ON THE PETROLEUM PROSPECTS IN THE NORTHERN TIBET

It is suggested that there are certain prospects in the northern Tibet,and detailed studies should be carried on the Lunpola and Qiangtang basins in the region. The Lunpola Basin is a Cenozoic faulted basin, with the thickness of about 5000m Tertiary non-marine sediments, hundreds of meters of source rocks and a geothermal gradient of 4.6~6.6℃/100m. Up to date,31 anticlinal structure shave already been discovered, among which the largest trap can reach as much as 40.2km². However,the Qiangtang Basin is a Mesozoic petroliferous basin with a total area of 19.5×10.4km². The marine Mesozoic sedimentary sequences are of 14000m thick,of which the thickness of the Jurassic system is up to 7800m. In the source rocks, the organic carbon is about 0.17-2.14%,white its R^o ranges 1.12~0.65%,being attributed to type Ⅱ kerogen.