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Question
Name the important oil-producing regions of India.
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Solution
Oil in India is obtained from both on-shore and off-shore areas.
Western Coast offshore oil fields:-
- Mumbai high oil fields
- Gujarat Coast
- Basseim oil field, South of Mumbai high
- Ankleshwar
- Cambay-Luni Region
- Ahmedabad-Kalol Region
- Aliabet oil field, south of Bhavanagar
Eastern Coast offshore oil fields:-
- Brahmaputra valley
- Digboi oil fields
- Nahoratiya oil fields
- Moran-Hugrijan oil field
- Rudrasagar-Lawa oil feilds
- Surma valley
- Offshore of Andaman and Nicobar, Gulf of Mannar, Baleshwar coast, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.
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