Abstract

Purpose of the investigation is to determine the factors of formation and evolution of the Barents-Kara shelf hydrogeological area and determine the prospects of oil and gas potential of submarine artesian basins. Objectives are to determine the role of latest tectonics processes in the reorganization and separation of individual basins on the shelf, the connection of high-amplitude displacements of the earth’s crust at the latest stage with the reorganization or destruction of hydrocarbon deposits in areas of significant movement along the latest faults, and the determination of the prospects for oil and gas potential in the Barents-Kara shelf hydrogeological region. The latest tectonics regime of the continental margin is considered as one of the important criteria for determining the prospects for oil and gas potential of artesian basins of the shelf of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent land.