Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2006, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (5): 545-547.

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Prospects for Deepwater Oil and Gas Exploration in Qiongdongnan Basin

LIU Jun1, WANG Hua1, JIANG Hua1, XIAO Jun2, GAN Hua-jun2   

  1. 1. Institute of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China;
    2. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, CAS, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China
  • Received:2006-01-04 Online:2006-10-01 Published:2020-10-20

Abstract: In recent years, the hydrocarbon prospecting activities in deepwater areas in the world are endlessly ongoing, for abundant oilgas resources are found there. Nowadays, most large oilfields in such areas are found in passive margin basins in Atlantic Ocean. The central depression belt in Qiongdongnan basin is located in the marginal deepwater area in the South China Sea, which features the similar structures and deposit evolutions compared with the marginal deepwater areas abroad where oils have been discovered. Study shows that this belt is provided with fundamental geologic conditions shaping a large oil-gas field, in view of source rock, reservoir rock, trap, migration and accumulation, and hopeful to explore enriched hydrocarbon resources.

Key words: Qiongdongnan basin, deepwater, hydrocarbon prospect, exploration

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