Which of the following is the oldest oil-producing well dug in India?
Correct Answer: Makum (Assam)
Subject: geography
- Bombay High
- Makum (Assam)
- Ankleshwar
- Digboi
Explanation: • The first oil well dug in India was at Makum in Assam.
• Digboi is known as the 'Oil City of Assam' where the first commercial oil well was drilled.
• Bombay High was discovered much later (offshore).
• Digboi is a correct prominent old field, but Makum was technically the first well dug.
• Trick: 'Makum made the Mark first'.
• Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are the major onshore oil fields in the Northeast.