
Denver, CO 80225-0046
For more information on this CD-ROM contact:
Bill Larson
[e-mail]
phone: [phone]
Box 25046, MS 939
Denver Federal Center,
Denver, CO   80225-0046
or
Feliks Persits
[e-mail]
phone: [phone]
Box 25046, MS 939
Denver Federal Center,
Denver, CO   80225-0046
I. INTRODUCTION

This digitally compiled map includes geology, geologic provinces, and oil and gas fields
of the Former Soviet Union.  The map is part of a worldwide series on CD-ROM by World Energy
Project released of the U.S. Geological Survey . The goal of the project is to assess the
undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the world and report these
results by the year 2000.

For data management purposes the world is divided into eight energy regions corresponding
approximately to the economic regions of the world as defined by the U.S. Department of State.
The Former Soviet Union (Region 1) includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelarus, Estonia, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
and Uzbekistan.

Each region is then further divided into geologic provinces on the basis of natural geologic
entities and may include a dominant structural element or a number of contiguous elements.
Some provinces contain multiple genetically related basins.

Geologic province boundaries for the Former Soviet Union are delineated using data from
a number of geologic maps, and other tectonic and geographic data (see References).
Offshore province boundaries are defined by the 2000 meter bathymetric contour from the map
edited by Gabrielyants, 1990 (see References).   Each province is assigned a unique number;
the first digit is the region number.  It is attempted to number the provinces in
geographical groups; onshore, offshore, and combined on and offshore. The numbering starts
in the west.  The list of the provinces sorted by Code and by Name is shown in Adobe
Acrobat fsumap.pdf file (see section V below).

Oil and gas field data from Petroconsultants International Data Corporation worldwide oil
and gas field database are allocated to these provinces.  The geologic provinces are being
further subdivided into petroleum systems and assessment units in order to appraise the
undiscovered petroleum potential of selected provinces of the world. For a more in-depth
discussion on the geologic provinces and their relative ranking in terms of total known
petroleum volume, see Klett and others, 1997.

Specific details of the data sources and map compilation are given in the metadata file on
this CD-ROM.  Smaller stratigraphic subdivisions of Phanerozoic rock are combined to simplify
the map and to maintain consistency with other maps of the series. Precambrian rocks are
undivided.  Oil and gas field markers represent field centerpoints published with permission
from Petroconsultants International Data Corp.,1996 database.

This map is compiled using Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) ARC/INFO
software.  Political boundaries and cartographic representations on this map were taken, with
permission, from ESRI's ArcWorld 1:3M digital coverages, have no political significance, and
are displayed as general reference only.

Portions of this database covering the coastline and country boundaries contain intellectual
property of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), and are used herein with
permission. Copyright 1992 and 1996, Environmental Systems Research Institute,
Inc. All rights reserved.

II.  REFERENCES
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1.  Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), ArcWorld Digital map, 1:3,000,000.
2.  Gabrielyants, G.A.,ed,1990, Map of oil and gas geologic zonation of the USSR (scale
1:2,500,000): All-Russia Research Geological Oil Institute (VNIGRI),Moscow.
3.  Gramberg, I.S., and Pogrebitsky, Yu.E.,eds,1984, Geologic framework of the USSR
and distribution of useful minerals (Geologicheskoye stroeniye SSSR i zakonomernosti
razmeshcheniya poleznykh iskopaemykh), Vol.9, Seas of the Soviet Arctic: St. Petersburg
Nedra, 280p.
4.  Klett, T.R., Ahlbrandt, T.S., Schmoker, J.W., and Dolton, G.L., 1997,
Ranking of the World's oil and gas provinces by known petroleum volumes:
U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 97-463, one CD-ROM.
5.  Persits F.M., GRIDVECTOR (version 1): An ARC/INFO AML program to extract linear
features from a gray-scale image of a paper geologic map: U.S. Geological Survey
Open File Report 97-713.
6.  Petroconsultants, 1996, Petroleum exploration and production database: Houston,
Texas, Petroconsultants, Inc. [database available from Petroconsultants, Inc.,
P.O. Box 740619, Houston, Texas 77274-0619].
7.  Rozanov,L.N.,ed.,1970, Tectonic map of petroleum provinces of the USSR (scale
1:2,500,000): All-Union Petroleum Research Geological Institute (VNIGRI), St. Petersburg.
8.  Spizharsky,T.N.,ed.,1966, Tectonic map of the USSR (scale 1:7,500,000): All-Union
Research Geological Institute (VSEGEI), St. Petersburg.

