A petroleum system is a natural system that encompasses hydrocarbon generation from source rocks, migration through carrier beds, and finally accumulation in reservoir rocks in traps. Essential elements, i.e. source rocks, reservoir rocks, seal rocks, overburden rocks, and the related geological processes are involved in the petroleum system. The petroleum system concept is applied in the oil and gas exploration by integrating all available geological, geophysical, and geochemical data to evaluate the hydrocarbon potential.