Features of the Structure and Origin of Oil and Gas Generating Shale Strata in the Permian Deposits of the Urals

The composition and structure of oil and gas generating shale strata in the Permian deposits of the Urals are considered by the example of the geology of Mount Yangantau, which consists mainly of yangantauskian suite of bituminous minerals, containing components peculiar to domanicites (carbonates, clay material, sufficient amount of silica, organic matter content from 3 to 12 %). The geological structure of the object is caused by a combination of several natural factors: geomorphological, material-stratigraphic, hydrogeological and structural-tectonic. The latter is characterized by high values of tangential tectonic stress that results from the presence of olistostromes, which according to modern concepts is an indicator of such regime. The interaction of these factors provides a natural mechanism for the extraction of hydrocarbons from shale strata comparable with the known technological methods.