Hydrocarbon exploration in the Gorgan Plain to the SE of the South Caspian Basin (northern Iran) has taken place since the 1960s but no economic resources of petroleum have yet been discovered in this area and few studies of potential source rocks have been carried out. In this study, the generation potential and thermal maturity of potential Cenozoic source rocks are investigated on the basis of Rock-Eval analyses of core and cuttings samples and organic petrographic observations. Hydrocarbon generation, migration and entrapment are evaluated from 2D basin modelling along two seismically-derived profiles, oriented east-west and north-south across the Gorgan Plain area. The models used input data from ten wells.

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伊朗北部里海盆地东南部戈尔甘平原的源岩评价和盆地建模

自 1960 年代以来，南里海盆地东南部（伊朗北部）戈尔甘平原的油气勘探一直在进行，但该地区尚未发现石油经济资源，对潜在烃源岩的研究也很少。本研究在对岩心岩屑样品进行Rock-Eval分析和有机岩相观察的基础上，研究了潜在新生代烃源岩的生成潜力和热成熟度。沿着 Gorgan 平原地区东西向和南北走向的两个地震衍生剖面，通过二维盆地建模评估碳氢化合物的生成、迁移和截留。该模型使用来自十口井的输入数据。