style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal>The space prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Camposst1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Basinst1:PlaceType> in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Brazilst1:country-region> is a typical passive continental margin <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">basinst1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Atlanticst1:PlaceName>st1:place> type. It has experienced 3 stages of tectonic evolution including rifting, transitional and drifting, and the corres-ponding sequences of continental facies, evaporate rock and marine facies have been deposited respectively. The most important petroleum system in the basin is Lagoa Feia-Carapebus. Petroleum generated from the source rocks in Lagoa Feia Group migrated along faults into the turbidity sandstones in Carapebus Formation of Campos Group. Petroleum distribution was mainly controlled by source rock burial depth, evaporate rock generation, turbidity sandstone distribution and fault generation.