Question

Name the important oil-producing regions of India.

Answer 1

Oil in India is obtained from both on-shore and off-shore areas.

Western Coast offshore oil fields:-

1. Mumbai high oil fields
2. Gujarat Coast
3. Basseim oil field, South of Mumbai high
4. Ankleshwar
5. Cambay-Luni Region
6. Ahmedabad-Kalol Region
7. Aliabet oil field, south of Bhavanagar

Eastern Coast offshore oil fields:-

1. Brahmaputra valley
2. Digboi oil fields
3. Nahoratiya oil fields
4. Moran-Hugrijan oil field
5. Rudrasagar-Lawa oil feilds
6. Surma valley
7. Offshore of Andaman and Nicobar, Gulf of Mannar, Baleshwar coast, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.