sions on the continents. It includes the following subordinate sedimentary basins: the Norton; Bethel; Saint
Lawrence; Anadyr; Navarin; Khatyrka; Saint George; Bristol; Cook Inlet; and Aleutian consisting of the auton-
omous Aleutian, Bowers, and Komandor basins. All of them exhibit significant geological similarity. The Mid-
dle and Upper Miocene terrigenous sequences, which are petroliferous through the entire periphery of the
Pacific Ocean, are characterized by their high petroleum resource potential in the Bering Sea continental margin
as well, which is confirmed by the oil and gas pools discovered in neighboring onshore lowlands. The younger
(Pliocene) and older (up to Upper Cretaceous) sedimentary formations are also promising with respect to
hydrocarbons. The integral potential oil and gas resources of the Bering Sea sedimentary basin, including the
continental slopes, are estimated by the US Geological Survey to be 1120
106 t and 965 
109 m3, respectively.