GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Tripura
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West Bengal
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Assam
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Madhya Pradesh
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Detailed explanation-1: -Naharkatia (previously spelt as Naharkatiya or Nahorkatiya) is a town and a town area committee in Dibrugarh district in the Indian state of Assam. It is well known for petroleum and gas reserves. Earlier, Duliajan, the head office town of Oil India Limited was in its circle.
Detailed explanation-2: -All the oil and gas fields, discovered till date in the Upper Assam shelf, are situated mostly on the southeastern slope of the Brahmaputra arch, and almost all the major oil fields like Nahorkatiya, Lakwa, Lakhmani, Geleki, Dikom Kathaloni etc.
Detailed explanation-3: -Naharkatia oil fields are located in Assam at a distance of 32 km southwest of Digboi at the bank of Burhi Dihing River. Here the discovery of oil took place in 1953 and production started in 1954.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the oil exploration and production sector, the major players in Assam are Oil India limited (OIL) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) operating as Assam Asset, ONGC today has 51 installations spread over 15 oilfields.