Since the discovery of hazard of petroleum-series of contaminants to human beings, researchers have been studying the problem in different ways so that knowledge about characteristics, regularities and mechanisms of the contamination is obtained, thus providing solid bases for management of contamination and remediation of contaminated soils. Based on the present experimental study designed according to the findings available of migration regularities of and mathematic models established for petroleum-series contaminants in the soil, a review is presented of the history of the experiments, findings achieved, and progresses in typical experiments and experimental researches In addition, existing problems in and trend of the study are also discussed.