Modern Geodynamic Processes and Their Impact on Replenishment of Hydrocarbon Resources in the Black Sea–Caspian Region

Recent studies of the stress state of the Earth’s crust and rates of plate movement of the Caucasian fold system with respect to the Eurasian continent, analysis of sources of underwater degassing and volcanism, as well as seismological modeling, suggest that combination of these processes has a positive effect on replenishment of hydrocarbon resources in the Black Sea–Caspian Sea region: they activate the fluid–dynamic systems of the region. The replenishment of hydrocarbon resources is associated with restoration of the energy state of hydrocarbon deposits at various stages of their development and physicochemical fluid–dynamic factors. The broad generalization, seismological modeling of mud volcanoes, and analysis of different-scale factual material allow us to argue that current sources of hydrocarbon generation–natural laboratories and technological lines for converting fluid accumulations into industrial energy and chemical raw materials for industrial application are functioning in the depths of the Black Sea–Caspian Sea region. We consider hydrocarbon deposits as a product of the functioning of such natural, technological lines.