The Present Challenges of Chinese Petroleum Reservoir Geology and Research Direction

The paper discusses the present situation of petroleum exploration and development in China, and the challenges facing to the reservoir geologists. They are the deep sited reservoirs, low permeability reservoirs, carbonate reservoirs and foreland basin reservoirs, which have not been understood well for years. In this paper, based on the experiences from the recent study of reservoirs in mainland China petroleum provinces, the four types of reservoirs are analyzed for several aspects, and the corresponding research directions and methodologies are presented.