Favorable exploration targets in northern Avat and northern Shuntuoguole areas, Tarim Basin

In the past years,few achievements in accordance with the scale of hydrocarbon generation depression have been obtained in petroleum explorations in Avat area of the Tarim Basin and the favorable exploration targets still remain exploring.Based on new exploration data and research progresses,it is discussed in this paper the petroleum geologic conditions in the northern Avat and the northern Shuntuoguole areas.Three petroleum systems have been identified according to petroleum system theory.As to the Cambrian-Ordovician petroleum system(!) in Avat area,the most favorable exploration target is the middle-lower Ordovician karst-vuggy carbonate reservoir in the east of the study area.The traps formed in or before Yanshan period along big faults are less favorable.For the Triassic-Jurassic petroleum system(!) in Kuche area,the most favorable exploration targets include Paleogene-Cretaceous lithologic traps and various traps of unconformity fluctuation of early Himalayan epoch in the east of the area.Delta sandbody and lacustrine turbidite mass are favorable targets in the Triassic petroleum system(?) in Avat area.