III.  DISCLAIMERS
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This Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) publication was prepared by an agency of the
United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor
any of their employees, makes any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal
liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information,
apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not
infringe privately owned rights.
Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name,
trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement,
recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof.
Although all data and software published on this CD-ROM have been used by the USGS, no warranty,
expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and related materials
and (or) the functioning of the software. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such
warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of this data, software, or
related materials.

IV.  SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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A. Macintosh computer (Macintosh II series with 68020 or greater processor, including all
   Power Macintosh computers), with  MacOS 7.0 or later.
 - 4 MB application RAM for 680x0-based Macintosh or Power Macintosh with Virtual Memory
   turned on;
   5227 KB for Power Macintosh with Virtual Memory turned off
 - 20 MB hard disk space, plus 4.4 MB additional temporary disk space available during
   installation
 - For viewing PDF files inside a Web browser, Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later (3.0.1 or
   later recommended).
   (Netscape Navigator 2.0.2 can also be used with limitations; e.g., it will not allow you
   to submit a PDF form, and operations such as printing PDF files from within Netscape
   Navigator 2.0.2 can crash your Mac.) You may also be able to use other Web browsers that
   fully support the Netscape APIs.

B. Intel - x86-based personal computer (386 minimum; 486, Pentium, or Pentium Pro recommended),
   with Microsoft Windows 3.1, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, Microsoft Windows 95,
   Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0,
 - 32 MB application RAM minimum, 64 MB recommended
 - 17 MB hard disk space, plus 7 MB additional temporary disk space
 - display graphic card with resolution 1024 x 768 or at least 800 x 600 available during
   installation.
 - For viewing PDF files inside of a Web browser:
   Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later (3.0.1 or later recommended) or Microsoft Internet Explorer
   3.0 or later. (Netscape Navigator 2.0.2 can also be used with limitations; e.g. it will not
   allow you to submit a PDF form.  You may also be able to use other Web browsers that fully
   support the Netscape APIs.).

C. Sun SPARCstation with SunOS(TM) 4.1.3 or later, or Solaris(R) 2.3, 2.4, or 2.5 operating
   system software and OpenWindows(TM) (version 3.0 or later), Motif(TM) window manager
  (1.2.3 or later), OpenLook version 3.0, or Common Desktop Environment (CDE) 1.0.
  (Acrobat Reader will not run under Solaris 2.0, 2.1, or 2.2.).
 - 12 megabytes of available hard disk space
 - a 32 MB RAM

D. HP workstation, 9000 series workstation model 700 or 800, with HP-UX(TM) 9.0.3 or later
   operating system software, X Window System(TM) X11R5 with HP-VUE or CDE 1.0.
 - 12 megabytes of available hard disk space
 - a 32 MB RAM

E. Silicon Graphics workstation with IRIX(TM) 5.3 or later operating system software
 - 12 megabytes of available hard disk space
 - a 32 MB RAM

F. IBM RS/6000 workstation with AIX(R) 4.1 or later operating system and CDE 1.0 or Motif
   window manager.
 - 12 megabytes of available hard disk space
 - a 32 MB RAM

V.   INSTRUCTIONS AND DOCUMENTATION FOR OFR 97470e
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A.  Contents
Files on this CD-ROM include:

1.  fsumap.pdf Portable Document File (PDF files for Acrobat)
This file is a complete color map of geology, oil and gas field centerpoints from the
Petroconsultants 1996 database, geological provinces at the scale of 1:7,500,000, country
boundaries from ESRI's ArcWorld3M in an Adobe Portable Document File.  File contains 13 pages
including geological provinces list sorted by Name and by Code.
This file is readable by means of the freeware program, Acrobat Reader 3, that is included
on the CD_ROM. Instructions below describe how to install Acrobat, as well as launch, view,
navigate, and search the file.  This PDF file and accompanying software allows users to preview
the map data contained in this product.

2.  Various installation instructions and files for Adobe Acrobat reader, see section VI. below.

3.  fsu_geo.aep - ArcExplorer 1.1 Project file (workspace is \fsu\views - source ArcView shape
files).
This file consists of geology, geologic province, oil and gas fields centerpoints, major cities,
and latitude/longitude grid layers (ArcView themes).
This file is readable by means of the freeware program, ESRI's ArcExplorer 1.1.
It can be installed from this CD-ROM or downloaded FREE from ESRI home page - www.esri.com.

