Central uplift belt in Tarim basin is a typical large petroleum accumulation zone characterized by multiple sets of source rocks
various types of reservoir rocks
many kinds of traps and oil/gas pools
multistage hydrocarbon charging
and various plays.According to the available drilling and seismic data and comprehensive geological research
it is believed that the Ordovician reef-bank facies
Caledonian palaeokarst
Silurian and Devonian "unconformity triangle zone"
and Cambrian pre-salt dolomite are the potential targets of exploration in the central uplift belt of Tarim basin.While stressing on exploration in these key areas
researches shall be focused on the matching technologies for exploration
so as to develop effective and integrated exploration technologies.