Problems In Petroleum System's Research and Its Developing Trend

The concept of petroleum system was put forward from 60s to 70s, and has been applied to petroleum geology exploration field widely, with gradual organic combination between the theories of petroleum geology and system thoughts. Up to now the research of petroleum system, home and abroad, bases on the concept gained synthetically by Perrodon and Dow in 1994. Four basic factors and two geological processes are systematically analyzed to forecast advantageous perspective regions, with geology materials in hand, techniques and means. However, there are some aspects not to be tackled, just as translation of the noun "petroleum system", principles and methods of petroleum system's division, idiographic research methods, especially how to study petroleum system in continental facies basin in China, with complex geology condition and pool's forming mode. Synthesizing petroleum system's research actuality for home and abroad,It is considered that the research of petroleum system is tending to do the systematic research on unification of static geology factors and dynamic forming, migration, accumulation, and keeping processes so as to combine qualitative analysis, half-quantitative analysis with quantitative analysis, as a result,new thought and new method of petroleum system can be enriched and developed.