Abstract: In order to meet the demand of remaining oil characterization and reservoir performance monitoring,it is necessary to get help from the seismic technology to obtain cross-hole information and perform small-scale geologic body characterization,physical property prediction and fluid detection.The production seismology is the extension of the exploration seismology to oilfield development.The seismic technology is required to provide high resolution and high reservoir characterization and hydrocarbon detection accuracy for oilfield development and to build elaborate reservoir model,which is still a great challenge at present.Due to the low seismic resolution and inadequate fundamental research,there is still a long way to go to improve fluid detection accuracy based on seismic data and strengthen integrative research of geophysics and petroleum reservoir engineering.In the process of oilfield development,some techniques such as high-accuracy and high-density seismic techniques and reservoir characterization have been applied,but the gap between actual results and geologic requirements cannot be ignored.Therefore,the future development of production seismology was discussed,and some suggestions were put forward.In the future oilfield development by applying the seismic technique,more attention should be paid on building stable research team and integrated platform of geophysics and petroleum reservoir engineering,paying equal attention to both timeliness of production and technological innovation,and promoting the formation and popularization of technical series,technical process and technical specifications via pilot test.