The invention discloses a minitype model for simulating an oil reservoir and a method for carrying out a 
petroleum displacement experiment by using the minitype model. A 
micrograph of a rock of the oil reservoir is processed to obtain an oil reservoir structure picture capable of being edited and copied, preparing a 
photomask or mould from the oil reservoir structure picture; reproducing the structure of the rock of the oil reservoir on the model through the 
photomask or mould, bonding, sealing, and preparing the minitype model capable of simulating the structure of the oil reservoir. By injecting different types of 
crude oil into the model, the condition of 
oil storage of the oil reservoir is simulated on a certain degree, different 
oil displacement agents are injected into the model to have the 
petroleum displacement experiment, the 
oil displacement effect is observed, and the 
rock core experiment based substitution of the traditional 
rock core is realized on a certain degree. The model used in the method accurately copies the structure of the oil reservoir, the 
processing process is simple, the 
manufacturing efficiency is high, the 
processing cost is low, the use level of the experiment agent is low, the experimental period is short, and the size of used equipment is small.