Abstract:Marinecratonic basins of China are characterized by old ages, small scale, multiple activities and poor stability. However, the paleouplifts in marine basins are relatively small in sizes but strong in activity. On the basis of geological structures and tectonic activities, paleouplifts have been divided into stable, inversion, migrated, sinked and dismembered types. Combined with the latest progress in oil and gas exploration, this study analyzed controlling effect of each uplift on hydrocarbon accumulation. Results show that oil and gas is mainly concentrated in the core and the slope sections of stable paleouplifts, in the slope and the hub areas of inversion paleouplift, the slope of migrated paleouplift. The sinked and dismembered paleouplifts play a minor role in oil and gas accumulation. With the exploration towards deeper field, the characteristics of "near source and excellent reservoir” are more obvious. The early shortterm exposure of karst reservoir and multi period faulted belt on the slope of paleouplifts near source rocks is an important newly discovered area for oil and gas. The paleouplift and extensional trough superimposed parts have superior accumulation matching relationship, and become new hot spots for deep sequence oil and gas exploration. The Aman transition area of Tazhong and Tabei paleouplifts in the Tarim basin, the both sides of Proterozoic extensional groove under central paleouplift in the Ordos basin, and the both sides of SinianCambrian extensional groove under central paleouplift in Sichuan basin are favorable areas for accumulation of superlarge or large oil and gas fields in deep marine strata.