4. Metadata descriptors (created in accordance to FGDC standards for metadata) in two formats:
Macintosh text file format, and PC text file format located in fsu/metadata.  There are several
files in that directory: each for ARC/INFO coverage.
The major files are: rus_met.dos for PC and rus_met.mac for Macintosh.

5.  ARC/Info export files, located in the /fsu/export subdirectory, for PC systems and UNIX
systems, (see metadata file for complete list) consisting of coverages for geologic age,
province boundaries, oil and gas field centerpoints, country boundaries in the following
formats:
    a.    ARC/Info export files in standard interchange format (with .e00 extension)
    b.    Ungenerate files (with.gen extension)
    c.    Attribute files (with .csv extension)

6.  ARC/Info coverage files (ARC/Info cover directories) for the entire map are located in
fsu/arc_covr directory.

7. ARC/Info plot files, located in the fsu/plot subdirectory, consisting of two ARC/INFO graphic
files ( /fsu/plot/rus_all.gra and /fsu/plot/index.gra), one RTL format plot file
(with .rtl extension) for direct use with HP650C color plotter and three EPS files
(.eps extention) for use in Adobe Illustrator ver. 7.0.

8. ARCVIEW files in fsu/views for users with ESRI's ARCVIEW 3.0 or later.  These are shape files
for the geology, province boundaries, oil/gas fields centerpoints, country boundaries, and major
cities in Equidistant Conic projection.
UNIX ArcView users have to set up environment variable if they intend to work with these data
directly from CD-ROM. The line should be like this:
           setenv AVDATA01 /cdrom/of97470e/fsu/views
PC ArcView users have to add line to Autoexec.bat file like this:
           set AVDATA01 = e:\fsu\views, where e: is logical name of CD-ROM drive
and then reboot PC.

VI.   ACROBAT READER INSTALLATION
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A.   Installation procedures vary slightly among the five platforms listed below, but, generally,
the procedure is as follows:
1. Copy the fsumap.pdf file to your hard drive if approximately 13MB is available.
The file can be accessed from the CD-ROM, however, response will be greatly improved if the file
is copied to a disk drive.
2. Install Acrobat Reader 3 on your hard drive if not already installed.
3. Launch Acrobat Reader and then open the fsumap.PDF file.
Refer to the read me and text files supplied for each type of Acrobat reader for specific
installation instructions. These files are:
B.   Macintosh:
ACROREAD/README_M.MAC
ACROREAD/MAC/Reader/Reader/ReadMe-Reader
ACROREAD/MAC/Reader/Reader+Search/ReadMe-Reader
C.   Windows:
ACROREAD/WIN/READER/16BIT/README.TXT
ACROREAD/WIN/READER/ 32BIT/README.TXT
ACROREAD/WIN/RDR_SRCH/16BIT/README.TXT
ACROREAD/WIN/RDR_SRCH/32BIT/README.TXT
D.   UNIX systems:
ACROREAD/UNIX/READER/INSTGUID.TXT
ACROREAD/UNIX/READER/LICREAD.TXT
ACROREAD/UNIX/RDR_SRCH/INSTGUID.TXT
ACROREAD/UNIX/RDR_SRCH/LICREAD.TXT

VII. HINTS FOR USING ACROBAT
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The Acrobat toolbar is located along the top of the Acrobat screen. Most of the icons in the
tool bar are self-explanatory. The arrow icons move one page at a time. The bar-arrow icons go
to the first or last page in the file. The double-arrow icon allows the user to go back and
retrace previous views. Clicking on the red text links to other relevant pages or portions of
pages or maps. The cursor changes to a pointing finger when it passes over links. For example,
the hand icon, changes to a pointing finger, which indicates that it is over a link.
The fsumap.pdf file contains several buttons to facilitate navigation within the file. The top
and bottom pointing green arrows advance the reader to previous and next page in the PDF file.
The left pointing button will take you to the last view and is the same as selecting Go Back
from the View menu. Other convenient way to go back is to click right mouse button.
Each panning or magnification change is considered a view by the Acrobat Reader software.
The magnification glass icon can be accessed in the tool bar at the top of the screen and also
along the bottom of the screen to zoom in or out . The Thumbnail icons on the left side of the
screen can be clicked on to jump directly to that page. The page that is currently displayed
will be highlighted.  A box on the Thumbnail shows which portion of the page is being displayed.
Moving this box will display a different portion of the page. Changing the size of the box will
also change the amount of enlargement.  Clicking on Province name or Code will invoke Province
map on the page 12.  To go back click on right mouse button.
The Acrobat Reader software is described in more detail in the Online Guide that can be accessed
once you run the Acrobat application.