Hydrocarbon Potential of Recent and Cretaceous Carbonate Deposits of the Caspian Basin

P174 HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL OF RECENT AND CRETACEOUS CARBONATE DEPOSITS OF THE CASPIAN BASIN Summary 1 The results of comparative lithological-geochemical studies of recent bottom sediments of the Caspian Sea and Cretaceous deposits on its western coast within North Azerbaijan and South Russia (Dagestan) have been integrated and interpreted in terms of possible generation of petroleum HC in carbonate deposits and their primary migration. Introduction G. ALIYEV 1 E. ALIYEVA 2 and S. VELIYEVA 1 1 AzNiPiNeft State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic Aga Neymatulla street 39 370033 Baku Azerbaijan 2 Geological Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Specific features