42°0'0"E 44°0'0"E 46°0'0"E 48°0'0"E 50°0'0"E 52°0'0"E 54°0'0"E Zhdanovsk Mokrousovsk 54°0'0"N Krasnokutsk North Limansk Karpensk West Rovensk Buzuluk Lobodinsk-Teplovsk Uplift Zone 8 10 Pavlovsk Komsomol'sk Uzensk Talovsk 0 West Lipov 1 Starshinov Precaspian Kurilov 9 Lipov Soldatsk-Stepnovsk 8 South Kislovsk Kurilov-Novouzen Uplift Zone 8 Hydrocarbon Region Novonikol'sk Lobodinsk 12 Sportivnoe Tokarevsk 10 Tsyganovsk 9 W. Teplov 12 1 Kam'enskUl'yanovsk 0 Dar'insk Ural'sk Volgograd 12 Gremyachinsk Teplov 48°0'0"N 6 14 E. Gremyachinsk S Gremyachin 12 1 Chinarevka 10 4 Ural'sk 8 15 16 1 Kuznetsov V 0 o 15 14 l 16 g 14 a 10 10 2 16 1 R 9 1 14 . 2 15 8 16 1 . 14 16 R 1 16 l 2 a Karachaganak 16 7 r 1 2 Orenburg 0 1 U 1 1 0 10 9 10 10 1 1 15 4 1 Tsarynsk 12 16 18 52°0'0"N 4 14 1 11 1 5 8 1 1 2 17 4 14 13 1 16 5 12 1 14 1 2 Voropayevo Karachagan14ak-Troitsk Uplift Zone Sovkhoz North Shadzha 2 1 Bugrinsk Pustynnoe Verblyuzh'e 1 Sarpa Trough 1 2 6 11 6 1 12 10 11 Khalgynsk 1 4 1 9 8 10 1 2 10 1 9 6 1 6 1 1 0 Chingiz 46°0'0"N 1 2 8 13 8 Astrakhan Arch 9 18 20 1 1 1 11 8 Aktyubinsk Aksarai 1 8 11 1 4 Astrakhan 14 6 16 1 1 Karakul A1 rch12 0 2 10 1 16 8 2 2 Beshkul'sk 9 1 Kumisbek 0 1 1 14 1 Imashev 9 12 12 12 Astrakhan Zhaksymai 8 Kirkilinsk 50°0'0"N 12 Shchukatsk-North Caspian Uplift Zone 2 10 12 8 Dayramola 1 1 4 8 7 Sazankurak 7 Baklanii 9 Burbaytal Zhanatalap 10 Oktyabrsk 7 Gran SE Novobagatin Shubarkuduk 12 Karatal Martyshi 0 E Zhanatalap 1 Zhambay Saigak Zaburun'e Zhengel'dy 4 Rovnoe 1 1 SW Kamyshitovyi 6 Gryadov Tanatar Zholdybai N. SE Kamyshitovyi 2 14 1 9 Akkum 0 Makat Matin 1 Dossor 8 Atyrau 10 Kopa Zhana Makat E. Makat 8 Zholdybai Oryskazgan Tyulegen Borkyldakty? Sagiz KenbayKozha S. Enbeksk-ZharamysskKaumysaai Uplift Zone Iskine 8 Kenkiyak S. Koshkar Bekbeke Baichunas Dauletaly-Krykmyltyk 8 Bozoba Tenteksor Zhilankabak 7 Kokzhide E. Mortuk Bisbulyuk Komsomol'sk Alimbai Asanketken? 1 Karataykyz KamyskulKaragan Urikhtau 1 Alibekmola CASPIAN SEA Korsak Akzhar Duyseke Kozhasai 9 7 Botakhan Zhubantan Karatyube E Akzhar Altykol Zhanazhol 0 Kashagan E & W 1 Ayrankul Sinel'nikov Koschagyl Zhanatan W. Terenuzuk Kashagan SW 8 Loktybay 44°0'0"N 10 Pustynnoe Kulsary Kairan 1 8 0 Pribrezhnoe Masabai 8 Tazhigali SW Tazhigali S. Tyulyus 9 9 9 Aktote Karaton Akingen Munaily 9 9 Kokarna 8 Karaarna 0 S. Ulkentobe E Tortkay 9 Precaspian Basin Primorsk Uplift WZ. Kaorasnor e Akkuduk Karachungul Korolev 8 Morskoe Tengiz 8 6 W. Prorva 9 7 Dosmukhambet Matken Ravninnoe 9 12 48°0'0"N Aktobe Yelemes Tortai 9 8 10 C. and E. Prorva Kisimbai 12 9 Yuznaya 11 7 Nsanovskoe 9 9 7 1 0 8 10 Borankil 11 1 0 Saztyube 1 Tasym Sout11h Emba Uplift 1 10 Oilfield 11 Tynyshtyk 8 10 Gas/gas condensate field 1 2 1 1 8 9 Oil/gas field 10 Depth to basement (km) 8 Basement fault 0 50 100 200 Outline of Precaspian Hydrocarbon Region Hydrocarbon province boundary Kilometers 50°0'0"E 52°0'0"E 54°0'0"E 56°0'0"E 58°0'0"E 60°0'0"E.