民和盆地是西北地区一个具有良好油气勘探前景的盆地之一，盆地位于青藏高原东北边缘，在大地构造位置上处于祁连构造域中祁连地块东部，是印支运动以来在加里东褶皱基底上形成的中、新生代坳陷型盆地。 盆地油气勘探始于１９３５年，在盆内先后共钻探了６３口石油探井，其中主 The Minhe Basin is one of the basins with good prospects for oil and gas exploration in northwestern China. The basin is located on the northeastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and is located in the eastern part of the Qilian Block in the Qilian tectonic domain in the tectonic setting. Since the Indosinian movement, Meso-Cenozoic depression basins formed on the basement. Basin oil and gas exploration began in 1935, a total of 63 oil exploration wells were drilled in the basin, in which the Lord