PERSPEKTYWY POSZUKIWAŃ ZŁÓŻ GAZU ZIEMNEGO W SKAŁACH ILASTYCH (SHALE GAS) ORAZ GAZU ZIEMNEGO ZAMKNIĘTEGO (TIGHT GAS) W POLSCE

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POTENTIAL FOR SHALE GAS AND TIGHT GAS EXPLORATION IN POLAND

Abstract. The main target for shale gas exploration in Poland is the Upper Ordovician to Silurian black graptolitic shale at the East European Craton (Baltic Basin, Lublin-Podlasie Basin; Eastern and Northern Poland). Existence of such petroleum system is in this case confirmed by presence of gas shows. Locally criteria for shale gas exploration are meet by shales within the Lower Carboniferous section in Wielkopolska zone (region of Fore-Sudetic Monocline; Western and SW Poland). Unconventional accumulation of biogenic gas might exist within shales and mudstones of the Outer Carpathian Miocene Foredeep (SE Poland). The high potential for tight gas exploration is suggested for the Rotliegend eolian and fluvial sandstones, mainly in the region of NE Fore-Sudetic Monocline. Accumulations of tight gas might exist also in the Cambrian sandstones of the East European Craton, the Middle to Upper Devonian carbonates of the Lublin Basin, and also in the Cretaceous to Paleogene sandstones in the deep parts of the Outer Carpathian thrust belt (SE Poland). The Lower Carboniferous in Wielkopolska zone, composed of deep marine shales, mudstone and sandstone, might contain both shale and tight gas.