GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Naharkatiya
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Mumbai
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Ankleshwar
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Digboi
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Detailed explanation-1: -However, the first well dug at Digboi field in Assam in September 1889 and completed in November 1890 at depth of 662 feet by Assam Railways and Trading Company Limited (AR&T Co. Ltd.), registered at London, is regarded as the first commercially successful oil discovery (200 gallons per day).
Detailed explanation-2: -Notes: The mineral oil was first discovered in Digboi (Assam).
Detailed explanation-3: -Crude oil was discovered here in late 19th century and first oil well was dug in 1866. Digboi is known as the Oil City of Assam where the first oil well in Asia was drilled. The first refinery was started here as early as 1901. Digboi has the oldest oil well in operation.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1859, at Titusville, Penn., Col. Edwin Drake drilled the first successful well through rock and produced crude oil. What some called “Drake’s Folly” was the birth of the modern petroleum industry.