The sedimentary period of Bantou Formation belonged to Aptian Stage in an active island arc belt in Early Cretaceous. Graben basins were extensively developed, which subsided at the early stage and was faulted at the late stage. The tectonic background of Bantou Formation resulted from the interaction between palaeo-Pacific Plate and Eurasian Plate, with the crust thickness subtracted probably in partial areas. There were no continuous large scale subsidence of graben basin in Early Cretaceous in Fujian and Taiwan Strait, and the source rocks and reservoirs with considerable thickening could be hardly formed.