Searching and prospecting of hydrocarbons have been carried out in Russia and in the World for more than 150 years, especially proactively in the second half of the 20^th century. Their chief target is creation of a reliable mineral base for gas and oil production. Maintenance and compensation of oil and gas mineral resources must become a touchstone for further perfection of the domestic petroleum industry and its analytical and methodical support.

Nowadays, civilization progress considerably depends on a status and outlooks of the power complex, and first of all, on reserves and predicted resources of the fossil fuels. At that, production and consumption of natural gas rapidly...