Abstract

In this paper, the mechanism of hydrocarbon accumulation, exploration thinking, exploration process, exploration method and prospector’s quality have been philosophically recognized. The researches show that the core target of oil and gas exploration is predicting the existence of the oil and gas reservoir, the research on elements of hydrocarbon accumulation and the time-space matching relation between the accumulation process and them is the basis of forecasting reservoirs, the overall coupling analysis of the oil and gas accumulation process and the geodynamic environment evolution in geological history would perfectly predict the existence of the reservoir, the oil and gas exploration process is a information warfare of comprehensively utilizing a variety of limited information, the adaptive exploration techniques and methods should be adapted to the detailed exploration objects and the overall quality of prospector is the basis of being a explorationist.