The Yarakta-Chona petroliferous field of the Nepa-Botuobiya dome

The Yarakta-Chona field is one of the most promising and best studied terri tories of the Lena-Tunguska petroliferous province. Its high petroleum pote ntial is due to the long history of hydrocarbon accumulation and abundance of reservoirs in Vendian-Cambrian terrigenous and carbonate complexes. The paper outlines a historic background of oil and gas prospecting in the regi on, summarizes the main results, and justifies the necessity to resume the exploration and set up petroleum production and refining.