Question

Naharkatiya oil fields are located in
A. Tripura
B. West Bengal
C. Assam
D. Madhya Pradesh

Answer 1

Hint: Oilfield is an area of land from where crude oil and natural gas are produced. Naharkatia oil fields are located in the Dibrugarh district.

Complete answer:
The major oilfields present in the north-east region of India are those of the Brahmaputra valley in Assam and its neighbouring areas including Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram
Assam is the oldest oil producing state in the country. The main oil bearing layer of Assam extends for a distance of 320 Km in its upper region along the Brahmaputra valley.
The Naharkatiya field
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. Oil is available at depths differing from 4,000 to 5,000 metres. Among the 60 successful wells drilled so far, 56 are producing oil while the remaining 4 are producing natural gas.
The annual production is 2.5 million tonnes of oil and 1million cubic metre of natural gas. Oil from this area is sent through pipelines to oil refineries located at Noonmati in Assam (443 km) and Barauni in Bihar (724 km)

Hence, the correct answer is option (C)

Note: The first oil field of Independent India was set up at Naharkatiya, Assam. It was declared an ‘Oil Heritage Well’ by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on the occasion of oil exploration major Oil India Ltd’s (OIL) golden jubilee in the year 2008.